2014年8月6日 星期三

2014-08-06 U.K. Science

  BBC News   
Europe's Rosetta probe goes into orbit around comet 67P  BBC News
In a first for space history, the spacecraft was manoeuvred alongside a speeding body to begin mapping its surface in detail. The spacecraft fired its thrusters for six and a half minutes to finally catch up with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. "We're at the ...

Spacecraft Rosetta catches up to comet after 10-year chase   Reuters
Rosetta has arrived! Probe successfully goes into orbit around comet after a ...   Daily Mail
It took 10 years but Euro space probe finally caught up with comet 250million ...   Scottish Daily Record
NDTV   
PC Magazine   
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  The Guardian   
Pollution triples mercury levels in ocean surface waters, study finds  The Guardian
toxic metal pollution : A sewage drain floods into the Mediterranean sea A sewage drain floods into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Gaza, in Nuseirat. Photograph: Warrick Page/Getty Images. The amount of mercury near the surface of many of the ...

Study: Oceans more tainted with man-made mercury   Washington Post
The Deep Ocean Traps Mercury, Study Finds   Yahoo News UK
Human activity has doubled or tripled mercury in the world's oceans: study   CTV News
Business Insider Australia   
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  BBC News   
Scientists get a glimpse of life below the waves  BBC News
Scientists have got a glimpse of life deep below the waves, on the slopes of a volcano under the sea, known as a seamount. An underwater robot was used to gather pictures from the Hebrides Terrace Seamount, off the coast of Scotland. The seamount is ...

This is what Britain's largest underwater mountain looks like   The Independent

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  BBC News   
River Severn bottle-nosed dolphin dead  BBC News
A bottle-nosed dolphin, spotted in the River Severn near Gloucester last month, has been found dead. The creature was first seen and filmed by local people a fortnight ago between Stonebench and Elmore Lane. Conservationists said it was "unusual" for the ...

Dead dolphin in the River Severn will soon be brought to shore   Gloucester Citizen
River Severn dolphin found dead   Stroud News and Journal

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  BBC News   
Boat sunk for Ringstead Bay reef art project  BBC News
A disused fishing boat has been set on fire and sunk off the Dorset coast as part of an art project. Artist Simon Faithfull sank the vessel in Ringstead Bay, near Weymouth, to create an artificial reef. Five underwater webcams broadcast the sinking on the ...


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  International Business Times UK   
Low-Cost and Colourful LEDs Made from 'Wonder Material' Perovskite  Yahoo News UK
Low-cost and colourful LEDs (Light-Emitting Diode) have been manufactured from a material known as 'perovskite,' potentially opening up a wide range of commercial applications. Researchers from the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and the ...

'Wonder material' for future LED lights   Zee News
LEDs made from 'wonder material' perovskite   ECNmag.com

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  French Tribune   
FloWave Marine Energy Research Centre officially Opens Up for business  French Tribune
FloWave marine energy research centre in Scotland has been officially opened for business by Climate Change Minister Amber Rudd. This centre is a £105m facility at Edinburgh University's King's Buildings campus. It features a 25-metre circular pool that ...

FloWave marine energy research centre officially opens for business   Business Green
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh   The Edinburgh Reporter

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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Japanese red cedars to replace Britain's traditional oaks in fight against climate ...  Telegraph.co.uk
Japanese red cedar, giant redwoods and trees from the continent will replace oaks and pines in Britain's forests as woodlands must adapt to climate change to survive, a study suggests. Species of trees grown in the UK in the Victorian era are also set to ...

Will mighty redwoods replace the British oak? Forestry experts want foreign ...   Daily Mail

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  ITV News   
Plymouth swimmer takes on Seven Seas  ITV News
Plymouth Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is to undertake seven swims in the Seven Seas to highlight the need for protected areas in oceans around the world. He will be the first to undertake a long-distance swim in each of the classical Seven Seas, the ...

Briton embarks on Seven Seas swims to highlight marine conservation needs   The Voice of Russia
Ras al Hadd to be part of endurance swimmer's seven seas challenge   MENAFN.COM
Long-distance swimmer will brave the seven seas to raise awareness of failing ...   The Independent
EIN News Eritrea   
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  The Argus   
Horses' ears 'communication tool', University of Sussex study finds  The Argus
The Argus: Horses can communicate using their ears, a University of Sussex study finds Horses can communicate using their ears, a University of Sussex study finds. Picture: Simon Dack. HORSES study each other's ears in order to understand what their ...

Now ear this - horses 'talk' to each other   New Zealand Herald
Study Says Horses Communicate With Their Ears And Eyes   Your-Story.org
Horses have their own secret language   Independent Online
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Design & Trend   
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