'Termite guts can save the planet', says Nobel laureate
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The way termite guts process food could teach scientists how to produce pollution-free energy and help solve the world's imminent energy crisis. Speaking at the Institute of Physics conference Physics 2005 in Warwick today, ...
Smart plastics change shape with light
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Picture a flower that opens when facing the sunlight. In work that mimics that sensitivity to light, an MIT engineer and German colleagues have created the first plastics that can be deformed and temporarily fixed in a second, ...
Now scientists think you'd be 'roasted' in a black hole
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Contrary to established scientific thinking, you'd be roasted and not "spaghettified" if you stumbled into a supermassive black hole. New research being presented at the Institute of Physics conference Physics 2005 in Warwick ...
Mystery solved: How the orbits of extrasolar planets became so eccentric
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Except for the fact that we call it home, for centuries astronomers didn't have any particular reason to believe that our solar system was anything special in the universe. But, beginning with the discovery ...
Being too clean could be hazardous to your health and the environment
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Researchers at Virginia Tech have discovered that the use of antimicrobial soaps and other products may unnecessarily be directly exposing consumers to significant quantities of chloroform. Peter Vikesland, assistant professor ...
At least part of climate change is man-made
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Bonn study shows: Since 1880 climate gases have caused just under half of global warming In the last 120 years the average global temperature has risen by 0.7 degrees. Over the same period the carbon dioxide concentration ...
Landmark Project To Map How Humankind Populated Planet
Apr 13, 2005 |
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The National Geographic Society and IBM today launched a groundbreaking research initiative that will trace the migratory history of the human species. The Genographic Project, a five-year research partnership, will use sop ...
5.1 Surround Sound for FM HD Radio at NAB 2005
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Fraunhofer IIS, Telos, Omnia, Axia, Broadcast Electronics and Bose participate in world-premiere live demon-stration of non-matrixed 5.1 Surround Sound for FM HD Radio. Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS and ...
Renesas Releases DC/DC Converter Power MOSFET Chip Set Achieving Industry's Highest Power Efficiency of 90 percent
Apr 13, 2005 |
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Renesas Technology Corp. today announced a power MOSFET chip set, comprising a high-side(*1) RJK0305DPB and low-side(*1) RJK0301DPB, for DC-DC converters used in servers, notebook PCs, communication devices, and similar products.Sample ...
Early Universe was packed with mini black holes
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A research group at Cambridge think that the universe might once have been packed full of tiny black holes. Dr Martin Haehnelt, a researcher in the group led by Astronomer Royal Martin Rees, will present new evidence to support ...
Physicists Trash Turbulence Lab
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Researchers at the University of Warwick have trashed the world's biggest turbulence lab by turning a pleasant stream into a raging torrent - but they say their actions will lead new understandings in one of the main unsolved ...
What is time?
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The concept of time is self-evident. An hour consists of a certain number of minutes, a day of hours and a year of days. But we rarely think about the fundamental nature of time. Time is passing non-stop, and we follow it ...
'Nanoshells' simultaneously detect and destroy cancerous cells
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Researchers at Rice University in Texas have developed a new approach to fighting cancer, based on nanoscale particles that can both detect and destroy cancerous cells. The report appears in the April 13 issue of the American ...
Getting in gear for next generation cars
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23 partners from across the European car industry worked together to develop a new software interface that will make the next generation of cars quicker to design and cheaper to bring to market while maintaining high quality ...
University of Chicago to study connections between religious beliefs and health
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A belief in God may improve a person’s physical health, according to University of Chicago researchers who are launching the first comprehensive study to examine the relationship between religious attitudes and health.
