Archive: 08/02/2006
New System Provides Power, Water, Refrigeration from One Source
When hurricanes, wars or other emergencies force authorities to respond, three essentials top their list of must-haves: water, electricity and refrigeration.
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Imaging Challenges Theory of High-temperature Superconductivity
By observing events at the scale of single atoms, Cornell researchers have found evidence that the mechanism in high-temperature superconductors may be much more like that in low-temperature superconductors ...
Aug 02, 2006 |
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U. of Ariz. has telescope work contract
(AP) -- The University of Arizona will get $3 million for polishing the 4.3-meter mirror of a new $40 million telescope partially funded by the owners of the Discovery Channel.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Modern Technology Reveals Ancient Science
Finally, after more than 1000 years in obscurity, the last unreadable pages of the works of ancient mathematician Archimedes are being deciphered, thanks to the x-ray vision at the Department of Energy’s Stanford ...
Aug 02, 2006 |
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NASA Selects Advanced Dark Energy Physics Telescope for Concept Development
A Johns Hopkins astrophysicist is principal investigator of a proposal, accepted today by NASA, to design a space mission to determine the properties of the mysterious dark energy that is causing the expansion rate of the ...
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Apes, not Monkeys, Ace IQ Tests
The great apes are the smartest of all nonhuman primates, with orangutans and chimpanzees consistently besting monkeys and lemurs on a variety of intelligence tests, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found.
Biology /
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Doctors warn of dangers of flip-flops
In the wake of last month's decree that wearing flip-flops could result in job loss, British doctors have said the shoe could also result in health issues.
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Socking it to cancer
An Australian research team has identified a gene that could be used to stop tumours growing by blocking their blood supply.
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Researchers solve mystery of attractive surfaces
When smooth surfaces that hate water approach each other underwater, scientists have observed that they snap into contact. This is apparently due to attractive forces that extend for tens to hundreds of nanometers.
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Samsung Launches Slim HSDPA Phone SGH-Z560
Samsung is reinforcing its technology leadership with the launch of HSDPA handset (SGH-Z560). Samsung has introduced the world's first HSDPA phone (SGH-ZV50) into France and Italy in early June.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Chevron and Stanford team up to develop nanoscale diamondoids
Stanford and Chevron MolecularDiamond Technologies have teamed up to develop a novel class of nanomaterials derived from petroleum. Diamondoids—essentially diamond molecules—may find application in displays, sensors, hydrogen ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Evidence of rapid evolution is found at the tips of chromosomes
In terms of their telomeres, mice are more complicated than humans. That’s the finding from a recent Rockefeller University study, which shows that mice have two proteins working together to do the job of a ...
Aug 02, 2006 |
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New method of using nanotube x-rays creates CT images faster than traditional scanners
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new method to create computed tomography (CT) images using carbon nanotube x-rays that works much faster than traditional scanners and uses less ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Tiny inhaled particles take easy route from nose to brain
In a continuing effort to find out if the tiniest airborne particles pose a health risk, University of Rochester Medical Center scientists showed that when rats breathe in nano-sized materials they follow a rapid and efficient ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 02, 2006 |
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Eliminating the 'Twin'
A University of Arkansas researcher has received a grant to study the dynamics of synthesizing molecules with the same "handedness."
Aug 02, 2006 |
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