MIT Researchers Take Space Suit to Next Level
Feb 08, 2006 |
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Researchers in the Man Vehicle Laboratory (MVL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have begun this month to push a revolutionary new space suit design from investigation to initial development, aiming ...
Nanoscientists fired up about battery alternative
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Just about everything that runs on batteries - flashlights, cell phones, electric cars, missile-guidance systems - would be improved with a better energy supply. But traditional batteries haven't progressed far beyond the ...
SLAC Physicists Develop Test For String Theory*
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*Under Certain Conditions String theory solves many of the questions wracking the minds of physicists, but it has one major flaw — there are currently no known methods to test it. SLAC scientists have found a way ...
Seeing 'Strange' Stars
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Feb 08, 2006 |
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Could what we see as neutron stars really be so-called strange stars? Prashanth Jaikumar and his fellow researchers think so. They recently published a letter in Physical Review Letters that redefines the characteristics of a s ...
Titania nanotubes make better solar cells
Feb 08, 2006 |
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A solar cell, made of titania nanotubes and natural dye, may be the answer to making solar electricity production cost-effective, according to a Penn State researcher.
Bush man resigns NASA post in scandal
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A 24-year-old controversial presidential appointee at NASA has resigned his post amid accusations he lied on his resume about graduating from college.
Early human ancestors had a wobble in their walk
Feb 08, 2006 |
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A new study of fossil foot bones across human history suggests that some of our very early ancestors had a rather peculiar way of walking.
Study explains unexpected conductivity of nanoscale silicon
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When graduate student Pengpeng Zhang successfully imaged a piece of silicon just 10 nanometers-or a millionth of a centimeter-in thickness, she and her University of Wisconsin-Madison co-researchers were puzzled. ...
Model explains how electron beams make nanotubes visible
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Scanning electron microscopes are the workhorses of imaging structures on the scale of billionths of a meter. Typically, they work by shooting a beam of electrons at the specimen and then detecting newly generated ...
Russia Hopes To Launch Reusable Spacecraft In 2012
Feb 08, 2006 |
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It does not sound likely that Russia will employ a reusable spacecraft in 2012 - but it is. On Friday, February 3, the Russian Space Agency is due to announce the developer of a new Russian reusable spacecraft, reports RIA ...
Adding Nanotubes Makes Ordinary Materials Absorb Vibration
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A new study suggests that integrating nanotubes into traditional materials dramatically improves their ability to reduce vibration, especially at high temperatures. The findings could pave the way for a new ...
Spitzer Uncovers Hints of Mega Solar Systems
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has identified two huge "hypergiant" stars circled by monstrous disks of what might be planet-forming dust. The findings surprised astronomers because stars as big as these were ...
New images capture virus in extraordinary detail
Feb 08, 2006 |
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Fifty years after MIT researchers pioneered the use of electron microscopy to study viruses, MIT scientists have helped produce the most detailed images yet of the tiny infectious agents.
IBM Unveils Revolutionary Cell Broadband Engine Computer
Feb 08, 2006 |
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At a press conference in New York today, IBM introduced a blade computing system based on the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE). The IBM branded Cell BE-based system is designed for businesses that need the dense ...
Robot assisted surgery more accurate than conventional surgery
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A new study from Imperial College London shows that robot assisted knee surgery is significantly more accurate than conventional surgery.
