Physicist cracks women's random but always lucky choice of X chromosome
Jun 12, 2007 |
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A University of Warwick physicist has uncovered how female cells are able to choose randomly between their two X chromosomes and why that choice is always lucky.
Scientists take steps toward quantum communications
Jun 12, 2007 |
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A team of European scientists has proved within an ESA study that the weird quantum effect called 'entanglement' remains intact over a distance of 144 kilometres.
Theory of Physics Explains Human Patterns
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Why does a railway network look like a river? Why do the streets of old Rome look like a leaf? Because whether their shape is determined by the interactions of molecules or the choices made by individual humans, all of these ...
Cutting greenhouse gases: wood chips in, alcohol out
Jun 12, 2007 |
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California researchers plan to make biofuels in a novel way that doesn’t involve food crops or microbial fermentation.
Hidden Planet Pushes Star's Ring a Billion Miles Off-Center
Jun 12, 2007 |
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A young star's strange elliptical ring of dust likely heralds the presence of an undiscovered Neptune-sized planet, says a University of Rochester astronomer in the latest Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical So ...
Matter Flashed at Ultra Speed
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Using a robotic telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory, astronomers have for the first time measured the velocity of the explosions known as gamma-ray bursts. The material is travelling at the extraordinary speed of more ...
Toshiba Develops New NAND Flash Technology
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced a new three dimensional memory cell array structure that enhances cell density and data capacity without relying on advances in process technology, and with minimal increase ...
Scientist Finds a New Way to the Center of the Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Humans have yet to see Earth's center, as did the characters in Jules Verne's science fiction classic, "Journey to the Center of the Earth." But a new NASA study proposes a novel technique to pinpoint more ...
Scientists Create Electron Surf Machine
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Scientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory and the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University have found a new way to control the movement of individual electrons -- they are making them ride the crests of energy ...
The woes of Kilimanjaro: Don't blame global warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2007 |
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The "snows" of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro inspired the title of an iconic American short story, but now its dwindling icecap is being cited as proof for human-induced global warming.
Extreme environment biology research may help solve lignocellulosic ethanol puzzle
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Buried beneath a sulfurous cauldron in European seas lies a class of microorganisms known as “extremophiles,” so named because of the extreme environmental conditions in which they live and thrive. Almost ...
Guessing robots predict their environments, navigate better
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Engineers at Purdue University are developing robots able to make "educated guesses" about what lies ahead as they traverse unfamiliar surroundings, reducing the amount of time it takes to successfully navigate ...
Nokia N77 multimedia computer starts shipping
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Finland is the first to experience optimized mobile TV with the Nokia N77 multimedia computer. Later this month also Vietnam and India will start shipments of the Nokia N77. Consumers will now be able to keep ...
CT scan reveals ancient long-necked gliding reptile
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 12, 2007 |
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The fossilized bones of a previously unknown, 220 million-year-old long-necked, gliding reptile may remain forever embedded in stone, but thanks to an industrial-size CT scanner at Penn State's Center for ...
Study shows lizard moms dress their children for success
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Mothers know best when it comes to dressing their children, at least among side-blotched lizards, a common species in the western United States. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have ...
