Researchers Look Beyond the Birth of the Universe
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According to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, the Big Bang represents The Beginning, the grand event at which not only matter but space-time itself was born. While classical theories offer no clues ...
Methane-Belching Bugs Inspire a New Theory of the Origin of Life on Earth
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Two laboratories at Penn State set out to show how an obscure undersea microbe metabolizes carbon monoxide into methane and vinegar. What they found was not merely a previously unknown biochemical process -- their discovery ...
Two DVDs per second: a tiny chip processes data at extremely high speed
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Siemens researchers working in collaboration with specialists from Infineon have developed a receiver that converts Internet data from fiber-optic cables into electrical signals at breathtaking speed. At present, ...
Nano World: Nanofibers for heart cells
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The heart function of rats following heart attacks can be improved using heart cells wrapped in organic fibers only nanometers or billionths of a meter long that are impregnated with growth hormones, experts tell UPI's Nano ...
Limber Robot Might Hitchhike to Space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Lemurs, those wide-eyed, active, monkey-like animals running around the island in the movie "Madagascar," are known for their ability to leap. A robotic lemur being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
Oldest Known Art and Agriculture Calendar in New World Discovered
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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In one of the most significant archaeological and anthropological finds in recent history, Robert Benfer, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, has discovered the earliest ...
Wireless World: Love, Mom
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This Mother's Day, show mom you really care. Send her a text message -- with love. Experts tell UPI's Wireless World that increasingly, moms are using text messaging and mobile phones to manage their communications with family ...
Social networking sites still popular
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MySpace led in first place of 10 popular social-networking sites that collectively grew 47 percent year-over-year, according to Nielson//NetRatings.
Using kin's DNA to find criminals focus of study
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The use of DNA kinship analysis methods could be an effective tool in helping to identify potential criminal suspects, but there are also legal and policy implications of doing so.
Mitsubishi, NEC, Tokyo University Realize Successful Interconnection of Quantum Encryption Networks
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, NEC Corp., and Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo have successfully interconnected quantum cryptography systems developed by Mitsubishi Electric and NEC, the first time such ...
Low-cost microfluidics can be a sticky problem
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A deceptively simple approach to bonding thermoplastic microchannel plates together with solvent could be used for low-cost, high-volume production of disposable "lab-on-a-chip" devices, according to researchers from the ...
Discovery Reaches the Vehicle Assembly Building
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 12, 2006 |
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A wave of excitement rippled across NASA's Kennedy Space Center on May 12 as the orbiter Discovery rolled out of its processing facility and into the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building.
Mother's Day roses could soon smell sweeter, thanks to new research
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University of Florida researchers may have good news for disappointed consumers who want to know why their Mother’s Day roses just don’t smell as good as they used to.
One-dimensional Diffusion Accelerates Molecular Motors
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Max Planck scientists have identified a new strategy which motor proteins use to move. The research was carried out by Prof. Jonathon Howard and Stefan Diez at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology ...
Molecule Within a Molecule
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 12, 2006 |
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All children are fascinated by Russian dolls: when the largest outer wooden figure is opened, a second, smaller, nearly identical doll appears. This one can also be opened and so on…. This toy could well have inspired T. ...
