Titanic sunk faster than thought
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After visiting the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean in August 2005, scientists have discovered that Titanic took just five minutes to sink – much faster than previously thought.
Printers to produce life-saving organs
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A team of American scientists is studying the potential of printers being developed to produce life-saving organs, reports Wired.com. They believe that any organ, a skin graft, a new trachea or a heart patch ...
Scientists' 'recipe' to help build a quantum computer
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Dec 12, 2005 |
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Scientists have come up with a "recipe" to help build the world’s first quantum computer – a new generation of super-fast machines set to revolutionise scientific discovery.
Key brain gene shows evolution in humans
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Duke University researchers say they've discovered the first brain regulatory gene that shows clear evidence of evolution from lower primates to humans.
New manufacturing process helps metals lose weight
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A pioneering manufacturing process that can turn titanium, stainless steel and many other metals into a new breed of engineering components could have a big impact across industry.
Nanoengineered Silicon-Germanium Improves Chips
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Georgia Tech scientists and engineers are pursuing the dictum that “smaller is better” to develop a new breed of highly-integrated silicon-based microchips capable of operating in ultra-sophisticated radar ...
Iron fused with magnesium: New discovery may explain composition of Earth's core
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The outer core of the Earth, whose composition until now has been a mystery, may consist of an alloy of iron and magnesium. This discovery by an international team of scientists with members from Linköping ...
First vortex 'chains' observed in engineered superconductor
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They look like tiny swirling dust devils on the surface of the superconductor: "vortices" that appear where magnetic fields interact with the material. Unlike harmless dust devils, however, vortices can sap ...
Hundreds of auroras detected on Mars
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Auroras similar to Earth's Northern Lights appear to be common on Mars, according to physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, who have analyzed six years' worth of data from the Mars Global Surveyor. ...
Study supports century-old cancer theory
Dec 12, 2005 |
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A Yale study challenges oncology researchers to consider tumor cell hybridization with white blood cells as a major reason cancer metastasizes.
Researchers Discover New Star Clusters in Milky Way
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Boston University researchers led a team of astronomers who recently discovered nearly 100 new star clusters in the Milky Way, each containing tens to hundreds of never before seen stars. Astronomy Professor ...
Exploring Caves With Hopping Microbots
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If you want to travel to distant stars, or find life on another world, it takes a bit of planning. That's why NASA has established NIAC, the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts. For the past several years, ...
Robbie the Robot works at Purdue
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Purdue University scientists now have a $1 million robot system at its Math Sciences Building with the capacity to store up to 1 petabyte of data.
Study finds gas pipelines could serve as wireless links
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Detecting leaks and conducting maintenance in America’s aging network of natural gas pipelines will eventually be a job for wireless robots, according to researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Envisat sees smoke from Europe's worst peacetime fire
Dec 12, 2005 |
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London is completely blanketed by the black plume of smoke from Europe's worst peacetime fire in this Envisat image, taken within five hours of the blaze beginning.
