Using Current Technology to Prepare for Quantum Computing
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“If we use the environment in the process,” explains Almut Beige, “we don’t need to control everything.” Dr. Beige and two students working with her at Imperial College London, Jeremy Metz and Michael Trupke, have devised ...
Surprising telescope observations shake up galactic formation theories
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A heavy form of hydrogen created just moments after the Big Bang has been found to exist in larger quantities than expected in the Milky Way, a finding that could radically alter theories about star and galaxy ...
New type of optical microscopy attains near-molecular resolution
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 14, 2006 |
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A new type of microscopy invented by Xiaowei Zhuang and colleagues at Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute delivers spatial resolution more than 10 times better than that of conventional optical microscopes, ...
US satellite protection scheme could affect global communications
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A proposed US system to protect satellites from solar storms or high-altitude nuclear detonations could cause side-effects that lead to radio communication blackouts, according to new research. If activated, the "radiation ...
Ancient Arctic Water Cycles are Red Flags to Future Global Warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Ancient plant remains recovered in recent Arctic Ocean sampling cores shows that during a period of carbon dioxide-induced global warming, humidity, precipitation and salinity of the ocean water altered drastically, along ...
When the Going Gets Tough, Slime Molds Start Synthesizing
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In times of plenty, the uni-cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum leads a solitary life munching on bacteria littering the forest floor. But these simple creatures can perform heroic developmental acts: ...
Nanotube Coating Meshes with Living Cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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Using a polymer coating that mimics part of a cell’s outer membrane, a team of investigators at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a versatile method for targeting carbon nanotubes to specific types of ...
Pure Novelty Spurs The Brain
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Neurobiologists have known that a novel environment sparks exploration and learning, but very little is known about whether the brain really prefers novelty as such. Rather, the major "novelty center" of the brain--called ...
Life and Death in the Hippocampus: What Young Neurons Need to Survive
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Whether newborn nerve cells in adult brains live or die depends on whether they can muscle their way into networks occupied by mature neurons. Neuroscientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies pin-pointed the molecular ...
Unravelling our cosmic ancestry
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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An international astronomy conference will mark the retirement of a Cardiff University scientist who helped to challenge the theory that life originated on Earth and who will be the focus of a BBC Horizon programme.
Declining Fish Population has Broad Ecological Consequences
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Dramatic population reductions of a single fish species in a South American river could degrade ecosystem function in an entire river system, according to an article in the Aug. 11 issue of the journal Science.
NASA: Moon landing film is lost
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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NASA says the original film depicting Neil Armstrong taking his "giant leap for mankind" on the moon has been lost.
Researchers Investigate Early Solar System
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Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory are part of an international research team that is studying minerals formed during the early history of the solar system.
Depressed People Benefit More From Marriage Than Others
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Depressed singles receive greater psychological benefits from getting married than those who are not depressed, new research shows.
New multilayer thin-film sensors enable fast, efficient monitoring of aircraft defects
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As aircraft reach or exceed their design lifetimes, the U.S. Air Force is turning to advanced nondestructive evaluation methods to determine their fitness for continued duty. Southwest Research Institute has ...
