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A Planetary System that Could Support Life
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02.22.2017 |
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Astronomy
Seven Earth-sized planets have been detected orbiting Trappist-1, an ultra-cool dwarf star in our galactic neighborhood. Some of them appear to be potentially habitable. The latest results of this study were published today in the journal Nature.
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Pyrène: a New Humanoid Robot
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02.09.2017 |
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Robotics
Stronger, smarter, more agile, and taller than its predecessor, a new humanoid robot called Pyrène will soon take center stage as France’s main platform for advanced robotics research.
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Hydrogen Cars for All?
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03.01.2017 |
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Chemistry
The “European Fuel Cell Car Workshop 2017” is being held in Orléans (France) March 1-3, bringing together researchers and industry. We take a closer look at this new technology and its advantages.
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Science and Peace
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02.27.2017 |
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History While science has historically been associated with war, scientists have long advocated for peace. Thus in July 1957 the first “Conference on Science and World Affairs” brought together a number of distinguished scientists. Denis Guthleben looks at the history of the “Pugwash movement,” which won... |
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Robots Head for the Sky
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02.23.2017 |
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Robotics Flying robots that can handle objects and interact with their environment could soon be used by a number of industries. Research, conducted partly in France as part of a European consortium, has resulted in the creation of prototypes that are currently the most advanced in the world. Interview with... |
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A Hidden Side of Lanthanides
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03.01.2017 |
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Chemistry Chemists have synthetized—and for the first time experimentally analyzed—a molecule based on an extremely unstable form of thulium, one of the lanthanide metals whose startling properties lend them to a myriad of applications. |
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Imagining the Animals of the Future
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02.07.2017 |
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Biology In a recent book, Marc Boulay and Sébastien Steyer set themselves quite a challenge: that of imagining what animals will be like in 10 million years' time. Steyer, a paleontologist, outlines the scientific interest of this kind of intellectual exercise, known as speculative biology.
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