Archive: 03/13/2008
A sub-femtosecond stop watch for 'photon finish' races
Using a system that can compare the travel times of two photons with sub-femtosecond precision, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Study provides clues to prevent spread of ovarian cancer
A drug that blocks production of an enzyme that enables ovarian cancer to gain a foothold in a new site can slow the spread of the disease and prolong survival in mice, according to a study by researchers from the University ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Vanguard I celebrates 50 years in space
The Vanguard I satellite celebrates its 50th birthday this year. Its launch on March 17, 1958 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, culminated the efforts of America’s first official space satellite program begun in September 1955. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Toddlers affected most by secondhand smoke exposure at home
Secondhand smoke in the home appears to induce markers for heart disease as early as the toddler years, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s 48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May Grow
Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered large amounts of simple organic gases and water vapor in a possible planet-forming region around an infant star, along with evidence that these ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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IBM Cracks Web 2.0 Security Concerns With 'SMash'
IBM today announced new technology to secure "mashups," web applications that pull information from multiple sources, such as Web sites, enterprise databases or emails, to create one unified view. Mashups are attractive for ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Plastic bags killing Queensland’s turtles
A group of University of Queensland researchers are urging Queenslanders to avoid littering the state's marine environment during the upcoming Easter holiday weekend.
Biology /
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Sensors for bat-inspired spy plane under development
A six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time.
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Nature or nurture - why do some of us see red?
University of Manchester researchers are investigating why some people remain calm in the face of life's niggles, while others 'flip' with little provocation.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Arsenic in rice milk exceeds EU and US drinking water standards
Commercial rice milk contains levels of arsenic – a chronic human carcinogen – up to three times higher than EU and US drinking water standards, say researchers in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Tackling traffic’s biggest killer
Each year, over 40,000 people meet their end on Europe’s roads in car accidents. It is the equivalent of several small-scale wars. The biggest killer is head-on collisions, with 6,000 casualties annually. ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Successful manoeuvres position Jules Verne ATV for crucial tests
Jules Verne ATV successfully performed two boosts today, bringing the spacecraft to an altitude of 303 km – half-way between the insertion orbit reached after last Sunday's launch and the orbit of the International ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Physicists discover how fundamental particles lose track of quantum mechanical properties
In today’s Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science, researchers report a series of experiments that mark an important step toward understanding a longstanding fundamental physics problem of qu ...
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Sand dollar larvae use cloning to 'make change,' confound predators
Nature is full of examples of creatures that try to look as big as possible in an effort to scare away potential predators. But to avoid being eaten alive the larvae of sand dollars appear to have a different strategy, in ...
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Mar 13, 2008 |
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Crop scientists discover gene that controls fruit shape
Crop scientists have cloned a gene that controls the shape of tomatoes, a discovery that could help unravel the mystery behind the huge morphological differences among edible fruits and vegetables, as well ...
Biology /
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