New Nanocoating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 01, 2007 |
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has created the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light. Reporting in the March issue of Nature Photonics, they describe an optica ...
Yellowstone's Quiet Power
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2007 |
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A 17-year University of Utah study of ground movements shows that the power of the huge volcanic hotspot beneath Yellowstone National Park is much greater than previously thought during times when the giant ...
Peruvian citadel is site of earliest ancient solar observatory in the Americas
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Archeologists from Yale and the University of Leicester have identified an ancient solar observatory at Chankillo, Peru as the oldest in the Americas with alignments covering the entire solar year, according ...
Mysteries of the Atlantic
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Cardiff University scientists will shortly set sail (March 5) to investigate a startling discovery in the depths of the Atlantic.
'Nano-Piezotronics' -- New Class of Electronic Components
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Researchers have taken advantage of the unique coupled semiconducting and piezoelectric properties of zinc oxide nanowires to create a new class of electronic components and devices that could provide the foundation ...
Scientists construct complementary circuits from organic materials
Mar 01, 2007 |
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A flat screen that can be rolled up and put into a jacket pocket - organic transistors with low energy consumption could make this possible. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in ...
Quantum Effects Make the Difference
Mar 01, 2007 |
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The atomic constituents of matter are never still, even at absolute zero. This consequence of quantum mechanics can result in continuous transition between different material states. Physicists at the Max Planck Institute ...
Deconstructing Brain Wiring, One Neuron at a Time
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Researchers have long said they won’t be able to understand the brain until they can put together a “wiring diagram” – a map of how billions of neurons are interconnected. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological ...
Probing Question: What's killing the honey bees?
Biology /
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Far away from the snowdrifts outside our windows, spring is unfolding in California as the almond trees begin to bloom. Missing from the party are millions of honey bees typically trucked in to pollinate the ...
Goooal! New study shows goalie may influence direction of penalty kick in soccer
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 01, 2007 |
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A penalty kick places a goalkeeper at such a disadvantage that only approximately 18% of penalty kicks are saved. However, some soccer fans think goalkeepers might save penalty kicks more easily by standing ...
AMD Demonstrates Accelerated Computing Solution that Breaks Teraflop Barrier
Mar 01, 2007 |
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AMD today showcased a single-system, Accelerated Computing platform that breaks the teraflop computing barrier. Organizations are ultimately expected to be able to apply this technology to a wide range of scientific, ...
Cassini Returns Never-Before-Seen Views of the Ringed Planet
Mar 01, 2007 |
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured never-before-seen views of Saturn from perspectives high above and below the planet's rings. Over the last several months, the spacecraft has climbed to higher and higher ...
Delicate Relation between Single Spins
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Probing the magnetic interaction between single atoms is no longer a dream. Using a scanning tunnelling microscope, the interaction of the spins of two neighbouring cobalt atoms adsorbed at a copper surface ...
Study: The color red impacts achievement
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 01, 2007 |
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U.S. and Germany scientists have discovered the color red can affect how people function, keeping them from performing at their best on tests.
Hurricane can form new eyewall and change intensity rapidly
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Hurricanes can gain or lose intensity with startling quickness, a phenomenon never more obvious than during the historic 2005 hurricane season that spawned the remarkably destructive Katrina and Rita.
