Melting of Floating Ice Will Raise Sea Level
Aug 04, 2005 |
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When ice on land slides into the ocean, it displaces ocean water and causes sea level to rise. People believe that when this floating ice melts, water level doesn’t rise an additional amount because the freshwater ice displaces ...
Moderate drinkers end up better thinkers
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Moderate drinkers have been found to be better thinkers than heavy drinkers and those who do not drink at all, according to the Australian National University research. In a study of more than 7000 people aged 20-24, 40-44 ...
Physics Society President Says Intelligent Design Should Not be Taught as Science
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Marvin Cohen, president of the American Physical Society (APS), has stated that only scientifically validated theories, such as evolution, should be taught in the nation’s science classes. He made this statement in response ...
Quantum information can be negative
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Even the most ignorant cannot know less than nothing. After all, negative knowledge makes no sense. But, although this may be true in the everyday world we are accustomed to, it has been discovered that negative knowledge ...
Study Shows Big Game Hunters, Not Climate Change, Killed Off Sloths
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Prehistoric big game hunters and not the last ice age are the likely culprits in the extinction of giant ground sloths and other North American great mammals such as mammoths, mastodons and saber-toothed tigers, says a University ...
New Cassini Images Show "Northern Lights" Of Saturn
Aug 04, 2005 |
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New images of Saturn obtained by a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team on June 21 using an instrument on the Cassini spacecraft show auroral emissions at its poles similar to Earth's Northern Lights. ...
Brain cell electrical activity studied
Aug 04, 2005 |
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U.S. researchers say they have discovered a relationship between functional magnetic resonance imaging signals and brain cell electrical activity.
Rensselaer Astrophysicist Chairs New Scientific Survey of Milky Way Galaxy
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Heidi Newberg, associate professor of physics and astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is chairing the science working group of a new project focused on mapping the Milky Way Galaxy’s structure and stellar makeup ...
Breakthrough: structure of membrane protein described by Hebrew University, German researchers
Aug 04, 2005 |
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The structure of the membrane protein NhaA has been revealed by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Max Planck Institute of Germany. Membrane protein research is at the forefront of modern ...
Novel technique offers new look at ancient diet dogma
Aug 04, 2005 |
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A Penn State researcher is part of the team that developed techniques that have generated insights into dietary divergences between some of our human ancestors, allowing scientists to better understand the evolutionary path ...
Lasers Key to Handheld Gas and Liquid Sensors
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Aug 04, 2005 |
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Terrorists have just laced the water supply of a major metropolis with a chemical so lethal that only small amounts are needed to kill thousands of people. But the chemical never reaches its targets. Tiny liquid ...
View from the Top: VoIP comes of age
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Voice over Internet Protocol has emerged as an increasingly popular alternative to traditional phone connections for its ability to transport voice communications over data networks like the Internet.
Venus Express launch campaign starts
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ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has just completed its last phase of testing in Europe and is ready to be shipped to its launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Internal report critical of shuttle foam
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An internal NASA report, which did not warn against the Discovery launch, did warn of the way insulating foam had been applied to sections of the fuel tank.
Interactive Television via Internet Begins in Belgium
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Following several months of successful testing in 1,000 Belgian households, the network operator Belgacom is pointing the way to the future of television — with interactive, digital TV via Internet protocol (IP). For reception, ...
