Tenth Planet Has a Moon
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Scientists are over the moon at the W.M. Keck Observatory and the California Institute of Technology over a new discovery of a satellite orbiting the Solar System's 10th planet (2003 UB313). The newly discovered moon orbits ...
Gravity Probe B Mission Completes Data Collection
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Oct 03, 2005 |
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Almost 90 years after Albert Einstein first postulated his general theory of relativity, scientists have finished collecting data to put it to a new, different kind of experimental test. NASA's Gravity Pro ...
Sharp's New LCD Offers Industry's Highest Contrast Ratio
Oct 03, 2005 |
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Sharp Corporation has developed a "Mega-Contrast" Advanced Super View Premium LCD that defies conventional wisdom to deliver an unprecedented contrast ratio of 1,000,000:1 the highest level in the industry.
Study finds way to cut sea lamprey numbers
Oct 03, 2005 |
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Minnesota scientists say they've found a way to reduce sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes by attracting them to areas where they can be sterilized.
Black Holes Aren't So Black
Oct 03, 2005 |
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Common wisdom holds that we can never see a black hole because nothing can escape it - not even light. Fortunately, black holes aren't completely black. As gas is pulled into a black hole by its strong gravitational force, ...
A space station view on giant lightning
Oct 03, 2005 |
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Do giant flashes of lightning striking upwards from thunder clouds merely pose an extraordinarily spectacular view? Or do they actually alter the chemical composition of the atmosphere, playing a role in ozone ...
Scientists create PNA molecule with potential to build nanodevices
Oct 03, 2005 |
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For the first time, a team of investigators at Carnegie Mellon University has shown that the binding of metal ions can mediate the formation of peptide nucleic acid (PNA) duplexes from single strands of PNA that are only ...
Brookhaven Lab Breaks Ground for New Nanocenter
Oct 03, 2005 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory held a groundbreaking ceremony today for the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN). The CFN will provide researchers with advanced probes and ...
Modeling the Sound of Music
Oct 03, 2005 |
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If a musical instrument has never been built before, how can you know what it will sound like? That's the question UC Berkeley graduate student Cynthia Bruyns is answering with Vibration Lab, software she's designing to simulate ...
Toshiba to Demonstrate HD DVD Player at CEATEC JAPAN 2005
Oct 03, 2005 |
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Toshiba Corp. today announced that it would demonstrate its prototype HD DVD player at CEATEC JAPAN 2005, Asia's premier international exhibition of high-technology and electronics.
Machines making other machines: new twist on self-replication
Oct 03, 2005 |
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How can we best build self-replicating machines? The past few decades have witnessed self-replicating virtual automata, ranging from the benign Game of Life by Conway to malicious computer viruses. Self-replicating physical ...
Your favourite TV programme anywhere
Oct 03, 2005 |
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Good news for TV addicts. Soon they will have the possibility to watch their favourite TV programmes wherever they may be as a result of new chipsets for digital TV from a dynamic French electronics company.
BellSouth ups e-mail storage to 250MB
Oct 03, 2005 |
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BellSouth is expanding its broadband e-mail storage capacity to 250 megabytes without any added cost to their customers.
Colosseum brickworks discovered near Rome
Oct 03, 2005 |
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Archaeologists have discovered the site of the brickworks that built the Colosseum and the Pantheon in Rome more than 2000 years ago.
Spirit Reaches True Summit
Oct 03, 2005 |
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Spirit is healthy and has provided a spectacular view from the top of "Husband Hill." The rover has acquired numerous panoramas from both the navigation camera and panoramic camera. Spirit took coordinated observations with ...
