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Earth's eighth persistent lava lake found on remote sub-Antarctic island

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In this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, a distinct hotspot can be seen in ...

Many of us will know what bubbling lakes of lava within volcanoes look like. After all, we’ve seen them our entire lives in movies, TV shows and cartoons. But that doesn’t mean they’re common. In fact, only seven lava lakes have been found so far, until now. After 30 years of suspecting the existence and location of the eighth, a team of scientists has finally confirmed it – within the crater of a remote, Subantarctic island volcano.

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Abu Dhabi throws the switch on world's largest single-site solar project

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The Noor Abu Dhabi single-site solar plant, which is claimed to be the largest in the ...

Abu Dhabi are claiming the title of the World’s largest single-site solar project, having hit the go-button on the Noor Abu Dhabi project this week, with a reported capacity of 1.177 gigawatts, eclipsing Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park – for now at least. The United Arab Emirates doesn’t have a great record when it comes to per-capita carbon footprint, but projects like this show that it’s serious about addressing the issue head-on.

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Lego-like assembly system uses just five parts to assemble complex robots

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All living things are built with 20 amino acids in myriad combinations, so why not machines and robots? This is the inspiration for a novel fabrication method from MIT which employs a handful of multi-use parts to create all manner of tiny ma… Continue reading Lego-like assembly system uses just five parts to assemble complex robots→

Mission plans for SULIS solar storms project revealed

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Mission plans for SULIS, a UK-led solar project designed to answer fundamental questions about the physics of solar storms, have been revealed. Using a cluster of small, formation-flying satellites known as CubeSats, SULIS will directly measu… Continue reading Mission plans for SULIS solar storms project revealed→

A non-invasive test for early detection and monitoring of bowel diseases

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A team of researchers from the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland has proposed a novel, non-invasive test for screening and monitoring gut diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The technique uses a tiny blood and stool … Continue reading A non-invasive test for early detection and monitoring of bowel diseases→

DNA microscopy offers a new way to image molecules

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A completely new category of microscopy has been invented by researchers in the US. Dubbed DNA microscopy, the technique tags RNA molecules with a range of DNA “barcodes” which in turn flag the identity and location of the molecules, even whe… Continue reading DNA microscopy offers a new way to image molecules→

Robo-fish is powered by blood-like battery fluid

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A team of engineers at Cornell’s Organic Robotics Lab has built a soft-bodied robotic lionfish powered by electric blood, which not only serves as an energy source, but acts hydraulically to create propulsion as well. This bio-inspired approa… Continue reading Robo-fish is powered by blood-like battery fluid→

Mojipic puts a voice-controlled, emoji-based animated display in your car window

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Do you like the idea of car decals celebrating your mood, team affiliation, politics or sense of humor but can’t bring yourself to permanently stick anything on the rear of your pristine chariot? Perhaps you feel that in-traffic hand gestures… Continue reading Mojipic puts a voice-controlled, emoji-based animated display in your car window→

Snail slime inspires reversible, super-strong glue

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The promise of reusable sticky things, from Post-it Notes to Blu Tack, has never quite been fulfilled. They’re just never quite as sticky the second time around, or the third. But now, a team of engineers from University of Pennsylvania and L… Continue reading Snail slime inspires reversible, super-strong glue→

Cytophone detects and blasts circulating cancer cells

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A team from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has developed a non-invasive tool which not only detects circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream, but can blast them away at the same time. Dubbed the Cytophone, it … Continue reading Cytophone detects and blasts circulating cancer cells→