Archive: 07/01/2005
Glaciers feeding Ganges may melt down
Indian scientists say carbon dioxide and other emissions will cause the melt down of glaciers feeding the Ganges River before the century's end.
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Lake Tahoe Clarity Improved Slightly in 2004
The waters of Lake Tahoe were clear to an average depth of 73.6 feet in 2004, according to UC Davis scientists who have monitored the lake since 1968. That is a slight improvement from 2003, when the lake's waters were clear ...
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Scientists Discover Mineral Comes from Ancient Supernova
NASA and University of Arizona researchers have discovered pristine mineral grains that formed in an ancient supernova explosion. The grains were among other extraterrestrial dust plucked by high-flying NAS ...
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Higher Precision Analysis Doesn’t Yield Pentaquark
New, higher precision data that could only have been gathered at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) shows the Theta-plus pentaquark doesn’t appear in ...
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Bacteria Take the Path of Least Resistance
Findings may lead to new nano-devices and understanding of infection Researchers have reported new information about how certain bacteria propel themselves from one place to another. Insight into bacteria ...
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The World Year of Physics: 2005
Exactly 100 years ago (on June 30, 1905), a 26-year-old patent clerk named Albert Einstein published an strange research paper about a principle he called relativity -- and gave us a whole new way to think ...
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Reference Materials Planned for Semiconductor Industry
Companies and research organizations are invited to collaborate with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and SEMATECH in the development and evaluation of a new generation of reference materials for ...
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Deep Impact data won't make a dent, scientist says
NASA's Deep Impact mission will only prove what scientists think they already know about the birth of the solar system, says one University of Missouri-Rolla researcher.
Jul 01, 2005 |
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HP Adds iPod shuffle to Digital Music Player Lineup
Rounding out its lineup of digital music players, HP today added the Apple iPod shuffle from HP. HP is offering two models: the $99.99 512 megabyte version, which holds up to 120 songs, and the $129.99 1 gigabyte version, whi ...
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Preferring a Taste and Recognizing It May Involve Separate Brain Areas, Study Shows
Are you disgusted when you hear about Elvis Presley's fried peanut butter 'n 'nanner sandwiches? A new study shows that it could all be in your head. In fact, our taste preferences may have little to do with whether we can ...
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iRobot Introduces PackBot Explorer Robot
iRobot has introduced the iRobot PackBot Explorer, a new addition to iRobot's combat-proven line of PackBot robots. With new intelligent surveillance equipment, including three cameras, and greater flexibility to customize wit ...
Jul 01, 2005 |
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Orbimage To Provide Microsoft With Imagery For MSN Virtual Earth
Orbimage Holdings announced Wednesday that its subsidiary Orbimage signed an agreement with Microsoft to supply high resolution global satellite image data for MSN Virtual Earth, a key component of MSN Search.
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July 13 set for Discovery space launch
NASA has set July 13 as the Discovery shuttle launch date, the first U.S. space flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster. Commander Eileen Collins and her crew are scheduled for a 3:51 p.m. EDT liftoff. ...
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Green tea unlikely to reduce cancer risk
The evidence that green tea may reduce risk of some cancers is weak and its unlikely to cut cancer risk, U.S. Federal Drug Administration officials said.
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Fuel ethanol cannot alleviate US dependence on petroleum
A new study of the carbon dioxide emissions, cropland area requirements, and other environmental consequences of growing corn and sugarcane to produce fuel ethanol indicates that the "direct and indirect environmental impacts ...
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