JitterBugs could turn your keyboard against you
Aug 07, 2006 |
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science warn against an entirely new threat to computer security: peripheral devices – such as keyboards, mice or microphones ...
Researchers Study Formation Of Chemical Precursors to Life
Aug 07, 2006 |
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In just two years of work, an international research team has discovered eight new complex, biologically-significant molecules in interstellar space using the National Science Foundation's Robert C. Byrd Green ...
Digital World Reveals Architecture of Evolution
Aug 07, 2006 |
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The architecture that pervades biological networks gives them an evolutionary edge by allowing them to evolve to perform new functions more rapidly than an alternative network design, according to computer ...
Correcting a prejudice regarding high-energy nuclear collisions
Aug 07, 2006 |
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At the end of next year, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is scheduled to go online. Already, there are four major experiments planned and one of them, ALICE, is dedicated to the study of heavy-ion collisions. Rudolph Hwa, ...
Scientists Reverse Evolution, Reconstruct Ancient Gene
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Aug 07, 2006 |
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University of Utah scientists have shown how evolution works by reversing the process, reconstructing a 530-million-year-old gene by combining key portions of two modern mouse genes that descended from the ...
Infants, as Early as 6 Months, Do See Errors in Arithmetic
Aug 07, 2006 |
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Using advanced brain sensor technology developed at the University of Oregon, researchers have confirmed often-debated findings from 1992 that showed infants as young as six months know when an arithmetic solution is wrong.
ORNL hybrid lighting technology gaining momentum around nation
Aug 07, 2006 |
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With five hybrid solar lighting systems already in place and another 20 scheduled to be installed in the next couple of months, the forecast is looking sunny for a technology developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge ...
Drug companies accused of manipulation
Aug 07, 2006 |
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Pharmaceutical companies are compromising medical research in Australia by manipulating clinical trials, The Age newspaper reported Monday.
Structural Biologists Get First Picture of Complete Bacterial Flagellar Motor
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Aug 07, 2006 |
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When it comes to tiny motors, the flagella used by bacteria to get around their microscopic worlds are hard to beat. Composed of several tens of different types of protein, a flagellum (that's the singular) rotates about ...
Korean scientist makes crude oil into fuel
Aug 07, 2006 |
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Korean scientists say they have created a new substance that can convert inexpensive intermediate crude oil into gasoline.
1,100-year-old artifact found in China
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 07, 2006 |
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Cultural relic experts have discovered the top portion of an 1,100-year-old Buddhist artifact in the Henan Province of China.
Space missions become more challenging
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 07, 2006 |
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NASA says it is about to embark on a series of space flights as difficult as any in history in order to complete the International Space Station.
Scientists identify gene involved in stem cell self-renewal in planaria
Aug 07, 2006 |
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No matter how you slice it, the freshwater planarian possesses an amazing ability to regenerate lost body parts. Chop one into pieces, and each piece can grow into a complete planarian. The flatworm relies ...
Informatics researchers throttle notion of search engine dominance
Aug 07, 2006 |
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Search engines are not biased toward popular Web sites, and may even be egalitarian in the way they direct traffic, say Indiana University School of Informatics researchers. Their study, "Topical interests and the mitigation ...
Diamond technology to revolutionize mobile communications
Aug 07, 2006 |
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The U. S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has teamed with industrial and academic partners under a DARPA Phase II research and development program to develop a new technology based on Ultrananocrystalline ...
