New form of matter-antimatter transformation observed for first time
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For the first time, scientists of the BaBar experiment at the Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) have observed the transition of one type of particle, the neutral D-meson, into ...
Creating a nanoscale laser
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“Nowadays, people and companies want to try to make smaller and smaller integrated circuits. In order to do this, low-power optical devices, like lasers, are needed,” Tom Savels tells PhysOrg.com. Savels, a scie ...
Cassini Images Seas on Saturn's Moon Titan
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Instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft have found evidence for seas, likely filled with liquid methane or ethane, in the high northern latitudes of Saturn's moon Titan. One such feature is larger than any ...
Star family seen through dusty fog
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Images made with ESO's New Technology Telescope at La Silla by a team of German astronomers reveal a rich circular cluster of stars in the inner parts of our Galaxy. Located 30,000 light-years away, this previously ...
Fossil shows human growth at least 160,000 years ago
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 13, 2007 |
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With an innovative combination of a novel application of synchrotron imaging, high-resolution microtomography, and developmental analysis, the team reconstructed tooth growth and determined the age at death ...
Research provides model for improving alternative energy source
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2007 |
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In the debate over alternative energy resources, geothermal technology has received scant media attention. Advocates call it one of the cleanest, sustainable energy resources available. However, steep construction, ...
Researchers Identify Autism Gene
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Yale School of Medicine autism experts Fred Volkmar, M.D. and Ami Klin are part of a global research consortium from 19 countries to identify a gene and a region of a chromosome that may lead to autism in children.
Why aren't humans furry? Stone-Age moms could be the answer
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Medical Hypotheses, an Elsevier publication, has announced the winner of the 2006 David Horrobin Prize for medical theory. Written by Judith Rich-Harris, author of The Nurture Assumption and No Two Alike, the article, "Parental ...
Hackers get bum rap for corporate America's digital delinquency
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 13, 2007 |
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If Phil Howard’s calculations prove true, by year’s end the 2 billionth personal record – some American’s social-security or credit-card number, academic grades or medical history – will become compromised, ...
Cold-water eddy 'monsters' mighty current off Sydney
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Oceanographers have identified a huge, dense mass of cold water off Sydney but know very little about what causes it or the influence it has in the Tasman Sea ecosystem.
SanDisk Launches 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive for Notebooks
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SanDisk today broadened its solid state drive (SSD) product line for the portable computer market with the introduction of a 32-gigabyte, 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) interface model, compatible with most mainstream ...
Dell, Alienware Bring World's First Terabyte Hard Drive Computer to Consumers
Mar 13, 2007 |
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Starting today, Dell and Alienware customers purchasing select XPS, Aurora and Area 51 gaming desktop computers can super-size their storage space by adding the world’s first consumer one terabyte hard drive from Hitachi ...
Botanists identify new species of North American bamboo
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Two Iowa State University botanists and their colleague at the University of North Carolina have discovered a new species of North American bamboo in the hills of Appalachia. It is the third known native species ...
Canadian tundra is rapidly disappearing
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Canadian scientists say much of their nation's northern tundra is rapidly disappearing, being replaced by trees and shrubs, forcing wildlife from the region.
Keeping the body in sync -- The stability of cellular clocks
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A study in Switzerland uses the tools of physics to show how our circadian clocks manage to keep accurate time in the noisy cellular environment.
