Titan's Seas Are Sand
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2006 |
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Until a couple of years ago, scientists thought the dark equatorial regions of Titan might be liquid oceans. New radar evidence shows they are seas -- but seas of sand dunes like those in the Arabian or Namibian ...
Scientists demonstrate a breakthrough in fabricating molecular electronics
May 04, 2006 |
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Scientists from Philips Research and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) have for the first time fabricated arrays of molecular diodes on standard substrates with high yields. The molecular diodes are as thin as ...
Engineers announce breakthrough in nanoscale semiconductor spin wave research
May 04, 2006 |
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Engineers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science are announcing a critical new breakthrough in semiconductor spin-wave research. UCLA Engineering adjunct professor Mary Mehrnoosh Eshaghian-Wilner, res ...
Researchers say use of switchgrass could solve energy woes
May 04, 2006 |
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers say the use of switchgrass could help break U.S. dependence on fossil fuels and curb costly transportation costs.
South Korea creates female android
May 04, 2006 |
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South Korean scientists say they have created the world's second android -- a female named EveR-1.
Longer battery life for wireless devices?
May 04, 2006 |
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Those worries about what happens when you need to make that urgent phone call on a dying cell phone, or having your laptop go blank mid-document could soon be lessened. Researchers at the University of Rochester say they've ...
Meteorites discovered to carry interstellar carbon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2006 |
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Like an interplanetary spaceship carrying passengers, meteorites have long been suspected of ferrying relatively young ingredients of life to our planet.
Monkeys draw novel conclusions, researchers say
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May 04, 2006 |
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Monkeys keep turning out to be smarter than people think they are. Researchers have shown that they can count to four and are aware of differences between languages like Dutch and Japanese, even though they ...
Staggering atoms sober up in physics detox cell
May 04, 2006 |
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Using an entirely new technology, a research team from Umeå University in Sweden has succeeded in controlling and converting energy from the random movement of atoms. “You could say that we have found a detox cell where drunken ...
U.S. young people: geographic illiterates
May 04, 2006 |
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A recent geographic literacy survey suggests young U.S. adults fail to understand the world and their place in it, National Geographic News reports.
Team Uses Historic NASA Tunnel to Test Blended Wing Body
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2006 |
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A historic NASA wind tunnel is helping test the prototype of a new, more fuel-efficient aircraft design. Boeing Phantom Works, St. Louis, has partnered with NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and ...
Nanoparticles Make Cancer Cells Visible
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 04, 2006 |
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Wouldn’t it be nice if we could detect tumors and their metastases as easily as we find broken bones with X-rays? A team of scientists headed by S. Bhatia in Boston has been working on this problem. They have found a way ...
Hi-tech shirt to monitor vital signs
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 04, 2006 |
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Integrated smart textile company Sensatex launched this week a patented SmartShirt System that could remotely monitor human vital signs.
Fire Ants: Their True Story Told By The Scientist Who Loves Them
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May 04, 2006 |
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When it comes to fire ants, most people prefer to wipe the venomous little varmints off the face of the Earth - or at least out of their own back yards. The reviled South American native that invaded the U.S. ...
Follow the nitrogen to extraterrestrial life
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2006 |
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The narrow search for water may miss important clues, say USC geobiologists The great search for extraterrestrial life has focused on water at the expense of a crucial element, say geobiologists at the University of Southern Cal ...
