Study explores mysteries of Kilimanjaro
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Sep 12, 2006 |
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Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest mountain with some intriguing mysteries that are just now being solved after more than 100 years of scientific study.
Spacewalkers Preparing New Truss for Operation
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Sep 12, 2006 |
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With the P3/P4 truss securely attached to the International Space Station, STS-115 Mission Specialists Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper are now conducting a spacewalk to prepare the bus-sized structure ...
Putting the fuel in fuel cells
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Ammonia borane holds promise as a chemical compound to store and release hydrogen in fuel cell-powered vehicles – and it appears stable enough to offset some safety concerns. These findings were presented by Pacific Northwest ...
Study: Attention can impair perception
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We normally think of paying attention to an object as a way to better perceive it, but U.S. scientists say sustained attention might worsen perception.
Ingredient in Prozac Increases Risk of Extinction for Freshwater Mussels
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You'd think in a river filled with anti-depressants, freshwater mussels would be, well, happy as clams. Far from it. In fact, a new laboratory study suggests that exposure to Prozac can disrupt the reproductive ...
Of Rice and Hen: Fashions from the Farm
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In the future, it might be perfectly normal to wear suits and dresses made of chicken feathers or rice straw. But don’t worry: These clothes won’t resemble fluffy plumage or hairy door mats. Scientists at the ...
Chemists create new polymers by adding DNA base pairs
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Chemists at Virginia Tech are creating new polymers by adding DNA base pairs. Attributes include improved stretchable behavior and self-healing polymer films and coatings.
Cold Shot
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If you want to ferret out uranium's hiding place in contaminated soil, freeze the dirt and zap it with a black light, an environmental scientist reported Tuesday at the American Chemical Society national meeting.
MIT's molecular sieve advances protein research
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New MIT technology promises to speed up the accurate sorting of proteins, work that may ultimately aid in the detection and treatment of disease.
Green light for the neutrino beam from Cern to Gran Sasso
Sep 12, 2006 |
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The delivery of the neutrino beam (Cngs) from Cern and the beginning of a new generation of experiments were officially celebrated today at Infn (Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics) National Laboratories of Gran ...
Shining light in quantum computing
Sep 12, 2006 |
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University of Queensland scientist Devon Biggerstaff is investigating ways to manipulate light in a process that will help shape future supercomputers and communication technology.
MIT forges greener path to iron production
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MIT engineers have demonstrated an eco-friendly way to make iron that eliminates the greenhouse gases usually associated with its production.
Rapid weight loss may herald Alzheimer's
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U.S. researchers say the slow, steady weight loss associated with aging may speed up prior to the onset of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
ESA experiments with spaceflight participant Ansari to ISS
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Scheduled to lift off on 18 September 2006 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, along with Expedition 14 crew members, NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Iranian-American ...
Informal 'quotas' are common, study shows
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Affirmative action is just one example of a much more pervasive and deeply rooted human tendency to even out the numbers of people from different social categories, according to University of Michigan researchers.
