Future of war demands futuristic flying machines
Apr 03, 2007 |
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While no one can predict where, when or why countries will fight future wars, experts are already creating war technology that may play a deciding factor in the outcome. Perhaps it’s a bit bold to say scientists can write ...
Noise-absorbing windows
Apr 03, 2007 |
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The noise of aircraft taking off, road traffic or a booming discotheque often drive inhabitants of the neighborhood to a nervous frenzy. The first-ever windows with active sound insulation offer much-needed ...
Hey, WIMPs: Beware of Dwarf
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Stars may be bullies in their old age. White dwarfs—dense, collapsed stars in their final stage of life—could be skilled at swallowing and annihilating weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). These particles ...
How did life on Earth originate?
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Did life arrive from space? Rather than developing here, could the first life forms have been catapulted to Earth on a chunk of rock from outer space? Investigations show that microbes are capable of surviving ...
HP Announces Restyled Desktop PCs, Monitors
Apr 03, 2007 |
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The latest editions to the Slimline and Pavilion series, as well as HP's new monitors, are designed with a look and feel similar to that of our Editors' Choice HP TouchSmart IQ770 PC.
Power and Sexual Harassment: Men and Women See Things Differently
Apr 03, 2007 |
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In the hands of the wrong person, power can be dangerous. That's especially the case in the workplace, where the abuse of power can lead to sexual harassment.
Tracking alien turbulences
Apr 03, 2007 |
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New images and data from ESA's mission to Venus provide new insights into the turbulent and noxious atmosphere of Earth's sister planet. What causes violent winds and turbulences? Is the surface topography ...
Study points to new direction for pancreas cell regeneration
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Replacing faulty or missing cells with new insulin-making cells has been the object of diabetes research for the last decade. Past studies in tissue culture have suggested that one type of pancreas cell could ...
New molecule involved in the body's processing of dietary fat identified
Apr 03, 2007 |
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UCLA investigators have identified a new molecule that may help regulate the delivery of fats to cells for energy and storage. Published in the April issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, the finding could ...
FSU's Lab to Build World's Strongest Magnet for 'Neutron Scattering' Experiments
Apr 03, 2007 |
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The Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin has contracted with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Florida State University to build an $8.7-million hybrid magnet for "neutron scattering" experiments.
Arctic Replenished Very Little Thick Sea Ice in 2005
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A new NASA study has found that in 2005 the Arctic replaced very little of the thick sea ice it normally loses and replenishes each year. Replenishment of this thick, perennial sea ice each year is essential ...
How we remember each other
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Researchers at McGill University’s Douglas Mental Health University Institute, in collaboration with a French team at the University of Paris, have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify the part of the brain that ...
Why are there so many more species of insects? Because insects have been here longer
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Apr 03, 2007 |
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J. B. S. Haldane once famously quipped that "God is inordinately fond of beetles." Results of a study by Mark A. McPeek of Dartmouth College and Jonathan M. Brown of Grinnell College suggest that this fondness was expressed ...
AMD Offers First Embedded Chip Set
Apr 03, 2007 |
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In addition to increasing its embedded lineup, the company is adding the Socket S1 to connect the chip set to the motherboard and a new development board.
Hubble's view of barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672
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NGC 1672, visible from the Southern Hemisphere, is seen almost face on and shows regions of intense star formation. The greatest concentrations of star formation are found in the so-called starburst regions ...
