Scientists plan new space mission to observe quantum gravity
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Physicists in the UK have made an exciting breakthrough and are developing plans for a new space mission that could carry out a range of fundamental physics experiments, which will involve placing a high-precision ...
New Clue to World's Tiniest Particles
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Particle physicists around the world will be designing their next generation of billion-dollar experiments following new findings from a University of Adelaide-led research team. The Holy Grail of the world's particle physicists ...
Switchable Lotus Effect
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Lotus blossoms are beautiful, and always immaculately clean. Water drops bead up and roll off of their water-repellent surface, washing away every speck of dust. This type of self-cleaning surface would be very useful to ...
Science says Kandinsky was right – paintings can be heard
Sep 04, 2006 |
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We all link music and art, but only a tiny minority of us is aware of the crossover of senses in our brains, according to a UCL (University College London) neuroscientist, speaking today at the BA Festival of Science. New ...
Solar cells go thin and flimsy
Sep 04, 2006 |
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The next generation of solar cells made out of plastics and microscopic crystals instead of silicon are taking shape at UQ (University of Queensland). UQ Master of Physics student Michael Deceglie is working ...
SMART-1 swan song: valuable data until final moments
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Right up to its final orbits, SMART-1 continued delivering valuable data, extending the mission's legacy as a technology and scientific success. Scientists and engineers met today at ESOC to review mission ...
Television in Top Quality
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Whether you are at home or on the move new technologies are bringing TV in good quality on the “small screen”. Fraunhofer researchers will be presenting various systems at the International Broadcast Convention ...
Snake origin theories spark venomous debate
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Rudyard Kipling tells a tale of how the elephant's trunk might have originated, thanks in part to the efforts of a quick-thinking snake. It seems Kipling did well to steer clear of questions pertaining to the ...
Global changes alter the timing of plant growth, scientists say
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Any gardener knows--different plant species mature at different times. Scientists studying plant communities in natural habitats call this phenomenon "complementarity." It allows many species to co-exist because it reduces ...
Wind power a vexing question for Vermont
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(AP) -- When farmer Greg Bryant first heard about plans for windmills along a swath of mountain ridges in this northeastern Vermont hamlet, he was all for it. The idea of tapping a plentiful natural resource ...
Researchers Find Validity in 1918 Treatment for Avian Influenza
Sep 04, 2006 |
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USU faculty have discovered that a treatment for the Spanish Influenza pandemic may also be effective for current Avian Influenza patients.
Shade trees fight global warming in Calif.
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Sacramento, Calif., has decided that when it comes to battling global warming Mother Nature knows best and nothing is better than planting a tree.
'Red to Dead' seawater plan underway
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Esteemed British architect Lord Foster has been enlisted to carve a canal through the Sinai desert in order to rescue the Dead Sea from environmental damage.
Research at Argonne helps Abbott Labs develop anti-HIV drug
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Back in 1996, when the Advanced Photon Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory first turned on its brilliant beam of X-rays, scientists from around the world were excited by the ...
High levels of pollutants may decrease sexual organ size in polar bears
Sep 04, 2006 |
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Exposure to high levels of environmental pollutants called organohalogen compounds (OHCs) seems to reduce the size of sexual organs in male and female polar bears, researchers report in an article scheduled for the Sept. ...
