Archive: 02/01/2006
New type of aircraft is under development
An unusual 120-foot-long, two-seat prototype aircraft is being developed in Ohio in hopes it will usher in a new transportation era.
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Study: African lions slowly disappearing
It may still be "king of the beasts," but the African lion's kingdom is shrinking, the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society reported.
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Finding life on Mars and outer space begins by examining Earth's inner space
Clues to finding current or past life on Mars now or at some point in the past begins with an examination of Earth's most extreme environments and the adaptable microscopic life that thrives there, according ...
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Evolution mystery: Spider venom and bacteria share same toxin
It's a case of evolutionary detective work. Biology researchers at Lewis & Clark College and the University of Arizona have found evidence for an ancient transfer of a toxin between ancestors of two very dissimilar organisms--spiders ...
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U.S. ITER Project Office Is Relocating to ORNL
The U.S. project office for ITER, a major international fusion experiment, is relocating from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to Oak Ridge National Laboratory to optimize the roles of the two Department of Energy national lab ...
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Georgia Tech, Oak Ridge and UT-Battelle collaborate on high-performance computing
The College of Computing at Georgia Tech, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and UT-Battelle today announced a wide-ranging collaborative agreement to share facilities, staff and scientific resources aimed at significantly increasing ...
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Cancer is threatening Tasmanian devils
Australian scientists say a deadly facial-tumor disease threatening a carnivorous Australian marsupial known as the Tasmanian devil might be infectious.
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Amazon.com introduces authors' postings
Amazon.com Wednesday launched a program to allow authors to post messages directly onto the company's homepage.
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Cosmic archeology
As human beings, its easy to feel big - we have machines that allow us to see particles that are less than a billionth of a metre big, we've built towering skyscrapers hundreds of metres tall, we fly thousands ...
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Astronaut Conducts Protein Crystal Experiment on Space Station
Expedition 12 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur activated the Protein Crystal Growth Monitoring by Digital Holographic Microscope for the International Space Station, or PromISS-4 experiment on Jan. 19. It ...
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Europe takes leading role in developing chip design tools for next-generation wireless applications
Philips Electronics, austriamicrosystems, MAGWEL, IMEC and the universities of Lisbon, Bucharest and Delft today announced that they have joined forces in the 'CHAMELEON-RF' project - a European Union IST (Information Society ...
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Reducing prices at gas pump goal of UH engineers
Developing radios no larger than a grain of sand to increase the drilling efficiency of oil wells, University of Houston engineers see promise for reducing prices at the gas pump.
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Molecular force field helps cancer cells defend against attack
Much as the famed starship Enterprise would deploy a deflector shield to evade enemy attack, tumor cells are capable of switching on a molecular force field of their own to fend off treatments aimed at killing them. Now University ...
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Study: Malaria outbreaks can be forecast
A British study suggests malaria epidemics can be predicted up to five months in advance by using a climate forecasting computer model.
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Nano this, Nano that, what the...
Nano has officially become the most misused word in the English language. Everything from the Ipod Nano to anything smaller than a Mac truck gets “nanoed” by clueless – or savvy, take your pick – marketing ...
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