'Born-again' stars reveal how the earth was created
Apr 07, 2005 |
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have unveiled new research which shows how exploding stars may have helped to create the earth. The discovery was made during a unique research project examining how some dead stars ...
Timing nature’s fastest optical shutter
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Apr 07, 2005 |
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It's nature's fastest quick-change artist: In less than the time it takes a beam of light to travel a tenth of a millimeter, vanadium dioxide can switch from a transparent to a reflective, mirror-like state. How thi ...
Research team recreates ancient underwater concrete technology
Apr 07, 2005 |
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A University of Colorado at Boulder professor and his colleagues have taken a page from the writings of an ancient Roman architect and built an underwater concrete pier in the manner of those set in the Mediterranean ...
Study shows early Earth atmosphere hydrogen-rich, favorable to life
Apr 07, 2005 |
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A new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates Earth in its infancy probably had substantial quantities of hydrogen in its atmosphere, a surprising finding that may alter the way many scientists think about how life ...
NASA to Begin Test of 20-Meter Solar Sail
Apr 07, 2005 |
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Technology That Could Use Sun's Energy for Future Space Missions NASA engineers and their industry partners are preparing to test two 20-meter (66-feet) long solar sail propulsion system designs -- a critical ...
Intel Unveils New Multi-Level Cell Flash Products For Embedded Market Segment
Apr 07, 2005 |
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Intel Corporation today introduced Intel StrataFlash Embedded Memory, a family of low-cost, high-performance NOR flash memory products targeted for embedded applications in such market segments as consumer electronics, industrial ...
Nokia 8800
Apr 07, 2005 |
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Drawing upon modern watchmaking and jewelry techniques, Nokia has unveiled a truly inspired mobile phone for today's connoisseurs of quality and taste. Encased in a slim stainless steel body, the Nokia 8800 ...
Fourth European Conference on Space Debris to address key issues
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The European Space Agency hosts the 4th European Conference on Space Debris, 18-20 April, at ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany. The conference, one of the world's most important events dedicated to ...
Researchers use laser light to remote control flies
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Yale University School of Medicine researchers have found a way to exercise a little mind control over fruit flies, making the flies jump, beat their wings, and fly on command by triggering genetic "remote controls" that ...
Molecular motors cooperate in moving cellular cargo, study shows
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Researchers using an extremely fast and accurate imaging technique have shed light on the tiny movements of molecular motors that shuttle material within living cells. The motors cooperate in a delicate choreography of steps, ...
Chipnuts Technology To Design Power-Efficient Mobile Phone Multimedia Chip Set
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Chipnuts Technology (Shanghai), Inc., a leading Chinese fabless integrated circuit design company, and ARM, today announced that Chipnuts has licensed the ARM7TDMI® processor and ARM926EJ-S processor through the ARM Foundry ...
"Short-term action needed to save physics" warns Institute
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Apr 07, 2005 |
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The Institute of Physics welcomes the publication of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's report on 'Strategic Science Provision in English Universities', but warns that the most feasible measures highlighted ...
Researchers improve design of genetic on-off switches
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have set a new standard in the design and engineering of nuclear hormone receptor-based genetic on-off switches, without causing new problems or aggravating existing ...
Space Shuttle Discovery at Launch Pad For Return to Flight
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The Space Shuttle Discovery is at the launch pad. Following more than two years of safety modifications and vehicle upgrades, Discovery arrived at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., around ...
Nanobridges Show Way to Nano Mass Production
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They look like an elegant row of columns, tiny enough for atomic-scale hide-and-seek, but these colonnades represent a new way to bring nanotechnology into mass production. Nanotechnology, the ability to create and work with structures and materials on an atomic scale, ...
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