Dark Energy and Dark Matter – The Results of Flawed Physics?
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There are few scientific concepts as intriguing and mysterious as dark energy and dark matter, said to make up as much as 95 percent of all the energy and matter in the universe. And even though scientists ...
Scientists and engineers simulate jet colliding with World Trade Center
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Researchers at Purdue University have created a simulation that uses scientific principles to study in detail what likely happened when a commercial airliner crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower ...
Unpublished Papers Reveal Lesser-known, but Significant Research of Sir Issac Newton
Sep 11, 2006 |
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Known primarily for his foundational work in math and physics, Sir Issac Newton actually spent more time on research in alchemy, as well as its interrelationships with science, history and religion, and its ...
Roll-up laptop screens for truly portable computing
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Dr Keith Seffen, a lecturer in the Structures Group, University of Cambridge, has developed a range of unique solid structures that can change shape.
Samsung Develops 40nm 32 Gb NAND Flash
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Samsung Electronics today announced that it has developed the industry’s first 40-nanometer memory device. The new 32 Gigabit (Gb) NAND flash device is the first memory to incorporate a Charge Trap Flash (CTF) ...
Compounds in cranberry juice show promise as alternatives to antibiotics
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Compounds in cranberry juice have the ability to change E. coli bacteria, a class of microorganisms responsible for a host of human illnesses (everything from kidney infections to gastroenteritis to tooth decay), in ways ...
Mechanism to Organize Nervous System Conserved in Evolution
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Sep 11, 2006 |
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A study led by University of California, San Diego biologists suggests that, contrary to the prevailing view, the process in early development that partitions the nervous system in fruit flies and vertebrates, ...
Brown seaweed contains promising fat fighter, weight reducer
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Chemists in Japan have found that brown seaweed, a flavor component used in many Asian soups and salads, contains a compound that appears in animal studies to promote weight loss by reducing the accumulation ...
Scent of father checks daughter’s maturity
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Chemical cues from fathers may be delaying the onset of sexual maturity in daughters, as part of an evolutionary strategy to prevent inbreeding, according to researchers at Penn State.
Massive Planet Found by Astronomers Using Novel Network of Tiny Telescopes
Sep 11, 2006 |
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Our home solar system may be down by a planet with the recent demotion of Pluto, but the number of giant planets discovered in orbit around other stars continues to grow steadily. Now, an international team ...
An artificial cornea is in sight, thanks to biomimetic hydrogels
Sep 11, 2006 |
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If eyes are "the windows of the soul," corneas are the panes in those windows. They shield the eye from dust and germs. They also act as the eye's outermost lens, contributing up to 75 percent of the eye's focusing power. ...
Russia, China plan moon exploration
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2006 |
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(AP) -- Russia will cooperate closely with China on moon exploration, and the two nations could sign space cooperation agreements by the year's end, the Russian space chief said Monday.
Expedition 13 Welcomes Atlantis Crew Aboard Station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2006 |
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The six Atlantis astronauts entered the International Space Station for the first time at 8:30 a.m. EDT where they were greeted by the station’s Expedition 13 crew. Atlantis arrived at 6:48 this morning when ...
DNA linking various peoples
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Sep 11, 2006 |
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DNA samples being taken from living people and ancient remains are startling U.S. anthropologists by linking people thousands of miles and years apart.
Reseachers discover new insights for antibiotic drug development
Sep 11, 2006 |
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University of Minnesota and University of Michigan researchers have discovered a new method of developing antibiotics, an important step in fighting the growing number of drug-resistant infections.
