Cluster spacecraft makes a shocking discovery
May 14, 2007 |
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ESA's Cluster was in the right place and time to make a shocking discovery. The four spacecraft encountered a shock wave that kept breaking and reforming – predicted only in theory.
Mysteries and Surprises in Quantum Physics
May 14, 2007 |
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“Cavity quantum electrodynamics” is a sub-field of quantum optics. Speaking at the EPL symposium, “Physics In Our Times” held last week at the Fondation Del Duca de l’Institut de France, Paris Professor Serge Haroche from ...
Study maps network of 7 million cell phone users
May 14, 2007 |
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Scientists have constructed a map of a societal communication network based on the mobile phone usage of 7 million individuals during a span of 18 weeks. As the first study to have access to a large amount ...
Learning while we sleep and dream
May 14, 2007 |
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Suppose you have a lot of information and you want to put it together so it makes sense. Here’s a suggestion from psychologists at Harvard Medical School — sleep on it.
Using soil to lock up carbon could help offset global warming
May 14, 2007 |
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In the journal Nature, Cornell biogeochemist Johannes Lehmann writes that an economical way to help offset global warming is to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere by charring biomass without the us ...
Close-up look at a hurricane's eye reveals a new 'fuel' source
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 14, 2007 |
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In the eye of a furious hurricane, the weather is often quite calm and sunny. But new NASA research is providing clues about how the seemingly subtle movement of air within and around this region provides ...
Preventing 'Sick' Spaceships
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 14, 2007 |
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Picture this: You're one of several astronauts homeward bound after a three-year mission to Mars. Halfway back from the Red Planet, your spacecraft starts suffering intermittent electrical outages. So you ...
NASA mission explores world's deepest sinkhole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 14, 2007 |
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A NASA-funded expedition, including researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, will begin searching for the submerged bottom of Mexico’s El Zacatón sinkhole with a robotic submarine the week of May ...
Microsoft Claims Open-Source Technology Violates 235 of Its Patents
May 14, 2007 |
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The software maker is using the threat of patent violations to try to further muddy the waters around GPLv3.
Glucosamine-like supplement inhibits multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes
May 14, 2007 |
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A glucosamine-like dietary supplement has been found to suppress the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis and type-1 diabetes mellitus, according to University of California, Irvine health sciences researchers.
Magnetic tweezers unravel cellular mechanics
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 14, 2007 |
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By injecting tiny magnetic beads into a living cell and manipulating them with a magnetic ‘tweezer’, scientists of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, succeed in getting to know more about the mechanics ...
It's not what you know; it's who you know...
May 14, 2007 |
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A UQ Business School student says the old cliché – it's not what you know; it's who you know – might be true after all.
Scientist creates 'micro-tornadoes'
May 14, 2007 |
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Meteorologists concerned about a possible worldwide intensification of tornado activity may now be able to study tornadoes in the lab.
Electronic Correlations in Solids
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The word “correlation” means “mutual dependence” or “interrelation” and the term “electronic correlation” summarises all effects arising from the mutual repulsion of negatively charged electrons. More precisely, it refers ...
Students Devise Oral Quick-Dissolve Strips for Rotavirus Vaccine
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A thin strip that dissolves in the mouth like a popular breath-freshener could someday provide life-saving rotavirus vaccine to infants in impoverished areas. The innovative drug-delivery system was developed ...
