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Astronomers discover a planet that’s rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail
MIT astronomers have discovered a planet some 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly crumbling to pieces.
A Colloidal Crystal Model for Controlled Polymorph Selection
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Smart Surface Design Prevents Condensation Flooding
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ALMA Discovers “Space Tornadoes” Around the Milky Way’s Core
Swirling through the Milky Way’s central zone, surrounding the supermassive black hole Sgr A*, dust and gases constantly…
To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin
A new study finds natural and invented languages elicit similar responses in the brain’s language-processing network.
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MRS Honors 2015 Fall Meeting Graduate Student Award Winners
The Materials Research Society (MRS) announced the winners of the 2015 MRS Fall Meeting Graduate Student Awards on Wednesday, December 2, during the 2015 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.
New Cutting Edge Technology Strongly Supported by Government Agencies and Institutions – Lab-on-a-Chip
A*STAR’s Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), The National University of Singapore (NUS), Select Biosciences South East Asia, and Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) jointly organised the Third Annual Lab-on-a-Chip…
Exxonmobile UW-Madison partner on biomss-to-transportation fuel research
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil have announced a two-year agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels.
WARF and investment team honored with industry innovation award
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has been presented with a 2015 Industry Innovation Award in the foundation category by Chief Investment Officer magazine.
