Wireless energy could power consumer, industrial electronics
Nov 14, 2006 |
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Recharging your laptop computer -- and also your cell phone and a variety of other gadgets -- might one day be doable in the same convenient way many people now surf the Web: wirelessly.
New type of home furnace to be introduced
Nov 14, 2006 |
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There's a new fad starting, which might eventually prove to be more a revolution than a fad: an efficient furnace that also generates electricity.
Honey, I shrunk the carbon nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 14, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they have developed a method of controllably altering the diameter of individual carbon nanotubes.
The microscopic hitchhikers' guide to the Galaxy
Nov 14, 2006 |
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As the Earth roams through the Milky Way like a spaceship, shelly inhabitants of the sea act as natural sensors that record the ever-changing cosmic environment over many millions of years. New research done ...
Survey: British girls have sex earlier
Nov 14, 2006 |
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A survey of British young people finds that girls are twice as likely as boys to have sexual intercourse before the age of 16.
New Earthquake Model for Los Angeles Finds Some Faults Moving Faster Than Expected
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2006 |
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An analysis of slip rates for 26 active faults in the Los Angeles metropolitan area validates a new approach to modeling fault tectonics and finds that some faults may be moving faster than earlier models estimated, ...
Organic micro-sensors provide quick, convenient medical diagnostics at home
Nov 14, 2006 |
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In an effort to bring health monitoring to the patient, scientists from the University of Arkansas have developed a micro-sensor that monitors vital signs and can be incorporated into smart fabrics for wearable ...
Charting New Nanomemory
Nov 14, 2006 |
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University of Arkansas physicists seeking to better understand the properties of ferroelectric materials at the nanoscale have discovered previously unknown properties.
Return of the Leonids
Nov 14, 2006 |
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On Sunday, Nov. 19th, Earth will pass through a stream of debris from comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. The result: a shower of Leonid meteors.
Wielding the subtle weapons of a fungus
Biology /
Nov 14, 2006 |
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It doesn’t look appetizing: when Ustilago maydis attacks a maize plant, its cobs bear hideous tumours rather than crunchy niblets. So far, no effective means of combating the maize smut pathogen has been found. ...
Study: Getting more shelf life out of milk
Nov 14, 2006 |
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U.S. researchers say they have found a way to kill harmful bacteria in milk while increasing its shelf life without introducing off-flavors.
New oil spill cleanup technology developed
Nov 14, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they have developed a new technology for cleaning oil spills on oceans, lakes and other waterways.
Seismic Testing of Wood-Frame Townhouse Makes History
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2006 |
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Unprecedented. That's how earthquake engineers describe today's seismic test at the University at Buffalo. Most simulated earthquake tests feature neither full-scale structures nor ground motions in three directions, ...
NASA Nanotechnology Comes to Market
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 14, 2006 |
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Finding affordable ways to make technology available to everyone is a common challenge. Now, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. has done that with the process that creates "nanotubes."
Math model could aid study of collagen ailments
Biology /
Nov 14, 2006 |
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An MIT researcher's mathematical model explains for the first time the distinctive structure of collagen, a material key to healthy human bone, muscles and other tissues. The new model shows collagen's structure from the ...
