Archive: 08/04/2005
Brain cell electrical activity studied
U.S. researchers say they have discovered a relationship between functional magnetic resonance imaging signals and brain cell electrical activity.
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View from the Top: 'Category Killers'
If you were looking for the GDP of Bhutan, where would you find it? Odds are you would turn to a search engine such as Google or Yahoo! (Google says the answer is $2.9 billion, in case you were curious). At work and at home, ...
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New Cost Tool Helps Fleet Managers Evaluate Hybrid Vehicles
A new software tool that compares the costs and emissions of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) to conventional vehicles is now available for government and business fleet managers interested in reducing fuel costs and protecting ...
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Breakthrough: structure of membrane protein described by Hebrew University, German researchers
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 ...
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Study may expand applied benefits of super-hard ceramics
A discovery reported in the August 5 issue of Science could speed the design of materials that approach the hardness of diamond yet remain supple enough to be worked like metal.
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New Cassini Images Show "Northern Lights" Of Saturn
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. ...
Aug 04, 2005 |
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No oceans on Titan, say researchers
There are no oceans on Saturn's moon Titan and flat areas of the satellite appear to be solid and dry, U.S. astronomers said.
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Fourth shuttle spacewalk not needed
A fourth space walk to fix a thermal blanket near shuttle Discovery's left window will not be needed, the crew was told by Mission Control in Houston Thursday.
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Study Shows Big Game Hunters, Not Climate Change, Killed Off Sloths
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 ...
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Interactive Television via Internet Begins in Belgium
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, ...
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Rensselaer Astrophysicist Chairs New Scientific Survey of Milky Way Galaxy
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 ...
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Quantum information can be negative
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 ...
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Novel technique offers new look at ancient diet dogma
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 ...
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Melting of Floating Ice Will Raise Sea Level
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 ...
Aug 04, 2005 |
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Physics Society President Says Intelligent Design Should Not be Taught as Science
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 ...
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