An PhD student with the University of Queensland's School of Engineering has won top pr... (more) An PhD student with the University of Queensland's School of Engineering has won top prize in an international competition for her plan to wrap a giant asteroid with reflective sheeting to prevent a collision with the Earth. The asteroid, Apophis, is estimated to be perhaps 270 metres across and it will pass close to Earth in 2029. (less)

Nicole Kuepper, a 23 years old PhD student, might have just found a way to make the wor... (more) Nicole Kuepper, a 23 years old PhD student, might have just found a way to make the world a better place. The processes she developed for the iJET solar cell don't require the very expensive clean rooms and high-temperature ovens of traditional solar panel manufacturing plants, but rather pizza ovens, nail polish and inkjet printers. (less)

Taking a step that professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some universities ar... (more) Taking a step that professors may view as a bit counterproductive, some universities are doling out Apple iPhones and Internet-capable iPods to students. While schools emphasize its usefulness — online research in class and instant polling of students, for example — a big part of the attraction is, undoubtedly, that the iPhone is cool and a hit. (less)

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