Space shield could help image Earth-like planets
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A gigantic, daisy-shaped space shield could be used to block out pesky starlight and allow astronomers using an orbiting telescope to zero in on Earth-like planets in other solar systems, according to a University ...
Researchers peg magnetism as key driver of high-temperature superconductivity
Jul 05, 2006 |
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When it comes to superconductivity, magnetic excitations may top good vibrations. Writing in the July 6, 2006, issue of Nature, scientists working at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology Center ...
New technique exceeds x-ray and electron diffraction in spatial composition profiling
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“We were excited to see this,” says James Hannon, a researcher at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. “People knew it would be possible, but no one had ever tried it. This is the ...
Carbon nanotube building blocks open up possibilities for advanced electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 05, 2006 |
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A new method to systematically modify the structure of single-walled carbon nanotubes could expand their electronic properties and open the path to nano-electronics.
Full 3-D image of nanocrystals' interior created by shining X-rays through them
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A vital step towards the ultimate goal of being able to take 'photographs' of individual molecules in action has been achieved by an international team led by UCL (University College London) researchers at the London Centre ...
Tech File: HD Radio
Jul 05, 2006 |
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Most radio listeners can't turn on the radio these days without hearing a commercial about this new finagled thing called HD Radio. While the commercials may peak curiosity, they don't tell much about what HD Radio is, so ...
A Surprise about Our Body Clock
Jul 05, 2006 |
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The first gene known to control the internal clock of humans and other mammals works much differently than previously believed, according to a study by Utah and Michigan researchers.
Nano World: Nanomagnets in chips, antenna
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 05, 2006 |
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Magnetic particles only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide promise to help electronics continue to pack ever closer together for more powerful microchips and other devices, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Medium is the message for stem cells in search of identities
Jul 05, 2006 |
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Embryonic stem cells, prized for their astonishing ability to apparently transform into any kind of cell in the body, acquire their identities in part by interacting with their surroundings - even when they are outside of ...
New instrument probes nanostructure growth for industry and research
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 05, 2006 |
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Researchers at Purdue University are using a rare type of electron microscope to see how structures like carbon nanotubes form at the atomic level, information that will be crucial for nanotechnology to find ...
Novel telescope to probe early universe
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A novel telescope that will aid the understanding of the early universe is moving closer to full-scale construction thanks to a $4.9 million award from the National Science Foundation to a U.S. consortium led ...
Impotence gel would rival Viagra
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A British-based pharmaceutical company says it plans to introduce an impotence gel that would rival Viagra.
Nothing but first-class seats at the movies
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Invisible, but audible, is the latest attraction at the Bavaria Film Studios near Munich. The "4D cinema experience" is the second movie theater in Germany to have departed from conventional multi-channel sound. ...
Silent earthquakes may foreshadow destructive temblors
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 05, 2006 |
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A team of American geoscientists is urging colleagues around the world to search for evidence of tiny earthquakes in seismically active areas, such as the Pacific Northwest, that are periodically rocked by powerful temblors ...
Heat halts pain inside the body
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The old wives' tale that heat relieves abdominal pain, such as colic or menstrual pain, has been scientifically proven by a UCL (University College London) scientist, who will present the findings today at the Physiological ...
