The Cold Equations Of Spaceflight
Sep 09, 2005 |
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In the past month, we have been blessed with numerous leaks from NASA of various study documents relating to the new boosters that will be needed to carry out the new manned moon program. I've been monitoring the large volume ...
Nanotechnology for Recovery and Reuse of Spilled Oil
Sep 09, 2005 |
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The recent hurricane Katrina disaster has resulted in an oil crisis. Apart from the shortage there are reports of oil spills. Interface Science Corporation has announced that the company is launching its ...
The Einstein Emitter: single photon computer system
Sep 09, 2005 |
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One single photon. One solitary quantum pulse of electromagnetic radiation, no more, no less, produced by one single electron, will be the product of a new device under construction by nanotechnologists at ...
Causes of methane growth revealed
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Following an international study into how methane levels in the atmosphere have evolved during the past 2000 years, atmospheric scientists have a new insight on methane, one of the world's most influential greenhouse gases.
Rapid-born planets present 'baby picture' of our early solar system
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by the University of Rochester has detected gaps ringing the dusty disks around two very young stars, which suggests that gas-giant planets have formed there. ...
How much radiation awaits lunar colonists? A new NASA mission aims to find out
Sep 09, 2005 |
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On the Moon, many of the things that can kill you are invisible: breathtaking vacuum, extreme temperatures and space radiation top the list. Vacuum and temperature NASA can handle; spacesuits and habitats provide ...
eBay's bid for Skype may backfire
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Rumors abound that eBay, the world's biggest and most successful online auction house, will buy out Skype Technologies, an Internet-based telecommunications group.
Rapid One-Pot Syntheses Developed For Quantum Dots
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Efficient and highly scalable new chemical synthesis methods developed at the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics have the potential to revolutionize the production of quantum ...
Study Suggests Titan May Hold Keys For Exotic Brand Of Life
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Saturn's moon Titan has long been a place of interest to astrobiologists, primarily because of its apparent similarities to the early Earth at the time life first started. A thick atmosphere composed primarily of nitrogen ...
Hurricane-caused oil spills threaten gulf
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Oil from storage tanks ruptured by Hurricane Katrina is threatening the Gulf of Mexico.
Grammar Lost Translation Machine In Researchers Fix Will
Sep 09, 2005 |
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The makers of a University of Southern California computer translation system consistently rated among the world's best are teaching their software something new: English grammar.
Georgia Tech to Create Photonic Crystal Tools
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Sep 09, 2005 |
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Photonic crystals, with highly periodic structures that can be designed to control light, have the potential to revolutionize everything from computing to communications. But researchers need more effective and affordable ...
More space objects are discovered
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Three astronomers who in July discovered the solar system's "10th planet" this week announced finding two more objects far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Google says 'Cerf's Up' (Update)
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Behemoth search engine Google signaled an even further climb to the top of the Internet mountain Thursday with its announcement that Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the Internet, is joining the company as its "chief Internet ...
Vegetation Growth May Quickly Raise Arctic Temperatures
Sep 09, 2005 |
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Warming in the Arctic is stimulating the growth of vegetation and could affect the delicate energy balance there, causing an additional climate warming of several degrees over the next few decades.
