Archive: 08/03/2005
Nerve Cells' Power Plants Caught In A Traffic Jam
Nerve cells need lots of energy to work properly, and the energy needs to be delivered to the right place at the right time. By inducing a mutation in fruit flies, researchers have figured out that a particular ...
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SAMSUNG Introduces a ‘Korea-Japan Roaming Phone’
Samsung Electronics announced the launch of a multi-function Korea – Japan roaming mobile phone (model: SCH-V670). V670 also comes with the latest multimedia features (MP3, VOD, MOD, etc.), as well as diverse ...
Aug 03, 2005 |
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Advanced Bridge Materials’ Efficacy Tested at NC State University
One-third of urban bridges in the United States are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, according to the recent Infrastructure Report Card issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Biologist Discovers What May Be World's 'Pickiest' Mates
California fiddler crabs may be among the world’s pickiest animal when it comes to selecting a mate. A study conducted by a biologist at the University of California, San Diego that appears in the August iss ...
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'Clean' Vehicle Research Initiative on Track, But Many Challenges Ahead
A public-private effort to develop more fuel-efficient automobiles and eventually introduce hydrogen as a transportation fuel is well-planned and identifies all major hurdles the program will face, says a new report from ...
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Team IDs new way to grow, repair bone
An international team of biomedical engineers, including several from MIT, has demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to grow healthy new bone reliably in one part of the body and use it to repair damaged bone ...
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Space Station Astronaut Records Muscle Activity for Study
Expedition 11 NASA ISS Science Officer John Phillips conducted his fourth session of the Foot/Ground Reaction Forces during Spaceflight, or FOOT experiment. Phillips wore the instrumented Lower Extremity Monitoring Suit, ...
Aug 03, 2005 |
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NASA's Spitzer Finds Hidden, Hungry Black Holes
Most of the biggest black holes in the universe have been eating cosmic meals behind closed doors – until now. With its sharp infrared eyes, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope peered through walls of galactic dust to uncover wha ...
Aug 03, 2005 |
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First Galileo Satellite delivered by UK company
Surrey Satellites Technology Ltd (SSTL) and the Galileo satellite navigation programme achieved a major milestone last week when SSTL delivered the first Galileo test satellite. The 'Galileo System Test Bed ...
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Virginia Tech electrical engineers invent wireless Internet connection
A new unlicensed, wireless Internet connection, WiFi, is providing new freedom to the World Wide Web addict. An antenna for WiFi, invented by Warren Stutzman of Virginia Tech's Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Eng ...
Aug 03, 2005 |
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NASA considers second emergency spacewalk
The successful emergency spacewalk by a shuttle Discovery astronaut Wednesday might soon be followed by the world's second such emergency repair mission.
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Finding may explain link between alcohol and certain cancers
Drinking alcoholic beverages has been linked to an increased risk of upper gastrointestinal cancer and other types of cancer. Researchers looking for the potential biochemical basis for this link have focused on acetaldehyde, ...
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'Smart' Bio-nanotubes Developed; May Help in Drug Delivery
Materials scientists working with biologists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed "smart" bio-nanotubes - with open or closed ends - that could be developed for drug or gene delivery ...
Aug 03, 2005 |
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First in-orbit space shuttle repair successful (Update)
Updated: The STS-114 crew completed heat shield repairs efforts on Space Shuttle Discovery’s underbelly during today’s spacewalk. STS-114 Mission Specialist Steve Robinson removed gap fillers that were protruding ...
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The Web: Silencing jihadi Web sites
The online communications channel between al-Qaida's shadowy leaders and its terrorist operatives has been severely disrupted in recent weeks -- since the July 7, 2005, jihadi attacks on London -- apparently by British intelligence.
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