2015年1月30日 星期五

2015-01-31 Canada English Science


D-Wave Systems Raises an Additional $29M, Closing 2014 Financing at $62M   
Marketwired (press release)
BURNABY, BC--(Marketwired - Jan 29, 2015) - D-Wave Systems Inc., the world's first quantum computing company, today announced that it has closed $29 million in funding from a large institutional investor, among others. This funding will be used to ...


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Metro
   
Is this asteroid being orbited by an alien spacecraft?   
Metro
An asteroid which passed Earth earlier this week was being orbited by an alien spacecraft, according to UFO experts. NASA has said that images of asteroid 2004 BL86 obtained by the agency's Deep Space Network revealed that it had its own moon, but ...

Green Bank Telescope captures images of passing asteroid and its tiny moon   Charleston Gazette
Asteroid flyby reveals space rock's origin and a tiny moon   CBC.ca
UFO fans spot tiny spacecraft orbiting asteroid as it passes Earth   Yahoo News UK
Spaceflight Now   
Independent Online   
El Defensor Chieftain   
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OurWindsor.ca
   
Chemists learn how to unboil eggs — and use the process in cancer research   
OurWindsor.ca
Boiling treats the protein in egg whites “gently,” making it possible to undo. That could have applications in cancer research. Chemists learn how to unboil eggs — and use the process in cancer research. Metro Creative Service. The same lab process that let ...

What The Cluck? Science Can Now Unboil Eggs   The Escapist
That Egg You Boiled Can Now be Unboiled, Say Scientists   NDTV
Scientists finally unboil an egg. What was the point?   Christian Science Monitor
CBS Local   
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io9
   
"Dragon" Dinosaur Was 50 Feet Long, Had Most Epic Neck Ever   
io9
Before you get too excited on the heels of today's Game of Thrones news items, we're not talking actual fire-breathing monsters here. However, it's possible this newly discovered dinosaur species could have inspired the dragons that populate Chinese ...

Paleontologists discover long-necked 'dragon' dinosaur discovered in China   Maine News
Is it a Dragon Or A Dinosaur?   Pioneer News
New species of long-necked 'dragon' dinosaur discovered in China   Full-Time Whistle
KMBZ   
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MetroNews Canada
   
Dinosaur lecture series at NC Museum of Natural Sciences   
Fayetteville Observer
Dinosaur fans are invited to join the World's Largest Dinosaurs lecture series this month at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. The museum will present talks from two of the world's most renowned paleontologists. Mary Schweitzer, curator of ...

New exhibit unearths dinos at Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History in Halifax   Cape Breton Post

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BBC News
   
Where is Philae? Search for Rosetta's Lander Continues   
Discovery News
The amazing and historic first soft landing on a comet by ESA's Philae spacecraft on Nov. 12 captured the attention of the entire world, as it was the culmination of the Rosetta mission launched over a decade earlier. But even now, two and a half months later, ...

Esa releases animation showing Philae spinning ahead of its touchdown on 67P   Daily Mail
Rosetta's little lander Philae 'could phone home in May'   Sen (subscription)
Controllers now banking on Philae wake-up call   BBC News
The Guardian   
Yahoo News UK   
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National Geographic
   
Rochester professor helps make discovery of a notable planet   
News 10NBC
Since the days of Galileo, astronomers have explored the heavens making many discoveries along the way. At the University of Rochester, a discovery was just made that has caused astronomers around the world to take notice. It's called Exoplanet J1407-B ...

Distant World Has Rings 200 Times Bigger Than the Rings of Saturn   National Geographic
'Completely nuts': Faraway planet is lord of the rings   Sydney Morning Herald
'Super Saturn' exoplanet may harbour Earth-sized moon in its gigantic rings   The Weather Network
Blastr   
KelownaNow   
Christian Science Monitor   
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TheBlaze.com
   
The Doomsday Clock Moves to Three Minutes to Midnight   
Sputnik International
The 'Doomsday Clock' serves as a measurement of just how near the world is to the Armageddon. The clock just moved 2 minutes closer to midnight. /. One of the clock's timekeepers; Dr. Kennette Benedict, Executive Director and Publisher of the Bulletin of ...

4Patriots LLC Keeps People Prepared as Doomsday Clock Advances   Baystreet.ca
We Are Now Two Minutes Closer to Doomsday   Bloomberg
Obama Administration anticipates movement in Doomsday Clock   Lexology (registration)
CleanTechnica   
TheBlaze.com   
The Chicago Maroon   
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Science 2.0
   
Meteorite may represent 'bulk background' of Mars' battered crust   
(e) Science News
NWA 7034, a meteorite found a few years ago in the Moroccan desert, is like no other rock ever found on Earth. It's been shown to be a 4.4 billion-year-old chunk of the Martian crust, and according to a new analysis, rocks just like it may cover vast swaths of ...

NWA 7034 - Black Beauty Meteorite May Be 'Bulk Background' Of Mars Crust   Science 2.0

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Naval Technology
   
US NRL researchers build robotic fin for autonomous underwater vehicle   
Naval Technology
US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers have designed and developed a new bio-inspired, actively controlled curvature robotic fin, which aims to deliver a low-speed propulsion system to scaled-down autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
Bio-Inspired Propulsion May Move a New Generation of Naval Drones   ENGINEERING.com
Bio-inspired autonomous vehicles expand Navy littoral capabilities   Phys.Org

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