A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Renewable plastic precursor could grow cellulosic biofuel industry
A team of chemical and biological engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has found a way to produce from biomass a valuable compound used in plastic production that they estimate could lower the cost of…
Supermassive black holes stifle galaxy growth
Supermassive black hole winds in a newly discovered class of galaxies are so energetic they suppress future star formation. [caption id="attachment_11947" align="alignnone" width="787"] An artist’s rendition of the galaxies Akira (right) and Tetsuo (left) in…
Exoplanet mission gets ticket to ride
[caption id="attachment_11943" align="alignright" width="305"] Soyuz launch[/caption] A Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou will boost ESA’s upcoming exoplanet satellite into space. Cheops will share the ride into space with another payload,…
Crater Triplets
[caption id="attachment_11939" align="alignnone" width="625"] Topography of a triple crater[/caption] At first glance this scene may seem nothing out of the ordinary, but the large elongated crater marks the imprint of an impacting body that may…