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Environmentally friendly seismic technologies will contribute to sustainable mining exploration
Wits geophysicists have invented cost-effective and environmentally friendly seismic technologies that will contribute to sustainable mining…
Scientists pin hopes on a new ion trap to create the world's most accurate mass spectrometer
Mass spectrometers are widely used to analyze highly complex chemical and biological mixtures. Skoltech scientists have…
Zapping quantum materials with lasers tells us how atoms relate
Phase transitions are a fundamental piece of physics and chemistry. We’re all familiar with different phases…
Males and females are programmed differently in terms of sex
Males and females not only behave differently in terms of sex, they are evolutionarily programmed to…
Low-cost approach to scanning historic glass plates yields an astronomical surprise
You never know what new discoveries might be hiding in old astronomical observations. For almost a…
What did the solar system look like before all the planets migrated?
Early planetary migration in the solar system has been long established, and there are myriad theories…
Cleaner, stronger, harder: New tech improves sustainable concrete
Recycled concrete aggregates made with everything from coffee cups to building rubble offer huge environmental benefits,…
Micro-brewing goes more micro
A Ph.D. student and ‘beer scientist’ has inadvertently discovered a way to conduct extremely small-scale brewing…
A pair of perfectly-intact 'mystery beetles' discovered to be almost 4,000 years old
Natural History Museum Senior Curator of Insects Max Barclay has discovered that a pair of perfectly…