2014 promises to be the year small drones will start showing off what they can do—at least if the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration comes through with regulations that allow them to take to the air. But there's one first for a ...
Tags: small drones, diminutive robotic aircraft, ice-penetrating radar
The idea of everyone in a community pitching in is so universal that even bacteria have a system to prevent the layabouts of their kind from enjoying the fruit of others' hard work, Princeton University researchers have discovered. Groups ...
Tags: Vibrio cholerae, loafers, bacteria, freeloader
The bitter chill gripping North America is a result of Arctic air that has spilled southwards, and global warming may be a cause, an expert said on Monday. Arctic air is normally penned in at the roof of the world by a powerful circular ...
Tags: Arctic air, polar vortex, vortex weaken, North America chill
Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered novel compounds produced by certain types of chemical reactions – such as those found in vehicle exhaust or grilling meat - that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than their ...
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BASF is globally launching a new ultra-high molecular weight cationic powder flocculant range with Zetag ULTRA for solid/liquid separation in industrial and municipal waste water treatment. Zetag ULTRA has been developed combining BASF's ...
LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will bring the software that once powered Palm's smartphones to majority of its new smart TVs this year. The South Korean firm unveiled webOS-based smart TVs at a trade fair in Las Vegas, less than a ...
Tags: LG Electronics, Palm's smartphones, smart TVs, software
Air conditioner is very important for summers. One cannot even imagine their life without the air conditioner in their room in summers. Moreover, if someone is living in some areas of Florida and it is the time of summers then it is ...
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Scientists have reproduced the conditions inside the magma chamber of a supervolcano to understand what it takes to trigger its explosion. These rare events represent the biggest natural catastrophes on Earth except for the impact of giant ...
Tags: supervolcano, explosion, synchrotron X-rays, supervolcano eruption
Originated in 1973, China's environmental protection industry witnessed rapid development in the period of "Eleventh Five-Year" (1996-2010) and "Twelfth Five-Year" (2011-2015) after experiencing the initial phase in 1980s and the ...
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Much of the country is under the grip of the one of the coldest air masses in nearly 20 years. Temperatures have dropped to freezing as far south as the central and northern Gulf Coast with areas as far south as central and southern Texas ...
Tags: Agriculture, coldest air
Eleven leading German OLED companies and research institutions announced the successful completion of the OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) related project; So-Light. This € 14.7 m project was supported by the German Ministry of ...
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With the rise of haze in more and more places, the environmental protection has been a concern of the public. One of the reasons causing to the air pollution is the emission of vehicles which is then firstly to be regulated in many ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
Temperatures this morning are below zero across nearly the entire extent of the Midwest, with the exception being a few areas near/slightly above zero along the extreme southern Midwest. Across the Plains states, most of the HRW wheat ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Teams of researchers with the Scripps Institute, NASA's JPL laboratory and NOAA are working together, representatives from each have reported at this year's meeting of the Geophysical Union, to upgrade monitoring stations in parts of ...
Tags: Scripps Institute, JPL laboratory, NOAA, monitoring stations
November was wet and windy for many across the UK, leading to soaked streets, flooding and the risk of a terrible side effect: power outages. Once again, it is important to highlight the need for proper protection against water ingress into ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Power Supply