Scientists carve 3D microstructures in carbon nanotube forests
Sep 14, 2007 |
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Using a focused laser beam to selectively burn regions of a dense forest of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs), researchers have demonstrated a method that may enable rapid prototyping of nanotube microstructures.
Nuclear physicists examine oxygen's limits
Sep 14, 2007 |
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Physicists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University have made a unique measurement of an exotic oxygen nucleus, leading scientists one step closer to deciphering ...
Satellites witness lowest Arctic ice coverage in history
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2007 |
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The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk to its lowest level this week since satellite measurements began nearly 30 years ago, opening up the Northwest Passage – a long-sought short cut between ...
Sheet of carbon atoms acts like a billiard table, physicists find
Sep 14, 2007 |
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A game of billiards may never get smaller than this. Physicists at UC Riverside have demonstrated that graphene – a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in hexagonal rings – can act as an atomic-scale ...
Study: 'Confuse-reframe' sales pitch works
Sep 14, 2007 |
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A U.S.-led international study has found consumers can be easily confused into buying a product by a new sales technique called "disrupt-then-reframe."
Why is the Hercules Dwarf Galaxy so flat?
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Through some of the very first scientific observations with the brand-new Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in Arizona, an international team of astronomers has found that a recently discovered tiny companion ...
'Radio Wave Cooling' Offers New Twist on Laser Cooling
Sep 14, 2007 |
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Visible and ultraviolet laser light has been used for years to cool trapped atoms—and more recently larger objects—by reducing the extent of their thermal motion. Now, applying a different form of radiation ...
Nonstick chewing gum to become a reality
Sep 14, 2007 |
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Easy-to-remove chewing gum is to become a reality, thanks to a major technological breakthrough. The announcement will be made this week at the BA Festival of Science in York, UK.
Probing a rare material spin state
Sep 14, 2007 |
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A team of international physicists that includes researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology has found experimental evidence of a highly sought-after type of arrangement of atomic magnetic moments, ...
Team develops novel method for nanostructured polymer thin films
Sep 14, 2007 |
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All researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology wanted was a simple, quick method for making thin films of block copolymers or BCPs (chemically distinct polymers linked together) in order ...
The missing link in the evolution of magnetic cataclysmic stars?
Sep 14, 2007 |
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An international team of astronomers might have discovered the missing link in the evolution of the so-called magnetic cataclysmic variable stars. They determined the spin and orbital periods of the binary star Paloma. They ...
Doctors deny surgery to longtime smoker
Sep 14, 2007 |
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Doctors in Britain say they won't operate on a 57-year-old builder's broken ankle because he is a smoker.
Galaxy 'hunting' made easy
Sep 14, 2007 |
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Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have discovered in a single pass about a dozen otherwise invisible galaxies halfway across the Universe. The discovery, based on a technique that exploits a first-class ...
Researchers discover correlation between GERD and obesity in females
Sep 14, 2007 |
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A group of scientists recently discovered an association between being overweight and a disease called gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) in women.
Dermatologists identify North Texas leishmaniasis outbreak
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A team of dermatologists and dermatopathologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center has identified nine North Texas cases of an infectious skin disease common in South America, Mexico and in the Middle East, where it is sometimes ...
