Three from MIT envision grow-your-own home
Aug 01, 2006 |
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In the future, homeowners may grow their houses instead of building them. That's the vision of MIT architect Mitchell Joachim of the Media Lab's Smart Cities group.
New evidence for theory of evolution found
Aug 01, 2006 |
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U.S. geneticists say they have found evidence a category of genes, known as pseudogenes, serve no function -- a finding supporting the theory of evolution.
Engineers lay groundwork for 'vertically oriented nanoelectronics'
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Engineers at Purdue University have developed a technique to grow individual carbon nanotubes vertically on top of a silicon wafer, a step toward making advanced electronics, wireless devices and sensors using ...
Nuclear plant faced possible meltdown
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Last week's shutdown of the Forsmark nuclear power plant in Sweden, north of Stockholm, reportedly could have resulted in a meltdown.
Search for Rare Particle Decay Comes Up Short
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Based on work performed at a large particle detector known as the BaBaR experiment, scientists announced recently that they do not see evidence to support theoretical predictions that an extremely rare particle ...
Heatwave encourages banana plant to fruit for the first time in Cambridge
Aug 01, 2006 |
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A banana plant in the grounds of a Cambridge college is fruiting for the first time – offering further proof that the British summer is turning more tropical.
Cambridge scholar makes rare 30,000-year-old find
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Archaeologists have unearthed a pair of tiny bone fragments dating back almost 30,000 years and featuring minute designs carved by some of our earliest European ancestors.
The Midas Bug -- the bacterial alchemy of gold
Biology /
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Bacteria play an important role in the formation of gold nuggets in Australia according to new research published this month in the international journal Science.
Getting america really ready
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Today the Federation of American Scientists launched ReallyReady.org, a comprehensive emergency preparedness website developed in nine weeks by FAS intern Emily Hesaltine. Modeled after the Department of Homeland Security's ...
Study reveals how continents can break apart
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 01, 2006 |
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A paper co-authored by CSIRO's Professor Klaus Regenauer-Lieb and published in Nature reveals new information on the strength of continents and how they can split apart.
Seeing the unseen universe
Aug 01, 2006 |
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A new method for incorporating astronomical observational data into computer simulations promises to be a significant advance in enabling future cosmological surveys aimed at understanding dark energy and dark matter. Dark ...
Radiocarbon testing challenges understanding of ancient Hawaiian architecture
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 01, 2006 |
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The development of monumental architecture and social complexity on the Hawaiian island of Maui occurred over a span of at least 500 years, according to the most detailed study to date on the antiquity of the ...
UW Professor: Chad Fossil Is Not an Early Human Ancestor
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 01, 2006 |
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A 7 million-year-old primate cranium found in central Chad does not represent the earliest human ancestor as reported previously, according to University of Wyoming Anthropology Professor James Ahern.
Sign language study reveals key finding about short-term memory
Aug 01, 2006 |
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For decades, researchers have misunderstood a key aspect of short-term memory because of shortcomings in the way they compare the memory capacity of deaf people who use American Sign Language (ASL) and hearing people, according ...
Researchers develop environmentally friendly coatings for military applications
Aug 01, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla are helping to develop a two-layer, chromate-free coating system to protect military equipment, especially aircraft, from corrosion. The two layers consist of ...
