Tech
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Archaeology
Lasers unveil secrets and mysteries of Angkor Wat
The world’s largest temple, Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, was revealed by laser and radar studies to be part of a sprawling medieval metropolis.
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Health & Medicine
Machine makes drugs on demand
A new drug-making system rapidly produces a variety of medications on demand.
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Health & Medicine
Fridge-sized contraption makes drugs on demand
A new drug-making system rapidly produces a variety of medications on demand.
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Tech
A storm of tweets followed Superstorm Sandy’s path
When storms hit, people hunker down and tweet. Their social media activity tracks natural disasters and their damage, a new study shows.
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Physics
New type of catalyst could aid hydrogen fuel
A substance that can switch states might make an efficient catalyst for extracting hydrogen from water.
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Tech
Computer program bests world champion 4-1 in strategy game Go
Google DeepMind’s Go-playing computer program AlphaGo has topped Lee Sedol, the world’s reigning Go player, in a five-game match in South Korea.
By Meghan Rosen -
Materials Science
New process encourages ice to slip, slide away
Researchers discover new process for making durable ice-phobic materials.
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Tech
Computer takes first game in match against Go world champion
The computer program AlphaGo takes the lead in a five-match challenge of the strategy game Go.
By Meghan Rosen -
Materials Science
New carbon cluster has high storage capacity
A new carbon structure could store gases or liquids in honeycomb-shaped cells.
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Chemistry
After 75 years, plutonium is still NASA’s fuel of choice
On the 75th anniversary of the discovery of plutonium, the radioactive element is still not a major source of fuel for nuclear power plants in the United States.