The Mysterious Smell of Moondust
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Moondust. "I wish I could send you some," says Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan. Just a thimbleful scooped fresh off the lunar surface. "It's amazing stuff."
Nano World: Carbon nanotube capacitors
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Carbon nanotubes could help release and hold electrical energy, for potential use in everything from microchips to hybrid cars, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Expert: You too can be creative; it just takes hard work
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Do you desire to be a more creative person but don't think you have the "creative" gene? You may have some hard work ahead, but it's possible to become the next Walt Disney or Martha Stewart, says an expert ...
New analysis shows three human migrations out of Africa
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A new, more robust analysis of recently derived human gene trees by Alan R. Templeton, Ph.D, of Washington University in St Louis, shows three distinct major waves of human migration out of Africa instead ...
'Trust me, I'm a physicist' – the weird world of quantum entanglement
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Declaring that it is always useful to start a lecture with a literary quote, Professor Sir Peter Knight began his on quantum entanglement with the statement: "Let's just say we want to avoid any Imperial entanglements."
New Medical Device Combines Wireless and MEMS Technology
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Winning a thumbs-up from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, CardioMEMS Inc. has launched its EndoSure sensor, which makes testing safer and more convenient for aneurysm patients.
Seeing stardust: New image shows speck of comet dust from NASA mission
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This photo from NASA shows a mote of comet dust embedded in a tiny wedge of aerogel extracted from the Stardust collectors that returned to Earth Jan. 15. The comet dust was extracted by University of California, ...
Nanoscale Engineering to Power a Greener Future
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Researchers at the University of St Andrews have discovered a new material which could lead to significantly more powerful fuel cells than currently available. The School of Chemistry scientists have found a new electrode ...
Spyware poses a significant threat on the Net
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Spyware is alive and well on the Internet. That's the overall message of a new study by University of Washington computer scientists who sampled more than 20 million Internet addresses, looking for the programs that covertly ...
Carbon Nanotube Network Detects DNA Without Labels
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Using a microchip device constructed with carbon nanotubes, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Nanomix, Inc., in Emeryville, CA, have developed a rapid method of detecting specific DNA sequences, ...
NGC 5746: Detection of hot halo gets theory out of hot water
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Scientists using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have detected an extensive halo of hot gas around a quiescent spiral galaxy. This discovery is evidence that galaxies like our Milky Way are still accumulating ...
Colour purple rules the mailbox
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Received any purple-coloured mail recently? Chances are you will. Massey Marketing researchers have found that purple has a previously unrecognized appeal – at least when it comes to mail surveys.
New measurements prove myosin VI can act as molecular transporter
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In living organisms, hundreds of different kinds of molecular motors perform a variety of essential, but little understood tasks that result in such actions as muscle contraction, cell division and the movement ...
Spirit Completes Studies Of Arad, Moves On
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Spirit is healthy and continues to pursue the short-term goal of driving to 'Home Plate.' Results from scientific instruments on the rover's robotic arm indicate that the white soil target called 'Arad' has a salty chemistry ...
Scientist: Bird flu not biological weapon
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The avian influenza virus originated naturally and is not a biological weapon, a senior Russian scientist has said.
