The versatility of palm oil has led to its use in not just food products but also in everyday goods from lipstick to laundry detergent. But its utility has resulted in the destruction of Southeast Asian rain forests that ...
Environment
Mar 4, 2015
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(Phys.org) —An ultraviolet-light instrument on the robotic arm of NASA's Mars 2020 rover will use two types of ultraviolet-light spectroscopy, plus a versatile camera, to help meet the mission's ambitious goals, including ...
Space Exploration
Aug 1, 2014
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It's often said that we live in an age of increased specialization: physicians who treat just one ailment, scholars who study just one period, network administrators who know just one operating system.
Computer Sciences
May 1, 2013
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(Phys.org)—A star thought to have passed the age at which it can form planets may, in fact, be creating new worlds. The disk of material surrounding the surprising star called TW Hydrae may be massive enough to make even ...
Astronomy
Jan 30, 2013
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Imagine a mobile device that visually displays a street map and whose screen physically mutates to show the hilly terrain and buildings. A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, have developed a new type of ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 20, 2012
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Twentieth Century Fox, the cinema unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., said Tuesday it would offer streaming movies for various devices through Apple's iTunes, Google Play and other services.
Internet
Sep 18, 2012
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As I played around with the iPhone 5 on Wednesday, I wondered what the late Steve Jobs would have thought about the latest twist on Apple's best-selling device.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 13, 2012
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Scientists taking advantage of the versatility and new capabilities of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), an atom smasher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, have observed first ...
General Physics
Aug 14, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- When chemists look at a drinking glass filled with water and a few ice cubes, it's not clear to them whether the glass is more like the water or the ice.
Condensed Matter
Apr 16, 2012
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Researchers at Saarland University together with associates in Bologna and Naples have developed a robotic hand that can accomplish both tasks with ease and yet including the actuators is scarcely larger than a human arm.
Robotics
Mar 30, 2012
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