New findings show a slow recovery from extreme global warming episode 55 million years ago
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Most of the excess carbon dioxide pouring into the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels will ultimately be absorbed by the oceans, but it will take about 100,000 years. That is how long it took for ocean chemistry ...
New Propane-Burning Fuel Cell Could Energize a Future Generation of Small Electrical Devices
Jun 10, 2005 |
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Engineers have created a propane-burning fuel cell that's almost as small as a watch battery, yet many times higher in power density. Led by Sossina Haile of the California Institute of Technology, the team reports in the ...
New polymer has applications for dentistry, electronics, automobiles
Jun 10, 2005 |
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University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have developed a new polymer that resists cracking and shrinking, paving the way for creative breakthroughs in fields ranging from dentistry and microelectronics to the auto industry.
Quantum dots detect viral infections
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In what may be one of the first medical uses of nanotechnology, a chemist and a doctor who specializes in infectious childhood diseases have joined forces to create an early detection method for a respiratory vir ...
Scientists discover unsuspected intermediates in the chemistry of combustion
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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Combustion Research Facility are part of an international team that has detected a new class of compounds previously unknown in flames, a breakthrough that could ...
Argonne's near-frictionless carbon coatings find new use
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A research collaboration between the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the Kurt J. Lesker Company will study the durability of nearly frictionless carbon surface coatings in high-performance, vacuum ...
Space measurements of carbon offer clearer view of Earth's climate future
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Follow the carbon – this is the mantra of researchers seeking to understand climate change and forecast its likely extent. A workshop heard how improved detection of heat-trapping carbon dioxide from space ...
Scientist thinks bad-boy stars may produce elusive particle
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Stand too close to a neutron star, and you'll lose the fillings in your teeth and the iron in your blood. Try to land on one, and you'll turn into liquid. Set a sugar cube-size sample of neutron star material on a table, ...
Measuring a monster
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Highlights from final report on December 26, 2004 tsunami's impact in Banda Aceh Waves more than 15 meters (49 feet) high. Flooding of 25 square miles of land. A coastline moved a mile. In a brief report in the June 9, 200 ...
Bridges and buildings 'sense' cracks, damage with wireless devices
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Imagine a bridge that's able to self-diagnose cracks or a building able to assess its own health after an earthquake, without any help from humans. Networks of wireless sensors embedded in buildings, roads, bri ...
Argonne research could lead to cooler aluminum production
Jun 10, 2005 |
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and NorandaFalconbridge, Inc. are developing a way to produce aluminum at significantly reduced temperatures. The collaborative research effort could ...
Major Award for Carbon Natotube Partners
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CSIRO and the NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas have won the 2005 Avantex Innovation Prize for their breakthrough discovery of how pure carbon nanotubes can be spun into strong, flexible, electrically ...
Discovery Ready To Roll
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The Space Shuttle Discovery is set to roll out to Launch Pad 39B at KSC with an upgraded External Tank (ET). First motion is targeted for 3 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 14.
Nokia and Intel Collaborate on WiMAX Broadband Wireless Technology
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Nokia and Intel today announced a cooperation to accelerate the development, adoption and deployment of WiMAX technology, helping to bring new capabilities and data services to mobile users over high-speed broadband network ...
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