First Planet Under Three Suns Is Discovered
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An extrasolar planet under three suns has been discovered in the constellation Cygnus by a planetary scientist at the California Institute of Technology using the 10-meter Keck I telescope in Hawaii. The planet ...
New bunker buster bomb is in development
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Pentagon researchers are reportedly developing a so-called super bomb, designed to destroy weapon bunkers buried deep in the earth.
Brain stimulants may become popular
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The use of mind-enhancing drugs to boost one's "brain power" might reportedly become as common as drinking a cup of coffee.
Apple's stellar earnings might not last
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Apple's robust earnings report for the latest quarter surprised few, given the runaway success of its ubiquitous iPod, yet there already is concern sales of the digital music devices will not suffice to keep Apple growing ...
World's First LCD That Simultaneously Displays Different Information in Right and Left Viewing Directions
Jul 14, 2005 |
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Sharp has developed a new LCD, which can simultaneously display different information and image content in right and left views in a single unit by directionally controlling the viewing angle of the LCD. This ...
Scuttle The Shuttle Says Space Frontier Foundation
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In anticipation of this week's planned return to flight of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery, the Space Frontier Foundation renewed its call for the orbiters to be retired.
Laser to be used to analyze Mars' soil
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Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists say they plan to use lasers on Martian soil to help speed the search for life and water on that planet.
Diamonds are a Scientist's best Friend: Research into Building Better Small Machines
Jul 14, 2005 |
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Do diamonds really last forever? That's the hope of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers who are trying to solve the problems associated with building extremely small machines and having them withstand the test of ...
Remains of ancient homes found in Japan
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Officials in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture report uncovering the remains of ancient housing believed to be 3,200 years old in the village of Hisayama.
Sandia researcher shares European physics prize for work; observations transformed Z-pinch field
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Work led to major increase in power output and hastened first fusion success Albuquerque, N.M. _ Some physicists believe that the pulses of power formed in a technique called a Z-pinch may one day be a more efficient sou ...
Predicting the lifetime of extreme ultraviolet optics
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Extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) may be the next-generation patterning technique used to produce smaller and faster microchips with feature sizes of 32 nanometers and below. However, durable projection optics must be ...
China to launch solar telescope
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China has announced completion of its first two space telescopes: a space solar telescope and a hard X-ray modulation telescope.
Nanoscale Fiber Optics
Jul 14, 2005 |
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Lipid membranes as molds for doped cadmium chloride nanowires with light-conducting properties One-dimensional nanoscopic structures such as nanowires are important building blocks for future miniature opto-electronic compo ...
Nano-graphite may store H2 gas
Jul 14, 2005 |
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Graphite films only nanometers or billionths of a meter thick could help store hydrogen in an inexpensive, easily manufactured, lightweight and nontoxic manner, an international team of scientists told UPI's Nano World.
Russia approves a 10-year space budget
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The Russian government Thursday announced approval of a 10-year space program budget.
