Patented technology captures carbon dioxide from power plants
Jun 01, 2005 |
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Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have invented a new method for controlling the emission of carbon dioxide from power plants. The technique, ...
World's Largest Supercomputer Simulation Explains Growth of Galaxies
Jun 01, 2005 |
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An international team of astrophysicists led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics presents the worldwide largest simulation of the universe and an accurate theoretical model for the ...
New concept for single molecule transistor
Jun 01, 2005 |
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Molecular electronics – using molecules in the construction of electronic circuitry – just took a significant step closer to reality. Principal investigator Dr. Robert Wolkow, postdoctoral fellow Dr. Paul ...
Rapid-Scanning Doppler on Wheels Keeps Pace with Twisters
Jun 01, 2005 |
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A new Doppler radar instrument that can scan tornadoes every five to 10 seconds is prowling the Great Plains this spring in search of its first close-up twister. Newly enhanced for season-long thunderstorm ...
Where life's memories are stored
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By studying in detail the ability of patients with selective brain damage to recall events in their past, researchers, led by Larry R. Squire of the University of California San Diego and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, ...
Looking deep in Earth, researchers see upwellings that could be root of volcanic islands
Jun 01, 2005 |
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Deep within Earth, researchers are finding hints of exotic materials and behaviors unrivaled anywhere else on the planet. Now a team of researchers is making connections between the dynamic activities deep inside Earth and ...
New Hurricane Prediction Model Forecasts Active 2005 Season
Jun 01, 2005 |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new model for predicting the number of hurricanes likely to form in the Atlantic Ocean during the 2005 season, as well as the number of those hurricanes likely ...
Old hard drives still tell your secrets
Jun 01, 2005 |
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In revising the O&O Study, 'Data Data Everywhere,' 200 used hard disks were purchased on eBay and scanned for existing data. On more than 70% of this used storage media O&O discovered some sort of personal ...
Double pulsar puts Einstein to the test
Jun 01, 2005 |
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Einstein has kept his crown. His general theory of relativity, published in 1916, has stood up to the toughest tests astronomers have so far devised - tests based on a unique pair of pulsars found with CSIROs ...
Icy Jupiter Moon Throws a Curve Ball at Formation Theories
Jun 01, 2005 |
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Scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft have found that Jupiter's moon Amalthea is a pile of icy rubble less dense than water. Scientists expected moons closer to the planet to be rocky and ...
Texas Tech wins Sandia MEMS design contest
Jun 01, 2005 |
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Students from Texas Tech University’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department have won this year’s annual MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) design competition sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories. Said Tex ...
Fujitsu's Biometric Network Adapter for Document Scanners
Jun 01, 2005 |
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Leading regional IT and communications solutions provider Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd today launched the fi-5000N, the world's first biometric network adapter that provides secure one-touch connectivity between document ...
Science lab successfully launched aboard Foton spacecraft
Jun 01, 2005 |
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An unmanned Foton-M spacecraft carrying a mainly European payload was put into orbit by a Russian Soyuz-U launcher today at 14:00 Central European Time (18:00 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Following the ...
Tyan to Offer Glimpse into Future of Server, Workstation Designs at Computex 2005
Jun 01, 2005 |
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TYAN, a global leader in server and workstation platforms and solutions, Tyan, is set to exhibit the newest platforms and barebones systems to become available over the timeframe of a year, in what promises to be an exciting ...
Human prejudice in humans has evolved
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Contrary to what most people believe, the tendency to be prejudiced is a form of common sense, hard-wired into the human brain through evolution as an adaptive response to protect our prehistoric ancestors from danger. So sug ...
