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Methane Hydrate: The Next Energy Revolution
Hidden beneath the permafrost of the Arctic and under the sediment of the deep sea floor surrounding most continents lies an energy resource that could fuel the world for generations: methane hydrate....
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Mapping Clouds on Exoplanet Kepler-7b
NASA’s depiction of an exoplanet discovered last year. (Credit: NASA) An international team, with participation from the University of Bern, has produced the first map of clouds on an exoplanet using...
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Climate Puzzle Over Origins of Life on Earth
The mystery of why life on Earth evolved when it did has deepened with the publication of a new study in the latest edition of the journal Science (citation below). Scientists at the CRPG-CNRS...
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I’m OK, You’re Not OK
The right supramarginal gyrus plays an important role in empathy Egoism and narcissism appear to be on the rise in our society, while empathy is on the decline. And yet, the ability to put ourselves...
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Are Dolphins More Intelligent than Humans?
Years ago when I was in the Navy, whenever we pulled out of port I’d watch dolphins glide along in front of our ship jumping out of the water in spectacular fashion. Their sheer power and beauty are...
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Buy a New Kidney or Heart With a Bioprinter
The day when a person can drop in at the corner organ center and buy a new liver is far in the future, but bioprinting technology will make it possible. Researchers are already experimenting with...
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What Aliens From Another World Will Look Like
Invading aliens from outer space won’t look like a Lady Gaga zombie or creatures with serious nasal drip problems. Top planetary scientists have now come up with different sketches of how aliens might...
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The World’s Most Powerful Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser
Christoph Deutsch, Martin Brandstetter and Michael Krall in the cleanroom at TU Vienna. Whether used in diagnostic imaging, analysis of unknown substances or ultrafast communication – terahertz...
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What White Dwarfs Can Tell Us About the Universe
Birth of a white dwarf (bright spot at the center) in the Dumbbell Nebula./ Credit: Telescopio Joan Oro – Observatori Astronomic del Montsec Researchers from Europe and the U.S. have ruled out a...
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Let’s Explore Quantum Teleportation
Quantum teleportation is perhaps the closest that modern technology has come to developing a sort of teleporter for transmitting physical objects across distances without the use of some physical...
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