Fabric creates energy for power dressing
Scientists in the US and China have fashioned the ultimate in power dressing: a fabric that recovers energy from movement, and at the same time turns sunlight into electricity. It may be a while before
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New tools to help NASA research habitability on Mars
Scientist have developed a set of five instruments that can potentially advance NASAs understanding of wind and weather conditions on the surface of Mars that can help ascertain the planet's habitability.
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Hubble spots possible water plumes erupting on Jupiter's moon Europa
This composite image shows suspected plumes of water vapor erupting at the 7 o'clock position off the limb of Jupiter's moon Europa. The plumes, photographed by NASA's Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging
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India's PSLV rocket with SCATSAT-1, 7 others lift off
An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket on Monday morning lifted off successfully with the country's weather satellite SCATSAT-1 and seven others. The Indian Space Research Organisation
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China's colossal radio telescope begins testing
The world's largest radio telescope, which has been built in China, is beginning an intensive testing phase. Chinese scientists report that the giant dish, which measures 500m (1,640ft) across, is complete
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New study of CRISPR-Cas9 technology shows potential to improve crop efficiency
David Haak, an assistant professor of plant pathology, physiology, and weed sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, developed a bioinformatics program using deep sequencing data to test
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Scientists hail perovskite breakthrough to boost solar cell efficiency
Research into how Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Perovskites (HOIPs) turn sunlight into energy could open door to far higher efficiency solar panels Researchers investigating a new class of solar cell ingredients
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India to launch eight satellites in two different orbits on Sep 26
India on Sep 26 morning will launch its weather satellite SCATSAT-1 and seven other satellites - five foreign and two domestic - with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, said an official
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Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures
Stromatolite fossils formed around 3,700 million years ago in what is now Greenland predate the previous oldest fossil evidence for life on Earth by more than 200 million years.
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Pakistan to launch remote sensing satellite in 2018
With space technology being used in the planning and monitoring of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) is set to launch