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How foamy is spacetime?
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Feb 10, 2006 |
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Maybe not as foamy as some scientists thought, as a fresh look at a quasar first observed in 1998 by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) shows. Physicists observed a diffraction pattern called an Airy ring around ...
Breakthrough Computer Chip Lithography Method Developed at RIT
Feb 10, 2006 |
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A new computer chip lithography method under development at Rochester Institute of Technology has led to imaging capabilities beyond that previously thought possible.
Researcher Finds Ancient Science and Math Are Timely
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Two UC Davis researchers are cracking both the hieroglyphic code and cultural and mathematical understandings behind a 5,000-year calendar that is still used today in Mexico and Central America.
Nano World: Nanotubes arrayed on sapphire
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Crystalline sapphire could help steer carbon nanotubes into orderly rows to create transistors and flexible electronics with, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Saturn's atmosphere shares strange feature with Earth, say scientists
Feb 10, 2006 |
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A feature of the Earth's atmosphere which has long puzzled scientists is replicated in the atmosphere of Saturn, according to new research.
Solar plant to be built in Nevada
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Construction of a 300-acre solar power plant, believed to be the largest built anywhere in the world, is expected to begin in Nevada.
Thinking out of the box: How to challenge conventional space systems
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Spacecraft must evolve. Advancing space research is no longer just about swapping old components for new, now it is about entirely rethinking what a space mission can do and how it achieves its goals. World experts are gathering ...
First RAVE data release offers clues to Milky Way evolution
Feb 10, 2006 |
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An international team of astronomers released to the public the first data collected as part of the Radial Velocity Experiment, an ambitious spectroscopic survey aimed at measuring the speed, temperature, ...
Google Chat takes on AIM Express
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Google has its cake and is eating to. The concept of Google Chat (soon to be released) wins best instant messenger for the workplace, in this correspondent's opinion -- hands down. Here is the logic.
Japan's demand for whale meat declining
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Whale meat, a cheap source of protein that helped Japan ward off malnutrition after World War II, has dropped in popularity.
A Neutron Star Spins Toward Intergalactic Space
Feb 10, 2006 |
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The Milky Way's fastest observed pulsar is speeding out of the galaxy at more than 670 miles a second, propelled largely by a kick it received at its birth 2.5 million years ago.
India a topper in average e-com deals
Feb 10, 2006 |
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With less than 4 percent of the total population using the Internet, Net-savvy dwellers of the World Wide Web may still be a minority in India, but when it comes to online shopping, Indians are increasingly proving that they ...
New Fossil Find in New Mexico Named After Artist Georgia O'Keeffe
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Two Columbia scientists have discovered the fossil of a toothless crocodile relative that looks like a six-foot-long, two-legged dinosaur, but is actually a distant cousin of today's alligators and crocodiles.
Mobile remittance gains ground in the Philippines
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Rod Durmiendo is a software developer in Manila, and like many Filipinos, he sends money back home to family members living outside of the capital. In Durmiendo's case, he sends money to his brother in the southern city of ...
International Space Station weekly report
Feb 10, 2006 |
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After an almost six-hour spacewalk last week, the crew began the week with a little time off; then returned to science investigations, routine maintenance and equipment tests.
