Physicist Owen Chamberlain dies at 85
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Renowned physicist Owen Chamberlain, who shared a Nobel Prize for introducing the world to antimatter, died Tuesday in Berkeley, Calif., at the age of 85.
Racial difference in spousal death studied
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A Harvard University study suggests white Americans are far more likely than their black counterparts to die soon after the death of a spouse.
Weighting cancer drugs to make them hit tumors harder
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Scientists have devised a blueprint for boosting anti-cancer drugs' effectiveness and lowering their toxicity by attaching the equivalent of a lead sinker onto the drugs. This extra weight makes the drugs penetrate and accumulate ...
Ecosystem In Suspended Animation
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Deeply buried ocean sediments may house populations of tiny organisms that have extremely low maintenance energy needs and population turnover rates of anywhere from 200 to 2,000 years, according to an international team ...
'Bringing together the best in Europe'
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With the planned formation of a "European Institute of Technology" announced last week, the EU hopes to bring European innovation and knowledge back into the global picture. The institute, which is planned to be built by ...
Software promises more efficient design process
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Mechanical engineers at Purdue University have developed software that promises to increase the efficiency of creating parts for everything from cars to computer hardware by making it possible to quickly evaluate and optimize ...
SpaceX Sets New Launch Date For Falcon
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SpaceX has reset the tentative launch window for the maiden flight of Falcon 1 to March 20 through 25.
Crater Lichtenberg and young lunar basalts tracked by SMART-1
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This animation, made from images taken by the Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, illustrates a special pointing mode, the so-called 'target-tracking' mode.
Mars Rovers Robotics Planetary Exploration Atacama Xenobiology
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In the March 2006 issue of IEEE Spectrum, staff editor Jean Kumagai reports on what she saw and heard while observing the field team last fall. The researchers come to the Atacama because, more than any other on Earth, it ...
Winning postcards from Venus chosen
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Venus, as the goddess of beauty, has been celebrated in art and myth for millennia. Now, The Planetary Society and ESA celebrate the imagined rugged beauty of the planet's natural landscape with the winning ...
Briefs: BT launching 8Mbps broadband in Britain
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BT is launching a new wholesale broadband service in Great Britain with a potential for sizzling speeds up to 8 megabits per second.
Italians rebuild and graft human skin
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Italian physicians in Rome say they've used stem cells to rebuild human skin and repair tissue damage -- the first time such a feat has been accomplished.
Ausonia Mensa remnant massif
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These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the Ausonia Mensa massif on Mars.
Virtual reality used to train surgeons
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A Case Western Reserve University scientist in Cleveland says he's developing a way to use virtual reality simulation to train brain and heart surgeons.
WMI to track greenhouse gas emissions
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Waste Management Inc. announced Wednesday it has become the first solid waste company to track, report and certify its California greenhouse gas emissions.
