Txch This Week: Big Bang Discoveries And Startups In Space
Txch This Week: Big Bang Discoveries And Startups In Space
Ultraviolet Explosive Detector For Better Airport Screening
Ultraviolet Explosive Detector For Better Airport Screening
When it comes to air travel, most customers want to get to their destination as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, long security lines are a big barrier to smooth travel.
Want to Avoid Being Replaced by a Robot? Here's What You Need To Know
Want to Avoid Being Replaced by a Robot? Here's What You Need To Know
Ever since 1962, when the first industrial robot was installed on an assembly line at a General Motors plant in New Jersey, machines have been replacing human workers. In the decades that came after, just about every industry became automated to a greater or lesser extent.
For the most part, we humans have adapted nicely. Robots could do only simple tasks, so by upgrading our skills through training and education, our living standards continued to rise. Yet more recently, that's begun to change.
Heart Of Laser Light Powers Next-Generation Radar
Heart Of Laser Light Powers Next-Generation Radar
Not long ago, a little red Opel minivan rolled to a stop beside the port of Livorno, a seaside town in Italy's Tuscany region. A radar dish had been strapped to the vehicle's roof by the researchers within.
KUALA LUMPUR, 20 March, 2014 --- General Electric (GE) has signed an agreement with Green & Smart Sdn Bhd (GNS) to jointly develop a Palm Oill Mill Effluent (POME) biogas-to-power solution for Malaysia. The agreement was signed during the launch of GE's new Distributed Power business recently.
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Life Aquatic: Nanotech is Saving Volcanic Lake from Algae Explosions
Life Aquatic: Nanotech is Saving Volcanic Lake from Algae Explosions
New Zealand's Lake Rotorua is a peaceful place with a violent past. It came into being some 200,000 years ago when a massive volcano blew up, collapsed and rain water filled its 10-mile wide caldera.
Today, Rotorua's pellucid aquamarine water is a huge tourist magnet. But as the area developed, effluent from farms and nearby towns also fueled algae blooms that gobbled up oxygen and threatened to suffocate fish and other aquatic life in the lake.
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Ancient Frozen Moss Revived This is a picture of an Antarctic...
Ancient Frozen Moss Revived This is a picture of an Antarctic...
Ancient Frozen Moss Revived
This is a picture of an Antarctic moss that started to grow again after being frozen for as long as 1,700 years.
A 4.5-foot-long core of frozen bank containing the plant, Chorisodontium aciphyllum, was taken from the South Orkney Islands in the Southern Ocean. Samples were exposed to daily light and temperatures that reached 68 degrees Fahrenheit.