Renewable Energy Made by Mixing Salt and Fresh Water
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a river flows into the sea, the location is more than just a haven for water commerce. The mixing of fresh and salt water that occurs at an estuary also dissipates energy, as the different ...
Indian satellite confirmed US moon landing: scientist
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 02, 2009 |
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India's first lunar mission has captured images of the landing site of the Apollo 15 craft, debunking theories that the US mission was a hoax, the country's state-run space agency said Wednesday.
Researcher uncovers secrets of Kells 'angels'
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Book of Kells and similarly illustrated manuscripts of seventh- and eighth-century England and Ireland are known for their entrancingly intricate artwork -- geometric designs so precise ...
What's Smelly But Can Fuel a Car?
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Driving home from a seminar on fuel cell technology, Gerardine Botte was struck with a notion. Her idea was based on water electrolysis, a process used to produce hydrogen energy from water. Botte, an associate ...
Two More Earth's Chandler Wobble Jumps Revealed, Last in 2005
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Chandler Wobble is a small variation in the rotation of the Earth on its axis. It has been known for some time that the phase of the Chandler Wobble jumped by 180 degrees in the 1920s, ...
Dead Ahead: Similar Early Warning Signals of Change in Climate, Ecosystems, Financial Markets, Human Health
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What do abrupt changes in ocean circulation and Earth's climate, shifts in wildlife populations and ecosystems, the global finance market and its system-wide crashes, and asthma attacks and ...
Giant Galaxy Hosts the Most Distant Supermassive Black Hole
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Hawaii (UH) astronomer Dr. Tomotsugu Goto and colleagues have discovered a giant galaxy surrounding the most distant supermassive black hole ever found. The galaxy, so distant ...
New graphene-based nanomaterial with magnetic properties designed
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 02, 2009 |
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An international team of researchers has designed a new graphite-based, magnetic nano-material that acts as a semiconductor and could help material scientists create the next generation of electronic devices ...
First genetic link between reptile and human heart evolution
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Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other ...
Methane gas likely spewing into the oceans through vents in sea floor (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists worry that rising global temperatures accompanied by melting permafrost in arctic regions will initiate the release of underground methane into the atmosphere. Once released, that ...
No strain for Andromeda: Galaxy is cosmic cannibal (w/ Video)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge galaxy neighbouring our own Milky Way appears to have expanded by "digesting" smaller galaxies nearby, a new study has shown.
Israeli archaeologists find ancient fortification
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Archaeologists digging in Jerusalem have uncovered a 3,700-year-old wall that is the oldest example of massive fortifications ever found in the city, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.
New breakthrough in bubble research
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A researcher from the University of Bath has found a new approach to an old geometric problem of modelling the most efficient way of packing shapes to form a foam.
Great Barrier Reef under serious threat: report
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in serious jeopardy as global warming and chemical runoff threaten to kill marine species and cause serious outbreaks of disease, a report warned Wednesday.
'NanoPen' may write new chapter in nanotechnology manufacturing
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Researchers in California are reporting development of a so-called "NanoPen" that could provide a quick, convenient way of laying down patterns of nanoparticles — from wires to circuits — for making futuristic ...
