Does God answer prayer? ASU research says 'yes'
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Does God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer? The answer, according to a new Arizona State University study published in the March journal Research on Social Work Practice, is "yes."
Solar Plane to Fly Continuously Around Mars
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Sky-Sailor, the working dream of a solar-powered, autonomously-controlled microairplane, has exciting implications in two areas: one on the technological advances of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs); and anothe ...
Kuiper-belt Object Was Broken up by Massive Impact 4.5 Billion Years Ago, Study Shows
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In the outer reaches of the solar system, there is an object known as 2003 EL61 that looks like and spins like a football being drop-kicked over the proverbial goalpost of life.
Making memories that last a lifetime
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Neurobiologists have discovered a mechanism by which the constantly changing brain retains memories—from that dog bite to that first kiss. They have found that the brain co-opts the same machinery by which cells stably alter ...
Research project could help create computers that run on light
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A new research project begins soon which could be an important step in bringing the dream of photonic computers – devices run using light rather than electronics – onto the desktop. Physicists at the University of Bath will ...
New biofuels process promises to meet all US transportation needs
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Purdue University chemical engineers have proposed a new environmentally friendly process for producing liquid fuels from plant matter - or biomass - potentially available from agricultural and forest waste, providing all ...
Physicists wipe away complexity for a clearer view of heavy nuclei
Mar 14, 2007 |
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Despite advances in experimental nuclear physics, the most detailed probing of atomic nuclei still requires heavy doses of advanced nuclear theory. The problem is that using theory to make meaningful predictions requires ...
Scientists explain source of mysterious tremors emanating from fault zones
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2007 |
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Tiny tremors and temblors recently discovered in fault zones from California to Japan are generated by slow-moving earthquakes that may foreshadow catastrophic seismic events, according to scientists at Stanford ...
Paleontologists Discover New Mammal from Mesozoic Era
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 14, 2007 |
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An international team of American and Chinese paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 125 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, in what is now the Hebei Province in China.
500,000 years of climate history stored year by year
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2007 |
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The bottom of Turkey’s Lake Van is covered by a layer of mud several hundreds of metres deep. For climatologists this unprepossessing slime is worth its weight in gold: summer by summer pollen has been deposited from times ...
Mars Rover Churns Up Questions With Sulfur-Rich Soil
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 14, 2007 |
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Some bright Martian soil containing lots of sulfur and a trace of water intrigues researchers who are studying information provided by NASA's Spirit rover.
MIT provides blueprint for future use of coal
Mar 14, 2007 |
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Leading academics from an interdisciplinary MIT panel issued a report today that examines how the world can continue to use coal, an abundant and inexpensive fuel, in a way that mitigates, instead of worsens, the global warming ...
Australian discovery solves mystery of the Andes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2007 |
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A research team led by an ANU scientist has solved the mystery behind the formation of the Andes by discovering how the jostling of tectonic plate boundaries affects geological formations.
New Micromanipulator May Help Build Micro-Machines
Mar 14, 2007 |
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Future microscopic-sized machines assembled with micrometer or nanometer-scale parts will need to be made with devices that use tiny, agile "fingers" that can grip, lift and do the assembly work in a controlled, coordinated ...
Physicists tailor magnetic pairings in nanoscale semiconductors
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Electrons love to zip around metals such as copper, especially if the metal is cooled to temperatures near absolute zero. But if they encounter a magnetic atom (say, iron) during their travels, the electrons will try to "screen," ...
