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The Acoustic Society reports briefly on a valuable project near San Francisco, restoring the natural soundscape of woodlands. While it’s important to restore the ecological and economic integrity of such places, in order to pass them the later generations, we don’t often consider the aural aspect of such places. The full article they refer to [...]
Qatar-1b, a new planet lying outside our solar system, has been identified with the help of British students. The ‘new alien world’ was found in record time thanks to teamwork and internet communications among astronomers in Qatar, the States, Germany, Denmark, and British universities of Leicester and Keele.
A new type of scientific microscope has been invented. Whole living cells are fast-frozen and studied in their natural environment. X-rays are used to create 3D models in the new microscope, which was developed at the Institute for Soft Matter and Functional Materials in Berlin, Europe. Using their new system, the Institute can reveal the [...]
After 12 years of construction, the International Space Station is finished, and open for business as a lab and technology test-bed, reports Technology Review. The U.S. government has said it will continue the American share of the funding until 2020, four years longer than planned. Biomedical experiments, space exploration and life-support systems, and advanced robotics, [...]
A vast NASA-like project to catalogue all life on earth is expected to uncover around 10 million new species. “Citizen scientists” around the world will also be called upon, as part of the Algorithm Development and Mining initiative. Part of the initial task will involved using mathematical algorithms to scan photos of existing biological specimens, [...]
The ‘lost’ Apollo 11 moon films have been restored after a six-year project.
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