Corkscrew Asteroids
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 09, 2006 |
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News flash: Earth has a "second moon." Asteroid 2003 YN107 is looping around our planet once a year. Measuring only 20 meters across, the asteroid is too small to see with the unaided eye—but it is there. This ...
Erotic images elicit strong response from brain
Jun 09, 2006 |
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A new study suggests the brain is quickly turned on and "tuned in" when a person views erotic images.
Nano-tip could play integral part in heat-assisted data storage devices
Jun 09, 2006 |
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Using a tip with a nano heat source that never touches the surface, scientists have shown how to heat a localized surface with no contact. The discovery could open the doors to heat-assisted data storage devices ...
Astronomers Find Nearby Galactic Highway
Jun 09, 2006 |
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Astronomers have discovered a long, slender stream of ancient stars racing across the northern sky. The stream is about 30,000 light-years from Earth and flowing high over the Milky Way at some 230 kilometers per second, ...
TPS Enables Study Of Mysterious Pioneer Anomaly
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 09, 2006 |
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There's a mystery at the edge of our solar system: Two spacecraft, Pioneers 10 and 11, which were launched to Jupiter and Saturn more than 30 years ago, are hurtling towards the edge of our solar system - but at a slower ...
Nano World: Nanoparticle balls for silicon
Jun 09, 2006 |
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An international team of university and industry scientists has discovered a way to improve nanoparticles used to make advanced circuits. These findings could help improve the reliable large-scale manufacture of high quality ...
Wireless World: Mobile maps
Jun 09, 2006 |
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You're on vacation, and, after a brief walk about town, you realize you can't find your way back to the hotel. Relax. You're not going to be lost for long. Sources tell United Press International's Wireless World that mobile-phone ...
Ancient caldera in Apollinaris Patera
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 09, 2006 |
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These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the caldera of Apollinaris Patera, an ancient, 5-kilometer-high volcano northwest of Gusev Crater.
Circuit board materials may like it hot (or not)
Jun 09, 2006 |
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Electrical circuits may act differently in Arizona than they do in Alaska--potentially affecting the performance of computers and other electronics. A new technique identifies and quantifies an important cause of this temperature ...
Advance toward nanotechy approach to protein engineering reported
Jun 09, 2006 |
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UCLA physicists report a significant step toward a new approach to protein engineering in the June 8 online edition, and in the July print issue, of the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Shuttle launch planned for next month
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 09, 2006 |
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The U.S. space agency plans to launch the shuttle Discovery next month, but some engineers feel it should wait until all safety concerns have been resolved.
Three-Way Symbiosis Supplies Insect Pest With Well-Rounded Diet
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Jun 09, 2006 |
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The glassy-winged sharpshooter obtains a well-rounded diet by playing nice with two bacteria species that live inside the insect's cells.
Staghorn and elkhorn corals now protected
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Jun 09, 2006 |
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Caribbean elkhorn and staghorn corals Thursday were placed under the protection of the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Calif. schools don't get kids moving
Jun 09, 2006 |
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Just over half of California school districts that include elementary school students fail to provide an average of 20 minutes daily of physical activity.
Smashing young stars leave dwarfs in their wake
Jun 09, 2006 |
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Astronomers have discovered that the large disks of gas and dust around young stars will fragment if two young stars pass close to each other and form smaller brown dwarfs stars with disks of their own.
