Tech: Australian islands home to 414 million pieces of plastic pollution — (Report)
A survey of plastic pollution on Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands has revealed the territory's beaches are littered with an estimated 414 million pieces...
Tech: NASA tracks tropical storm fay’s development and strongest side
NASA used satellite data to create an animation of Fay's development and progression over the past few days, showing how the storm organized into...
Tech: Researchers develop high quality additive beam shaping technique applicable to a wide variety...
Researchers from Osaka University developed a technique for improving accuracy of laser beam shaping and wavefront obtained by conventional methods with no additional...
Tech: Building a harder diamond | EurekAlert! Science News
IMAGE: Geometric structure of pentadiamond. White and black balls indicate C atoms with...
Tech: Realistic exposure study supports the use of zinc oxide nanoparticle sunscreens — ...
Zinc oxide (ZnO) has long been recognized as an effective sunscreen agent. However, there have been calls for sunscreens containing ZnO nanoparticles to...
Tech: New 2D spectroscopy methods — (Report)
"Put an excitation into the system and observe how it evolves." According to physicist Professor Tobias Brixner, this is the credo of optical...
Tech: Developing a model critical in creating better devices — (Report)
Water is everywhere. Understanding how it behaves at an intersection with another material and how it affects the performance of that material is...
Tech: Concept of the laser can be reversed — (Report)
The laser is the perfect light source: As long as it is provided with energy, it generates light of a specific, well-defined colour....
Tech: Research team examines ultrafast conversion of light energy in a solid — ...
During the conversion of light into electricity, such as in solar cells, a large part of the input light energy is lost. This...
Tech: Researchers remove silicon contamination from graphene to double its performance — (Report)
New research reveals why the "supermaterial" graphene has not transformed electronics as promised, and shows how to double its performance and finally harness...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
