Plasma thruster tested for Mars mission
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Technology invented by ANU physicists could see expeditions to Mars become a reality, with the European Space Agency (ESA) announcing it will begin full-scale trials next year.
Scientific breakthrough a step toward quantum computing
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Light is the solution. It's also the problem. That's the paradox HP Labs' Quantum Information Processing Group is beginning to unravel with its research into optical quantum computing. The group has been investigating ...
Worms survived shuttle crash
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NASA says tiny nematode worms that were aboard the space shuttle Columbia when it exploded were recovered alive in Texas.
Stardust nears end of epic journey; researchers await its treasure
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Donald Brownlee's heart skipped a beat six years ago when the launch of the Stardust spacecraft didn't happen as planned. The University of Washington astronomy professor has experienced many other tense times ...
Nanotech discovery could have radical implications
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It has been 20 years since futurist Eric Drexler daringly predicted a world where miniaturized robots would build things one molecule at a time. The world of nanotechnology is beginning to come to pass, with ...
Radar satellite service checks stability of Africa's largest artificial hole
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International engineering firm AMEC is working with ESA to improve monitoring of ground subsidence linked to mining activity. Radar satellites in orbit 800 kilometres away can reveal millimetre-scale elevation ...
The first baby boom
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In an important new study assessing the demographic impact of the shift from foraging to farming, anthropologists use evidence from 60 prehistoric American cemeteries to prove that the invention of agriculture led to a significant ...
Deforestation may spread malaria
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Scientists say they have found a link between deforestation and the spread of malaria in the Peruvian Amazon.
Wild red ibis found in northwest China
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A large habitat for wild red ibis -- one of the world's most endangered birds -- has been discovered in northwest China.
Ancient fish fossils uncovered in China
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A large layer of fish fossils, estimated to be more than 70 million years ago, was found in a bamboo forest in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Fixing by Filtration: New testing strips for detecting heavy metals
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Many heavy meals are toxic to the environment or to humans. Legal limits for these pollutants in drinking water and run-off are thus correspondingly low. Rapid on-the-spot analysis and routine water quality tests demand a ...
New 'self-exploding' microcapsules could take sting out of drug delivery
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Belgian chemists have developed "self-exploding" microcapsules that could one day precisely release drugs and vaccines inside the human body weeks or even months after injection. The study, by researchers at Ghent University ...
US woman gives birth to baby from world's first frozen donor egg bank
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Wendy and Jared Kennedy find it hard to take their eyes off their new daughter, Avery Lee, born in the early morning hours of Dec. 31 at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center. Avery is special to them for many ...
An Elephant Tail: New Method Tracks Endangered Critters
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By analyzing chemicals in tail hair from elephants that wore radio collars, researchers tracked the diet and movements of elephants in Kenya – a method aimed at reducing human-elephant conflicts and determining ...
New telecom cable links Europe, SE Asia
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Azia Monday presided over the dedication of a new undersea telecom cable linking Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
