Magnetic Moondust
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Thirty-plus years ago on the moon, Apollo astronauts made an important discovery: Moondust can be a major nuisance. The fine powdery grit was everywhere and had a curious way of getting into things. Moondust ...
Spitzer Finds Hints of Planet Birth Around Dead Star
Apr 05, 2006 |
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has uncovered new evidence that planets might rise up out of a dead star's ashes. The infrared telescope surveyed the scene around a pulsar, the remnant of an exploded star, and ...
Nano World: Nanoparticle toxicity tests
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Scientists have for the first time compared how toxic several different kinds of nanoparticles are with known toxic and nontoxic items and found certain nanoparticles appeared surprisingly toxic, experts told UPI's Nano World. ...
'Scent of a woman' tells male redback spiders to find a mate
Apr 05, 2006 |
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If men think finding a nice partner to settle down and raise children with is tough, consider the plight of the male Australian redback spider. Instead of personality conflicts, spats over in-laws and financial ...
The Web: An iPod for your car
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Would you like some digital music downloaded directly to your dashboard -- not just your desktop? That may be the next phase of mobile music, as automotive aftermarket suppliers and computer and consumer electronics companies ...
Oh, what a feeling - dancing on the ceiling!
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Ever wondered how flies are able to walk on the ceiling without falling off? Scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart (Germany) are investigating this James Bond-style ability of insects to hang ...
Finding a Better Way to Quiet Noisy Environments
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Researchers at UCSD report in the April 4 issue of the Journal of Sound and Vibration a new mathematical algorithm designed to dramatically improve noise-cancellation technologies that are used to quiet everything from a ...
BlackBerry to provide Yahoo! via wireless
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Yahoo! Internet services will soon be available to users of BlackBerry wireless devices.
13-foot dinosaur raptor bones unveiled
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Five years after their discovery, the bones of a 7-foot-tall, 13-foot long new raptor dinosaur have been unveiled at the University of Utah.
Giant filament structures give a rare insight into galaxy cluster evolution
Apr 05, 2006 |
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A new image of the centre of a cluster of galaxies has revealed massive filamentary structures that give a rare insight into the evolution of galaxy clusters.
Chinese companies ready to drive global expansion
Apr 05, 2006 |
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Research by IBM and Fudan University finds that Chinese companies are expanding globally to acquire technology and management skills, escape intense domestic competition and capture new market opportunities. The in-depth ...
Mercury's formation impact splattered Earth with material
Apr 05, 2006 |
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New computer simulations of Mercury’s formation show the fate of material blasted out into space when a large proto-planet collided with a giant asteroid 4.5 billion years ago. The simulations, which track ...
Bubble, bubble: Searching through the rubble of supernova remnants
Apr 05, 2006 |
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A study of supernova remnants – material blown out into space during death throes of giant stars – has shown that a bubble of gas enveloping our Solar System is being shoved backwards by the debris of another, more recent, ...
Building-block process in evolution of massive galaxy clusters revealed
Apr 05, 2006 |
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A study of the Universe’s most massive galaxy clusters has shown that mergers play a vital role in their evolution.
Illinois first in tritium leaks
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Illinois reportedly has more sites at which radioactive tritium have leaked than any other state where such spills have been reported.
