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  End-of-summer Arctic sea ice extent is eighth lowest on record

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  Arctic sea ice appeared to have reached its yearly lowest extent on Sept. 13, NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado Boulder have reported. Analysis of satellite ...

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  New technique promises tunable laser devices

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  Whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators are used to make tiny micro-lasers, sensors, switches, routers and other devices. These tiny structures rely on a phenomenon similar to an effect observed in circular galleries, such ...

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  Study suggests risks vary widely in drone-human impacts

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  New Virginia Tech research suggests there's wide variation in the risk that unmanned aircraft pose to people on the ground.

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  Security cameras are vulnerable to attacks using infrared light: study

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  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have demonstrated that security cameras infected with malware can receive covert signals and leak sensitive information from the very same surveillance devices used to ...

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  Political polarization? Don't blame the web, study says

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  Despite the popular narrative that the web is to blame for rising political polarization, a study by a Brown University economist has found that recent growth in polarization is greatest for demographic groups in which individuals ...

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  New research suggests Mercury's poles are icier than scientists thought

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  The scorching hot surface of Mercury seems like an unlikely place to find ice, but research over the past three decades has suggested that water is frozen on the first rock from the sun, hidden away on crater floors that ...

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  Researchers discover molecular 'add-ons' that customize protein interfaces

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  Researchers in the United States and Germany have just discovered a previously overlooked part of protein molecules that could be key to how proteins interact with each other inside living cells to carry out specialized functions.

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  Winner takes all: Success enhances taste for luxury goods, study suggests

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  Footballers in flashy cars, City workers in Armani suits, reality TV celebrities sipping expensive champagne while sitting in hot tubs: what drives people to purchase luxury goods? New research suggests that it may be a sense ...

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  Running roaches, flapping moths create a new physics of organisms

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  Sand-swimming lizards, slithering robotic snakes, dusk-flying moths and running roaches all have one thing in common: They're increasingly being studied by physicists interested in understanding the shared strategies these ...

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  One-way track for microwaves based on mechanical interference

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  Devices that allow to route microwave signals are essential engineering tools. In particular, isolators, which let signals flow in one direction but block them in the other, are needed to protect sensitive equipment from ...