Archive: 09/06/2007
New system helps aircraft avoid turbulence
A new turbulence detection system now being tested is successfully alerting pilots to patches of rough air as they fly through clouds. The system, designed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Toshiba's New 160GB 1.8-inch HDD Has Industry Largest Storage Capacity
Toshiba Corporation today announced commercialization of two advanced 1.8-inch hard disk drives: the MK1626GCB offers a storage capacity of 160GB, the industry's largest in this form factor, while the thin and light MK8022GAA ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Probing Question: Do sisters share a closer genetic proximity than other siblings?
If '70s pop star Marie Osmond had a sister, would she have been closer to her than her six singing brothers are to each other? While Osmond may have had more in common with a fictional sister in the makeup and hairstyle department, ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Change from Arid to Wet Climate in Africa Altered Early Human Evolution
A drastic change in the climate of tropical Africa may have significantly driven early human evolution, an international team of scientists has found.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Scientists Engineer 'Pumped-Up' Materials
Robots with 'roid rage? Responsive prosthetics leading to the Six Million Dollar Man or the Bionic Woman? North Carolina State University scientists have devised new materials that aim to put some serious muscle behind robots ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Cassini Prepares to Fly by Walnut-Shaped Moon
Cassini will make its only close flyby of Saturn's odd, two-toned, walnut-shaped moon Iapetus on Sept. 10, 2007, at about 1,640 kilometers (1,000 miles) from the surface.
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Improved e-jet printing provides higher resolution and more versatility
By combining electrically induced fluid flow with nanoscale nozzles, researchers at the University of Illinois have established new benchmarks for precision control and resolution in jet-printing processes.
Sep 06, 2007 |
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TEAM Project Achieves Microscopy Breakthrough
The highest-resolution images ever seen in (S)TEM electron microscopy have been recorded using a new instrument developed jointly by U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, FEI Company and CEOS GmbH, in Heidelberg, ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Core tenets of the 'histone code' are universal
In one of biology’s most impressive engineering feats, specialized proteins called histones package some six-and-a-half feet of human DNA into a nucleus that averages just five microns in diameter.
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Joint Dark Energy Mission a Top Priority for NASA, Says NRC
The National Research Council's Beyond Einstein Program Assessment Committee has recommended that the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM), jointly supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Intel Launches First Industry-Standard Quad-Core Products for High-End, Multi-Processor Servers
Intel Corporation has unveiled the industry's first quad-core processors specifically designed for multi-processor (MP) servers running applications requiring uncompromised performance, reliability and scalability. Such applications ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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AMD Delivers Significant Graphics Performance for Linux Users
AMD today announced plans to extend its leadership position in graphics software with major enhancements to performance and compatibility for ATI Radeon graphics for consumer Linux users.
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Soy isoflavone may inhibit common gastrointestinal illness in infants
The soy isoflavone genistin--at concentrations present in soy infant formula-- may reduce a baby’s susceptibility to rotavirus infections by as much as 74 percent, according to a University of Illinois study published in ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Researchers develop mouse model of autism spectrum disorders
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have genetically engineered mice that harbor the same genetic mutation found in some people with autism and Asperger syndrome. Mice with this mutation show a similar type of social ...
Sep 06, 2007 |
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Height or flight? Fossil answers some questions about evolution of flight in dinosaurs, raises others
Paleontologists have long theorized that miniaturization was one of the last stages in the long series of changes required in order for dinosaurs to make the evolutionary “leap” to take flight and so become ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 06, 2007 |
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