Towards hydrogen as fuel for cars and electronic devices
Mar 06, 2006 |
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Chemists at UCLA and the University of Michigan report an advance toward the goal of cars that run on hydrogen rather than gasoline. While the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that practical hydrogen fuel ...
Scientists issue unprecedented forecast of next sunspot cycle
Mar 06, 2006 |
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The next sunspot cycle will be 30-50% stronger than the last one and begin as much as a year late, according to a breakthrough forecast using a computer model of solar dynamics developed by scientists at the ...
Carbon fiber cars could put US on highway to efficiency
Mar 06, 2006 |
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Highways of tomorrow might be filled with lighter, cleaner and more fuel-efficient automobiles made in part from recycled plastics, lignin from wood pulp and cellulose.
World's oldest ship timbers found in Egypt
Mar 06, 2006 |
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The world's oldest remains of a seafaring ship have been found in caves at the edge of the Egyptian desert.
The Kennewick Man's history emerges
Mar 06, 2006 |
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In 1996 the skull of the 9,000-year-old Kennewick Man was found along a river near Kennewick, Wash., but only now is light being shed on the remains.
Experimental atomic clock uses ytterbium 'pancakes'
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Mar 06, 2006 |
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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology working with Russian colleagues have significantly improved the design of optical atomic clocks that hold thousands of atoms in a lattice made ...
Electrons flying 'backwards' in Saturn's sky
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Mar 06, 2006 |
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We can see polar lights on Earth when electrons above the atmosphere are accelerated downwards. They light up when they hit the upper atmosphere. Some years ago, researchers discovered that electrons inside ...
AMD Announces Three New Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors
Mar 06, 2006 |
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AMD today announced three new models in the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor family that lead the industry in x86 performance and performance-per-watt capabilities. The new Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors help ...
Amber reveals ecology of 30 million year old spiders
Mar 06, 2006 |
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Scientists at The University of Manchester and the Manchester Metropolitan University have carried out the first comparative scientific study of ancient spiders trapped in amber more than 30 millions years ago.
How to Grow a Bigger Brain
Mar 06, 2006 |
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Hatchery-reared steelhead trout show increased growth of some parts of the brain when small stones are scattered on the bottom of their tank, according to a new study by researchers at UC Davis. The brains ...
Fourth orbiter to arrive at Mars on Friday
Mar 06, 2006 |
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is approaching Mars and, if maneuvers go well, will join three other Earth spacecraft in orbit around the planet.
Liquid crystals show promise in controlling embryonic stem cells
Mar 06, 2006 |
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Liquid crystals, the same phase-shifting materials used to display information on cell phones, monitors and other electronic equipment, can also be used to report in real time on the differentiation of embryonic stem cells.
Stanford researchers calculate the mathematics of terror
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George Habash, a militant and former secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, once characterized terrorism as a "thinking man's game." Using mathematics, researchers at Stanford University's ...
Dual functions of sight demonstrated
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The dissociation in the visual system between two separate theoretical functions has been demonstrated for the first time by scientists in Jerusalem.
Networking: E-mail as slow as snail mail?
Mar 06, 2006 |
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You send a crucial e-mail on a Monday morning, but it doesn't arrive in the client's mailbox, across town, until Thursday afternoon. You lose a pending deal. Exasperating? Yes, but increasingly, as a result of the profound ...
