Astronauts Prepare for Spacewalk With Campout
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2006 |
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STS-115 Mission Specialists Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper are on a “campout” in the International Space Station’s Quest Airlock. They are spending the night in the airlock in preparation for their ...
New Orleans 'toxic soup' a less serious problem than initially believed
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2006 |
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Despite the tragic human and economic toll from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita along the Gulf Coast in 2005, the much-discussed "toxic-soup" environmental pollution was nowhere close to being as bad as people thought.
High-value chemicals produced from ethanol feedstocks could boost biorefinery economics
Sep 11, 2006 |
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Biorefineries developed to produce ethanol from cellulose sources such as trees and fast-growing plants could get a significant economic boost from the sale of high-value chemicals – such as vanillin flavoring ...
Memory-Tech, Toshiba Announce Latest Advance in Single-sided, Three- layer TWIN Format Disc for DVD and HD DVD
Sep 11, 2006 |
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Memory-Tech Corporation and Toshiba Corporation today announced the latest advance in DVD disc technology: a jointly developed, single-sided, three-layer ROM disc supporting high capacity storage and playback of both DVD ...
Robots find regular teeth brushing helps them munch through 50,000 aluminium spot welds
Sep 11, 2006 |
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Resistance spot welding research by Paul Briskham at the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group in conjunction with Douglas Boomer of Innoval Technology and engineers from Jaguar and Land Rover has achieved a ...
Reducing Expenses, Increasing Profits
Sep 11, 2006 |
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A University of Arkansas researcher studied 123 manufacturing firms -- high-tech and non-high-tech -- and found that implementation of information-technology-based supply-chain management systems has an overall positive impact ...
The fight back by Britain's otters sees a decline in American mink
Biology /
Sep 11, 2006 |
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A study by Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) suggests that native otters are driving American mink from Britain’s riverbanks. Researchers found a significant relationship between the decline ...
Focus on functional materials development shortchanges opportunities for discovery
Sep 11, 2006 |
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The current research focus on "functional polymers" can overlook the opportunity for important discoveries that can arise from basic research on how things work, said a distinguished chemist.
