'Air shower' set to cut water use by 30 percent
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As Australians become increasingly alert to the importance of using water wisely in the home, CSIRO researchers have found a way to use a third less water when you shower – by adding air.
Single-photon source may meet the needs of quantum communication systems
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One of the largest challenges for building quantum communications networks involves having single photons, which are needed to ensure the security and efficiency of quantum systems. With an adequate supply ...
Cassini Sees Into the Eye of a Monster Storm on Saturn
Nov 09, 2006 |
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has seen something never before seen on another planet -- a hurricane-like storm at Saturn's South Pole with a well-developed eye, ringed by towering clouds.
'Nanorust' cleans arsenic from drinking water
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The discovery of unexpected magnetic interactions between ultrasmall specks of rust is leading scientists at Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) to develop a revolutionary, low-cost ...
'Tornadoes' are transferred from light to sodium atoms
Nov 09, 2006 |
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For the first time, tornado-like rotational motions have been transferred from light to atoms in a controlled way at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The new quantum physics technique can ...
Selecting life: Scientists find new way to search for origin of life
Nov 09, 2006 |
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Over the last half century, researchers have found that mineral surfaces may have played critical roles organizing, or activating, molecules that would become essential ingredients to all life--such as amino acids (the building ...
More human-Neandertal mixing evidence uncovered
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 09, 2006 |
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A re-examination of ancient human bones from Romania reveals more evidence that humans and Neandertals interbred.
Quantized heat conduction by photons observed
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In a recent experiment, published in Nature on November 9, Dr Matthias Meschke and professor Jukka Pekola from Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), together with Dr Wiebke Guichard from French CNRS, investigated heat e ...
A Buffet for Early Human Relatives 1.8 Million Years Ago
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 09, 2006 |
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University of Utah scientists improved a method of testing fossil teeth, and showed that early human relatives varied their diets with the seasons 1.8 million years ago, eating leaves and fruit when available ...
Government awards hydrogen engine contract
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The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a contract to Michigan's Energy Conversion Devices Inc. to develop small hydrogen internal combustion engines.
Forensic statisticians hunting for hidden messages
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 09, 2006 |
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Two Iowa State mathematicians have developed software that will detect secret files in seemingly innocent digital images. Jennifer Davidson and Cliff Bergman, both professors in the math department, are fine-tuning the artificial ...
Growth of spinal nerves is improved
Nov 09, 2006 |
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Nerves that control the highest level of voluntary movements have been isolated and secrets of their growth revealed for the first time.
How to catch a mosquito
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Male mosquitoes increase their chances of mating with a passing female by enhancing their ability to hear her flying past. Much like the human ear, the mosquito ear is able to amplify the sounds it hears, making ...
Sea urchin genome could shed light on human disease
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Nov 09, 2006 |
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Scientists have sequenced the genome of the sea urchin, an invertebrate surprisingly similar to man, a step that could help develop new treatment for human disease such as cancer, said a study released Thursday.
Roman artifacts found in Swedish graves
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Nov 09, 2006 |
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Shards of Roman ceramics found in ancient graves in western Sweden suggest there was more contact between the Romans and Swedes than thought.
