Archive: 08/14/2006
Purdue to host energy meeting
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is to deliver opening remarks Aug. 29 at the Richard Lugar-Purdue Summit on Energy Security.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 14, 2006 |
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SAT prep tools offer great advantages
U.S. students from higher-income families are most likely to use SAT preparation tools, thereby giving them an advantage in getting into college.
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Researchers Investigate Early Solar System
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.
Aug 14, 2006 |
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New multilayer thin-film sensors enable fast, efficient monitoring of aircraft defects
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 ...
Aug 14, 2006 |
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'Bachelorette' viewers aren't seeking reality, researcher says
Reality television has been a big draw on television for years, but it appears viewers prefer some of these programs to be light in actual reality, says a Penn State researcher.
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Nanotube Coating Meshes with Living Cells
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 ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 14, 2006 |
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NASA wants new explorers
NASA has issued new guidelines for the U.S. academic community to use in preparing the next generation of explorers and innovators.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Ancient Arctic Water Cycles are Red Flags to Future Global Warming
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 ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Depressed People Benefit More From Marriage Than Others
Depressed singles receive greater psychological benefits from getting married than those who are not depressed, new research shows.
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Declining Fish Population has Broad Ecological Consequences
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.
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Life and Death in the Hippocampus: What Young Neurons Need to Survive
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 ...
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Surprising telescope observations shake up galactic formation theories
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 ...
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Using Current Technology to Prepare for Quantum Computing
“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 ...
Aug 14, 2006 |
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Russia to launch orbital laboratories
Russian space officials say they will launch two orbital laboratories to conduct experiments involving zero gravity, materials in space and biotechnologies.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2006 |
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ISS crew prepares for Atlantis visit
Refurbishing an exercise treadmill and preparing for a facility expansion highlighted activities aboard the International Space Station last week.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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