World's longest laser invented
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Academics at Aston University in Birmingham, UK have invented what is thought to be the world’s longest laser. They have transformed an optical fibre 75 kilometres long into the laser, which the team hopes will ...
Quantum breakup is no heartbreaker
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Getting together and breaking up is hard to do, but splitting a quantum couple is even more difficult.
Snows Of Kilimanjaro Disappearing, Glacial Ice Loss Increasing
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Five years after warning that the famed ice fields on Tanzania 's Mount Kilimanjaro may melt, Ohio State University researchers have sadly found that their prediction is coming true.
Interplanetary dust particles: reproducing GEMS-like structure in the laboratory
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In a coming issue, Astronomy & Astrophysics presents new laboratory results that provide some important clues to the possible origins of exotic mineral grains in interplanetary dust.
Expedition discovers marine treasures
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An underwater mountain that forms the world's third-largest atoll has some of the richest diversity of marine life ever found in the Caribbean, according to scientists who recently explored the area.
Race matters to 3-month-olds, study finds
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You should judge someone not by the color of his skin, civil-rights leader Martin Luther King declared 43 years ago, but by the content of his character. Yet new research suggests that to achieve this ideal, you may have ...
Samsung Develops Ultra-fast Graphics Memory
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Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed the world’s fastest graphics memory - a GDDR4 graphics DRAM chip with much faster processing than an earlier version that Samsung led the industry in prototyping ...
Sandia's low-density, environmentally friendly foam might save surfboard industry from a total wipeout
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Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, Calif., have developed a low-density, energy-absorbing foam that, among other potential applications, could help avoid a complete wipeout for the nation's ...
New Viewing Technique Bolsters Case For Life On Mars
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New examinations of a Martian meteorite found nearly a century ago have strengthened the possibility that the red planet once harbored life.
Scientists to perfect the perfect rose
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David Murdock, owner of the Dole Food Co. -- North America's largest marketer and importer of cut flowers -- is seeking the "perfect" rose.
Study: Consumers distort information to support their preferences
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A new report co-authored by Margaret Meloy, assistant professor of marketing at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, finds that the order in which people receive information about two similar products has a strong influence ...
Study: Southern kids are sicker than most
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A University of Florida study suggests children living in the South are up to three times more likely to battle poor health than other U.S. children.
Cassini cameras spot powerful new lightning storm on Saturn
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Following the recent detection of Saturnian radio bursts by NASA's Cassini spacecraft that indicated a rare and powerful atmospheric storm, Cassini imaging scientists have spotted the storm in an unlikely fashion: ...
New Horizons Set For A Comfortable Cruise Out To Jupiter And Pluto Transfer
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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is proceeding according to plan on its way to Pluto and the outer planets via an encounter with Jupiter next year. The following is an update from the mission's principal investigator, S. Alan ...
Spirit Completes Fourth Mile On Mars
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Spirit is healthy and continues to make progress toward "Home Plate" after driving more than 150 meters (492 feet), taking images, making atmospheric observations, and analyzing geology.
