2014年8月7日 星期四

2014-08-07 U.S. Science

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Origami robot folds itself up, scuttles away  Boston Globe
This isn't quite how most of us imagined the future: You walk into your local, 24-hour robot manufacturing store -- a sort of latter day Kinko's -- and describe the kind of robot you want. Maybe it's a toy for the cat to chase around; maybe it's an army of crawling ...

Self-Folding Robot Based on Origami   Wall Street Journal
Watch! Origami-inspired robot assembles itself in 4 minutes   Los Angeles Times
Robots inspired by origami fold themselves into motion   BBC News
Washington Post   
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  Times of India   
Deep Pollution Cuts Needed by 2050 to Limit Global Warming  Scientific American
Deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of 40 to 70 percent by mid-century will be needed to avert the worst of global warming that is already harming all continents, a draft U.N. report showed. The 26-page draft, obtained by Reuters on Thursday, sums up ...

UN report draft: Deep emissions cuts needed by 2050 to limit warming   Chicago Tribune
Climate change costing BD 1pc of GDP, says minister   Financial Express Bangladesh
Facts can convince conservatives about global warming – sometimes   The Guardian

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  Design & Trend   
Bioluminescent Sharks Evolved Eyes For Depths of 'Twilight Zone'  Design & Trend
(Photo : Dr. Jérôme Mallefet (FNRS/UCL)) Luminescent sharks in the 'twilight zone' of the deep ocean, have evolved eyes that are adapted to see complex patterns of light in the dark. According to a new study, luminescent sharks in the 'twilight zone' of the ...

Photon Capture In The Twilight Zone; Researchers Find A Surprise In Deep-Sea ...   Headlines & Global News
Glow-in-the-Dark Sharks' Eyes Evolved to See in Ocean's Twilight Zone   Yahoo News UK
Eye Structure helps Deep-sea Bioluminescent photon Hunting sharks in twilight ...   WallStreet OTC
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  New York Times   
European Spacecraft Pulls Alongside Comet After 10 Years and Four Billion Miles  New York Times
The comet, as photographed by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, is 2.5 miles wide. Credit European Space Agency. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story Share This Page.
A Cosmic First! Rosetta Probe Goes Into Odd-Duck Orbit Around Comet   NBCNews.com
'We are here!' Spacecraft Rosetta meets 67P comet 10 years after leaving Earth   Telegraph.co.uk
Spacecraft Rosetta arrives at Comet 67-P after decade-long journey   Sydney Morning Herald
PC Magazine   
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  Fox News   
Fox-Sized Dinosaur Suggests Ancient Herds Near The Sweltering Equator ...  Headlines & Global News
Researchers discovered the remains of a fox-sized stegosaurus and Triceratops relative that walked the land of Venezuela about 200 million years ago. The findings suggests dinosaurs spread quickly across the globe after a mass extinction wiped our at ...

Dog-sized dinosaur species found in Venezuela   Zee News
Dog-Sized Dinosaur Species Found   NDTV
New Dinosaur Discovered In Venezuela: 5 Fast Facts About Laquintasaura ...   Latin Times
Tech Times   
Uncover California   
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  Christian Science Monitor   
Old Hubble telescope data yields new supernova discovery  Christian Science Monitor
Astronomers sifting through two decades of data from the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the progenitor of a rare and bizarre type of supernova. By Shannon Hall, Universe Today August 7, 2014. close. The two inset images show before-and-after ...

'Zombie Star' in a Star System Captured by Hubble   Headlines & Global News
Hubble spots zombie star 110m light years away   SlashGear
Supernova spawns 'zombie star'   KSL.com
EarthSky   
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  Washington Post   
Fighter jet captures dramatic 'fire clouds' over California wildfires  Los Angeles Times
In this Aug. 2 image of the California-Oregon border from NASA's Terra satellite, red outlines show where high surface temperatures associated with active burning were detected. The image also shows smoke plumes blossoming into towering pyrocumulus ...

Fighter jet captures stunning images of wildfire smoke clouds   UPI.com
Fighter Jet Snaps Incredible Images of California Wildfire   The News Ledge
Fighter Jet Captures 'Fire Clouds' Over California   Discovery News
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  Irish Independent   
Rosetta Probe's First Photos Of Comet Reveal A 'Scientific Disneyland'  Huffington Post
Rosetta spacecraft obtained this 330 second exposure of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. from a distance of 342 miles (550 km). The comet nucleus was saturated to bring out detail. Note a ghost image floats at the right. | ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS ...

Europe's comet-chasing spaceship: Five amazing facts   Christian Science Monitor
Close Enough to Touch: Top 10 Photos From the Rosetta Comet Spacecraft   Slate Magazine (blog)
Rosetta mission to 67P comet depends on UK companies   Telegraph.co.uk
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  Headlines & Global News   
Mercury Levels Have Tripled In Shallow Ocean Since Industrial Revolution  Headlines & Global News
A new study provides the first direct calculations of mercury in the global ocean based on data from 12 sampling cruises that took place over the past eight years. Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but can also be a by-product of human activities such as ...

Oceans More Tainted With Man-Made Mercury, Study Says   Huffington Post
Mercury In The World's Oceans Is On The Rise   RedOrbit
Mercury Levels in Ocean Higher than During Industrial Revolution   Chinatopix
ThinkProgress   
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  Daily News & Analysis   
NASA celebrates two years of Curiosity Rover's landing on Mars  Daily News & Analysis
NASA recently celebrated 2nd anniversary of Mars Curiosity Rover's landing on the red planet and now it aims at preparing for future human missions to Mars. It first landed on August 5, 2012 and during its first year of operations; the Curiosity rover fulfilled its ...

Two Years on Mars: Here's What's Next for NASA's Curiosity Rover   NBCNews.com

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