Nano this, Nano that, what the...
Feb 01, 2006 |
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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 ...
New Honda Accord drives itself
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Japanese car manufacturer Honda has launched a new self-driven car. Dubbed Honda Accord ADAS, the vehicle can change gear and steer itself around bends. While the auto-pilot function will currently only operate ...
New 'planet' is larger than Pluto
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Claims that the Solar System has a tenth planet are bolstered by the finding by a group lead by Bonn astrophysicists that this alleged planet, announced last summer and tentatively named 2003 UB313, is bigger ...
New type of aircraft is under development
Feb 01, 2006 |
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An unusual 120-foot-long, two-seat prototype aircraft is being developed in Ohio in hopes it will usher in a new transportation era.
Cosmic archeology
Feb 01, 2006 |
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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 ...
The little beam that could
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Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Nevada, Reno, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Germany, and the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics in Germany, have ...
Molecular force field helps cancer cells defend against attack
Feb 01, 2006 |
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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 ...
Twin Rovers Advance Understanding Of Mars
Feb 01, 2006 |
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NASA's Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been working overtime to help scientists better understand ancient environmental conditions on the red planet. The rovers are also generating excitement about ...
Study: Dancers are genetically different
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Hebrew University researchers in Jerusalem say they've determined dancers are genetically different from the general population.
Evolution mystery: Spider venom and bacteria share same toxin
Feb 01, 2006 |
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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 ...
Doubling of US science funding announced in State of the Union Address
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APS-Physics President Lauds White House focus on science competitiveness John Hopfield, President of the American Physical Society, was exuberant about the American Competitiveness Initiative, which the White House announced thi ...
Satellite radar reveals ever-changing face of the ocean
Feb 01, 2006 |
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Radar satellites such as ESA's Envisat and ERS-2 maintain constant watch on the Earth's surface, their signals able to cut through clouds, rain or darkness. This surveillance extends beyond the land to the ...
Study: African lions slowly disappearing
Feb 01, 2006 |
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It may still be "king of the beasts," but the African lion's kingdom is shrinking, the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society reported.
U.S. ITER Project Office Is Relocating to ORNL
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Feb 01, 2006 |
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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 ...
Outsourcing becoming knowledge outsourcing
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Embracing technology as a driving force, knowledge and transaction outsourcing is changing the way businesses conduct themselves in the global marketplace.
