Showing posts with label Cosmos Magazine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cosmos Magazine. Show all posts

Scanning with golden bow ties

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Detectors would operate in terahertz region.

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Science history: Moore’s law is turning 55

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Gordon Moore was a driving force behind silicon chip technology.

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Quasar tsunamis rip through space

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The phenomenon carries more energy than a gamma-ray burst.

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Australian oncologists win CSL Florey medal

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Their identification of cell death triggers was vital in the fight against cancer. 

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Breaking up is hard to do: Hip Hop is a cauldron of conformity

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Analysis shows that break-beat samples stay consistent over decades. Barry Keily reports.

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Host your own science film festival

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The full SCINEMA 2019 program is just waiting to be shown.

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Rebuilding forests is a cost-effective way to cut carbon

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Modelling finds reforestation in tropical zones is cheaper than carbon capture and storage. Nick Carne reports.

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Autism linked to ‘junk’ DNA mutations

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For the first time, research links non-coding DNA to disorder development. Andrew Masterson reports.

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Is it a bird? A plane? No, it’s your retail delivery

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NASA builds drone-management software as numbers grow.

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Mathematics of scale: big, small and everything in between

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Fractals are critical tool for measuring and understanding how from little things big things grow. Physicist Mitchell Newberry from the University of Michigan in the US explains. 

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Whales: gigantism and cancer suppression evolved concurrently

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Humpback genome adds to growing understanding of ‘Peto’s Paradox’. Andrew Masterson reports.

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Ticks and mites closer relatives than thought

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Genomic analysis finds two groups of parasites share a single lineage. Andrew Masterson reports.

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Hyperactive comets may hold key to Earth sea mystery

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New measurements may explain isotope ratio differences between ice in comets and water in oceans. Andrew Masterson reports.

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Venice lagoon contains an ‘underwater dump’, mapping reveals

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The historic city is endangered by boat traffic, dredging and mounds of unseen litter. Gabriella Bernardi reports.

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Space travel may prompt cartilage damage, study shows

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Mouse sent into orbit returned with significant deterioration. Nick Carne reports.

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African American English often misunderstood in court

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Research shows verbatim trial records are sometimes anything but. Jeff Glorfeld reports.

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Science history: The man who lost an asteroid belt but found a planet

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Urban-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier is unfairly remembered for what he didn’t find. Jeff Glorfeld reports.

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Researchers turn to origami and Lego to build a better spacecraft

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Cells mimicking folded paper can improve safety in a wide range of applications. Mark Bruer reports.

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Meet the fly-drive drone

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Israeli prototype has several forms of locomotion but one set of motors.

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What you might have missed: zapping moon dust, finding snipers and signing up for Mars

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Here are some highlights from a week in science.

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