Hubble Finds the 'Tenth Planet' is Slightly Larger than Pluto
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has resolved the "tenth planet," nicknamed "Xena," for the first time and has found that it is only just a little larger than Pluto.
Scientists present a precision measurement of a subtle dance between matter and antimatter
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Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the DOE's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today the precision measurement of extremely rapid transitions between matter and antimatter.
Nano World: Nano-drugs cure mouse prostate
Apr 11, 2006 |
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A single injection of nanoparticles loaded with drugs completely eliminated prostate tumors in mice, experts told UPI's Nano World.
On the way to plastic electronics: polymer-based DRAM
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Smaller, lighter, more compact devices that can do more and more, work faster, and juggle more data -- these demands are pushing conventional semiconductor technology up against its limits. In the future, plastics will have ...
No More Broken Antennas at the Carwash
Apr 11, 2006 |
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Imagine a trip to the carwash without that feeling of panic when you realize you’ve left your radio antenna up. That worry could become a thing of the past thanks to a new, flexible material developed by University of Maryland ...
Nature's strongest glue could be used as a medical adhesive
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A bacterium that lives in rivers, streams and human aqueducts uses nature's strongest glue to stay in one place, according to new research by Indiana University Bloomington and Brown University scientists reported ...
Nanoscience Rising Up To Meet Energy Challenge, MIT Professor Says
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Tiny materials may bring about large-scale advances in a future hydrogen economy, MIT Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus told audiences Wednesday, April 5, at MIT and at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
Saturn's moon holds ingredients for life
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An Arizona researcher says scientists looking for signs of life in the Solar System should focus on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Psychologist Explores Human Perception, Finds 'Wow Factor'
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Faces tell the stories in UC Riverside Professor Larry Rosenblum’s ecological listening lab, as volunteer test subjects show that they can “read” unheard speech -- not just from lips, but from the simple movements of dots ...
Researchers Succeed in Inducing Ferromagnetism in High-k Dielectric Materials (Update)
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A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Ashutosh Tiwari of Nanostructured Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) of University of Utah has succeeded in inducing high temperature ferromagnetism in highly ...
'Nanopatches' to replace needles
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People who fear needles may one day have no need to fear the doctor, with the help of a funding injection for The University of Queensland's Professor Mark Kendall.
People don't always want bigger and better
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Marketing scientists from Indiana, Northwestern and New York universities say some people don't seek products marketed as better or more effective.
Older Children Not Smarter Than Their Younger Sibs, Study Finds
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A recent study provides some of the best evidence to date that birth order really doesn't have an effect on intelligence. The findings contradict many studies over the years that had reported that older children are generally ...
New research reveals deep-sea fish population boom
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A new study exploring the vast, dark plains at the bottom of the ocean has produced a rare insight into the animal populations in the deep sea. A team of researchers in the US, led by University of Aberdeen ...
'Dead Zone' kills billions of mussels
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A 2001 "dead zone" that formed in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay reportedly killed billions of mussels and destroyed at least one reef.
