Mimicking Nature Creates Self-Cleaning Coatings
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are mimicking one of Nature’s best non-stick surfaces to help create more reliable electric transmission systems, photovoltaic arrays that retain their efficiency, ...
Scientists make atomic clock breakthrough
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University of Nevada, Reno researchers Andrei Derevianko, Kyle Beloy, and Ulyana Safronova sat down six months ago and began work on a calculation that will help the world keep better time.
Marine life stirs ocean enough to affect climate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Oceanographers worldwide pay close attention to phytoplankton and with good reason. The microscopic plants that form the vast foundation of the marine food chain generate a staggering amount of power, and now ...
Researchers develop bistable nano switch
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 13, 2006 |
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Carbon nanotubes (CNT) have been under intense study by scientists all over the world for more than a decade and are being thought of as ideal building blocks for nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). A type of one-dimensional ...
Rapid Growth of Huge Northern Bog Complex May Have Helped Kick-Start Past Global Warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2006 |
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Methane gas released by peat bogs in the northern-most third of the globe probably helped fuel the last major round of global warming, which drew the ice age to a close between 11,000 and 12,000 years ago, ...
Complex meteorology at Venus
Oct 13, 2006 |
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In its relentless probing of Venus's atmosphere, ESA's Venus Express keeps revealing new details of the Venusian cloud system. Meteorology at Venus is a complex matter, scientists say.
Tissue Geometry Plays Crucial Role in Breast Cell Invasion
Oct 13, 2006 |
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Apropos of National Breast Cancer Awareness month, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have created a first-of-its-kind model for studying how breast tissue ...
'Lost continent' of Atlantis stirs debate
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 13, 2006 |
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Italian scholars in Rome are debating the controversial theory that Sardinia is the lost island of Atlantis, and whether the theory merits further research.
Giant Pandas See in Color
Biology /
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They may be black and white, but new research at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Zoo Atlanta shows that giant pandas can see in color. Graduate researcher Angela Kelling tested the ability of two Zoo ...
China: Millions of coastal acres polluted
Oct 13, 2006 |
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China's State Oceanic Administration said pollution contaminated about 34.5 million acres -- about 5 percent -- of China's coastal areas.
More Internet users may be taking phishing bait than thought
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 13, 2006 |
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A higher-than-expected percentage of Internet users are likely to fall victim to scam artists masquerading as trusted service providers, report researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics.
Study finds thyroid damage from nuke tests
Oct 13, 2006 |
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A new study of people living downwind of the nuclear weapons test site in Nevada finds thyroid damage was more extensive than previously believed.
Researchers discover mechanism that determines when detailed memories are retained
Oct 13, 2006 |
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The levels of a chemical released by the brain determine how detailed a memory will later be, according to researchers at UC Irvine.The neurotransmitter acetylcholine, a brain chemical already established as being crucial ...
First evidence of humans in Britain under microscope
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 13, 2006 |
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Archaeologists at the University of Bradford are putting 24 pieces of ancient stone under the microscope to determine how they were used as tools by humans – 700,000 years ago.
Vacuumed mercury forces school evacuation
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School officials in Rockford, Ill., learned that vacuuming mercury, while fast, isn't healthy.
