Largest Ever Killer Crater Found Under Ice in Antarctica
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Planetary scientists have found evidence of a meteor impact much larger and earlier than the one that killed the dinosaurs -- an impact that they believe caused the biggest mass extinction in Earth's history.
Scientists design Maglev car with greater stability
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Since the late ‘60s, scientists have been designing, building and operating “flying trains,” or magnetically levitated (“Maglev”) systems. However, the sci-fi-like technology still faces challenges for increased ...
Brain on chip: Nerve tissue interfaced with a computer chip
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Before informational input perceived by the mammalian brain is stored in the long-term memory, it is temporarily memorised in the hippocampus. Understanding the function of the hippocampus as an important player ...
Electric Fish in Africa Could be Example of Evolution in Action
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Jun 02, 2006 |
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Avoiding quicksand along the banks of the Ivindo River in Gabon, Cornell neurobiologists armed with oscilloscopes search for shapes and patterns of electricity created by fish in the water.
Bridgestone Develops Electronic Paper Display
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest manufacturer of tires and other rubber products, has succeeded in the development of the "world's largest-class, thinnest and flexible color display" as reflective electronic ...
Thirty Meter Telescope Passes Conceptual Design Review
Jun 02, 2006 |
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The detailed design for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) developed by a U.S.-Canadian team is capable of delivering on the full promise of its enormous light-collecting area, according to the findings of an independent panel ...
SPEAR3 Accelerator Approved for 500mA
Jun 02, 2006 |
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This spring the Department of Energy gave SPEAR3 license to run the accelerator at 500 milliamperes (mA), the current the accelerator was designed to use. Since it opened in January 2004, the machine has operated ...
Sensor opens up study of crucial molecule
Jun 02, 2006 |
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MIT scientists have discovered a way to monitor a crucial molecule as it goes about its business within living cells. The molecule, nitric oxide (NO), plays critical roles in the human body -- from the destruction ...
Smoking linked to premature death
Jun 02, 2006 |
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A Japanese doctor has found that smoking is more dangerous to people's health than high levels of cholesterol, sugar and high blood pressure.
Hello? Their phones have changed, but teenaged girls have not
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Cellphones come in many shapes, colors and sizes now, but the teenaged girls who use them may not be very different than the young women who were learning how to use telephones more than 40 years ago.
Ancient figs may be first cultivated crop
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Ancient figs unearthed at an archaeological site in the Jordan Valley may be the earliest cultivated fruit, U.S. and Israeli scientists say.
Globe Talk: Enron's broadband debacle
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Enron was nothing if not flamboyant and eager to pursue the latest business trends. While its focus was on energy trading, it had expanded into telecommunications among other industries as executives cooked the books and ...
Prostate patients warned of possible virus
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Some 2,000 patients of a Milwaukee veterans' hospital are being warned they may have been exposed to viruses, including HIV.
Japanese military going into space?
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has drafted a bill to allow Japan's military into space.
YouTube rises above video competitors
Jun 02, 2006 |
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It's the goal of every Internet startup: become the next cool thing. And despite the planning, the focus groups and the cool perks for customers, it either happens or it doesn't.
