Engineer Creates First Academic Playstation 3 Computing Cluster
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 09, 2007 |
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The Sony Playstation 3, Xbox and Nintendo Wii have captivated a generation of computer gamers with bold graphics and rapid-fire animation. But these high-tech toys can do a lot more than just play games. At ...
New stellerator a step forward in plasma research
Mar 09, 2007 |
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A project by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has come one step closer to making fusion energy possible.
Progress toward Artificial Photosynthesis?
Mar 09, 2007 |
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Plants can do it: they simply grab carbon dioxide out of the air and covert it into biomass. In this process, known as photosynthesis, the plants use light as their energy source. Chemists would also like to be able to use ...
Gold nanorods assemble themselves into rings
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 09, 2007 |
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Rice University chemists have discovered that tiny building blocks known as gold nanorods spontaneously assemble themselves into ring-like superstructures.
Study: Extending Daylight Saving Time is an unlikely energy saver
Mar 09, 2007 |
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As the United States readies to launch Daylight Saving Time (DST) this Sunday (March 11) - three weeks earlier than previous years - residents can count on more sunshine later in the day, but not on saving energy, advise ...
XMM-Newton finds the leader of the Magnificent Seven in a spin
Mar 09, 2007 |
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A decade-long mystery has been solved using data from ESA's X-ray observatory XMM-Newton. The brightest member of the so-called 'magnificent seven' has been found to pulsate with a period of seven seconds.
When your brain talks, your muscles don't always listen
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2007 |
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Have your neurons been shouting at your muscles again? It happens, you know. As we grow older, neurons--the nerve cells that deliver commands from our brains--have to "speak" more loudly to get the attention ...
Remote sheep population resists genetic drift
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A wild sheep population on a remote Indian Ocean island is creating a buzz among genetics researchers.
New research increases understanding of Earth's magnetic field
Mar 09, 2007 |
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Research recently conducted at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, marks an important step forward in understanding the origins of the Earth's magnetic field. The research findings are published this week in the ...
Microscopic sea creatures provide foundation for gas sensors, other devices
Mar 09, 2007 |
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The three-dimensional shells of tiny ocean creatures could provide the foundation for novel electronic devices, including gas sensors able to detect pollution faster and more efficiently than conventional devices.
Proposed Mission Will Return Sample from Near-Earth Object
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 09, 2007 |
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A menacing lump of rock and dust in space called 10195 (1999 RQ36) would barely be noticed except for two crucial facts: First, "It's a treasure trove of organic material, so it holds clues to how Earth formed ...
Kids Learn Words Best by Working out Meaning
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2007 |
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Toddlers learn new words more easily when they figure out the words' meaning for themselves, research by a 22-year-old Johns Hopkins undergraduate from Medford, N.J., suggests.
Nanoelectrodes can probe microscale environments
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 09, 2007 |
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Investigating the composition and behavior of microscale environments, including those within living cells, could become easier and more precise with nanoelectrodes being developed at the University of Illinois.
Tracking sperm whales and jumbo squid
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Mar 09, 2007 |
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The sperm whale and its large prey, the jumbo squid, are among the deepest divers in the ocean, routinely reaching depths of 3,000 feet or more. Now, in a new study, a team of marine scientists reports the successful tagging ...
Don't ask U.S. workers about warming
Mar 09, 2007 |
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The head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said protocol is the reason employees going to meetings about the Arctic are not to discuss climate change.
