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HKU Researcher and Collaborators Detect First “Heartbeat” of a Newborn Neutron Star in Distant Cosmic Explosion
A discovery involving researchers at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has, for the first time, unveiled millisecond…
Shape-shifting collisions probe secrets of early Universe
This summer, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) took a breath of fresh air. Normally filled with beams of protons, the…
New tool makes generative AI models more likely to create breakthrough materials
Cambridge, Mass. — The artificial intelligence models that turn text into images are also useful for generating new…
NASA Awards Blue Origin $190 Million Contract to Deliver VIPER Rover to Lunar South Pole
WASHINGTON — As part of its Artemis campaign, NASA has awarded Blue Origin a Commercial Lunar Payload Services…
The self-taught seismologist: Monitoring earthquakes from optic fibers with AI
Seismology is undergoing significant change with the rise of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), a fast-growing technology that leverages…
New Tech Tool Helps UK Police Identify Victims of Sexual Exploitation
A cutting-edge analytical tool developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield is helping police forces across the…
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INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS TO CONVENE IN JERUSALEM
World’s Largest Space Conference to Meet October 12-16The 66th annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2015 will take place in Jerusalem on October 12-16th. The Israel Space Agency will host the IAC, which serves as the premier international event where members of the space industry, agencies, and academia convene under one roof for a week of intense meetings […]
PolyU kicks off the 6th University Scholars Leadership Symposium
The Symposium is designed for promising young leaders who are committed to taking a leadership role in making the world a better place. The theme of this year is “Enrich,…
Single gene regulates Casparian strip formation
Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Aberdeen University have identified the master switch for formation of the Casparian strip, a special structure in the root that plays an important…
Acetic acid as a proton shuttle in gold chemistry
Scientists in Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow have studied the mechanism of gold-mediated transformation of acetylenic molecules. A recently published study by Ananikov and co-workers gives a vivid example of…
