Archive: 10/06/2006
Earliest globetrotters may have used sea
Early civilizations migrating around the globe may have followed coastal routes from Africa to points east and west, an anthropologist said.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Secondhand smoke costs billions
Medical and economic costs associated with secondhand smoke's effect on non-smokers in the United States could be $6 billion, a recent study shows.
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Why Are There Wars Without End
Even as events took place in September recognizing this year's International Day of Peace, most people would concede that some conflicts seem impossible to resolve. Indeed, of the twenty major armed conflicts waged around ...
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Skin ages differently for men, women
Researchers at Germany's Friedrich Schiller University, using an experimental measuring device, suggest that men's and women's skin age at different rates.
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Bras can be pain in the neck
Bras can be a pain in the neck -- and elsewhere -- for many women in the United States, a new poll said.
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Probe leads to raid of Taiwanese hospitals
Authorities are sifting through data seized from Taiwanese hospitals to determine whether crimes were committed in the setting of drug prices.
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Toward Terahertz Detectors on a Single, Conventional Chip
Sensors and detectors that would work in the terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum promise a range of tantalizing properties, from precise identification of concealed weapons to the ability to distinguish ...
Oct 06, 2006 |
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MRO Sees Rover from Orbit
With stunningly powerful vision, the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken a remarkable picture that shows the exploration rover Opportunity poised on the rim of Victoria crater on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Physical Review Letter on Breaking Spaghetti Leads to 2006 Ig Noble Award
Basile Audoly and Sebastien Neukirch of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie earned the infamous 2006 Ig Noble prize for physics for their insights into why dry spaghetti often breaks into more than two pieces when it is ...
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Research to illuminate inner workings of 'protein nanomachines'
Development of new instrumentation and methods for studying the molecular mechanisms of enzymes are the goals of a three-year, $1.5 million contract awarded to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory by the Department ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 06, 2006 |
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New All-Optical Modulator Paves the Way to Ultrafast Communications and Computing
In the 1950s, a revolution began when glass and metal vacuum tubes were replaced with tiny and cheap transistors. Today, for the cost of a single vacuum tube, you can buy a computer chip with literally millions of transistors.
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Scientists Nudge Closer to the Edge of a Black Hole
NASA scientists and their international partners using the new Japanese Suzaku satellite have collected a startling new set of black hole observations, revealing details of twisted space and warped time never ...
Oct 06, 2006 |
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NASA Performs Headcount of Local Black Holes
NASA scientists using the Swift satellite have conducted the first complete census of galaxies with active, central black holes, a project that scanned the entire sky several times over a nine-month period.
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Scientists Determine the Nature of Black Hole Jets
NASA and Italian scientists using Swift have for the first time determined what the particle jets streaming from black holes are made of.
Oct 06, 2006 |
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Mars Rover and Orbiter Team Examines Victoria Crater
NASA's long-lived robotic rover Opportunity is beginning to explore layered rocks in cliffs ringing the massive Victoria crater on Mars.
Oct 06, 2006 |
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