Material Changes its Color, Depending on How You Look at It
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Looking at the metallic woodboring beetle head-on, the insect appears red. But viewing it from the side, the beetle starts to take on a greenish hue, and then turns completely green at an 80-degree angle. ...
Intel Microchip Packs Two Billion Transistors
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Intel has just announced the first microchip that contains more than two billion transistors - tiny switches that together perform the calculations in computers. The chip, known as Tukwila, marks a milestone ...
Team develops energy-efficient microchip
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Researchers at MIT and Texas Instruments have unveiled a new chip design for portable electronics that can be up to 10 times more energy-efficient than present technology. The design could lead to cell phones, implantable ...
Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 04, 2008 |
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Anthropogenic forcing could push the Earth’s climate system past critical thresholds, so that important components may “tip” into qualitatively different modes of operation. In the renowned magazine Proceedings of ...
Irregular exercise pattern may add pounds
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The consequences of quitting exercise may be greater than previously thought, according to a new study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that determined that the weight gained during ...
Materials can come from the mind, not just the mines
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Dr. Julia E. Medvedeva, assistant professor of physics at Missouri University of Science and Technology, believes materials can come from the mind, not just the mines.
Neutron Stars Join the Black-Hole Jet Set
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A team of astronomers has discovered a neutron star emitting an extended stream of powerful X rays, marking the first time such an extended X-ray jet has been detected originating from any class of object ...
Thinking too complicated? Neuronal activity is far more predictable than assumed
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How sensitive are neuronal networks to external interference? To what extent are neuronal network processes including the thinking patterns of the brain predefined? These questions have been investigated by ...
Bio-crude turns cheap waste into valuable fuel
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CSIRO and Monash University have developed a chemical process that turns green waste into a stable bio-crude oil.
Experts blow mega-tsunami theory out of the water
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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The theory that ancient mega-tsunamis once swamped the Australian coast – leaving deposits up to 30km inland – is severely undermined by the archaeological evidence, a conference at The Australian National University will ...
Birds, bats and insects hold secrets for aerospace engineers
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Natural flyers like birds, bats and insects outperform man-made aircraft in aerobatics and efficiency. University of Michigan engineers are studying these animals as a step toward designing flapping-wing planes ...
Iodized table salt may be low in iodine, raising health concerns
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Amid concern that people in the United States are consuming inadequate amounts of iodine, scientists in Texas have found that 53 percent of iodized salt samples contained less than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Researchers identify cells that cause nervous system disease
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Two teams of University of Michigan researchers have tracked down the cells responsible for neurofibromatosis type1, a disfiguring, incurable condition and one of the most common hereditary disorders.
Gas 'finger' points to galaxies' future
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Like a fork piercing a fried egg, a giant finger of hydrogen gas is poking through our Milky Way Galaxy from outside, astronomers using CSIRO radio telescopes at Parkes and Narrabri have found.
Gotta have heart! Crocodilians bypass their lungs to improve digestion
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As perhaps confirmed by their ubiquity on nature cable channels, crocodiles are among nature’s most fearsome predators. When the opportunity arises, crocodilians will gorge, voluntarily consuming meals weighing ...
