Archive: 08/12/2005
Technological advances could reduce effectiveness of the Chemical Weapons Convention
Technological advances within the chemical industry could erode the effectiveness of the Chemical Weapons Convention's provisions for verification and compliance.
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Errors in the Measurement of Global Warming Corrected
New Haven, Conn. — The effect of the sun’s heat on weather balloons largely accounts for a data discrepancy that has long contributed to a dispute over the existence of global warming, according to a report by scientists ...
Aug 12, 2005 |
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UCSD Discovery Suggests 'Protosun' Was Shining During Formation Of First Matter In Solar System
From chemical fingerprints preserved in primitive meteorites, scientists at UCSD have determined that the collapsing gas cloud that eventually became our sun was glowing brightly during the formation of the ...
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Natural scientists are less likely to believe in God than are social scientists
Scientists in the social sciences are more likely to believe in God and attend religious services than are scientists in the natural sciences, according to a survey of 1,646 faculty members at elite research universities ...
Aug 12, 2005 |
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MIT finds genetic clue to bone and fat production
MIT researchers have identified a gene that helps control the balance between bone and fat in the human body, a discovery that could pave the way for the prevention of childhood obesity and the treatment of osteoporosis.
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New observations and climate model data
For the first time, new climate observations and computer models provide a consistent picture of recent warming of Earth’s tropical atmosphere.
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Researchers Find How Some Antibiotics Kill Bacteria
Researchers have uncovered how members of one family of antibiotics kill bacteria that make people sick.
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Wireless World: Chips track license plates
A controversial plan to embed radio frequency identification chips in license plates in the United Kingdom also may be coming to the United States, experts told UPI's Wireless World.
Aug 12, 2005 |
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Volcanic blast influences climate
The volcanic ash cloud created by a volcanic blast can alter interactions between the atmosphere and sun, affecting climate patterns, say U.S. scientists.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter blasts off
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The spacecraft launched from Space Launch Complex 41 aboard NASA's first Atlas V rocket.
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U.S. cybersecurity called "alarming"
The United States' information technology infrastructure is "highly vulnerable to terrorist and criminal attacks," an expert has said.
Aug 12, 2005 |
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Plugging the leaks in a quantum computer
New work by two researchers at HP Laboratories Bristol sets out to solve one of the major difficulties in quantum computer architectures that use directly interacting qubits.
Aug 12, 2005 |
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More biodiversity at Chernobyl
Nineteen years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, researchers say the surrounding land in Ukraine has more biodiversity.
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Molecule tells flower to flower
Swedish researchers report a breakthrough discovery in how plants control their flowering.
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Combination power-heat system created
U.S. grocery stores, schools, hotels and hospitals are likely candidates for a high-efficiency system that provides heating, cooling and electric power.
Aug 12, 2005 |
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