Archive: 02/15/2007
Antarctic Temperatures Disagree with Climate Model Predictions
A new report on climate over the world’s southernmost continent shows that temperatures during the late 20th century did not climb as had been predicted by many global climate models.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Unique mass spectrometer to explore Mars
A group of U.S. biomedical scientists has won a $750,000 NASA grant to design a mini mass spectrometer to aid in the search for life on Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Scientists plan 10-year quake forecasts
A Canadian scientist says she is involved in an international effort to create 10-year earthquake forecasts for several nations.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Recipe for healthy garlic: Crush before cooking
"Stop and smell the garlic — that's all you have to do," advised William Shatner, whose starring roles ranged from Captain Kirk in Star Trek to himself in Iron Chef USA. New scientific research is editing Shatner's advice ...
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Storing Digital Data in Living Organisms
DNA, perhaps the oldest data storage medium, could become the newest as scientists report progress toward using DNA to store text, images, music and other digital data inside the genomes of living organisms. In a report scheduled ...
Biology /
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Citrus Experiment Station marks 100th year
The Citrus Experiment Station at the University of California, Riverside, has marked its 100th year of developing and breeding new fruit strains.
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Chinese develop e-waste technology
Chinese scientists say they have developed a recycling and recovery technology designed especially for disposal of printed circuit boards.
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Researchers discover 'sticky' proteins fuse adult stem cells to cardiac muscle, repairing hearts
Cardiologists are increasingly using adult stem cells in clinical trials to repair hearts following heart attacks, but no one has understood how the therapy actually works. Now, in animal experiments, researchers at The University ...
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Nanoscale packaging could aid delivery of cancer-fighting drugs
Nature has produced a well-stocked arsenal of potent cancer-fighting compounds, including Taxol, first isolated from the Pacific yew tree, and rapamycin, borrowed from a soil-dwelling bacterium.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Hidden gems: New composites are stiffer than diamond
Using a unique combination of barium titanate and tin, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have made the first known material that's stiffer than diamond. The group published its results in the Feb. 2 issue of Science.
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Theory aims to describe fundamental properties of materials
Gold is shiny, diamonds are transparent, and iron is magnetic. Why is that? The answer lies with a material ’s electronic structure, which determines its electrical, optical, and magnetic properties.
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Strain Has Major Effect on High-Temp Superconductors
Just a little mechanical strain can cause a large drop in the maximum current carried by high-temperature superconductors, according to novel measurements carried out by the National Institute of Standards ...
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Clock Comparison Yields Clues to 'Constant' Change
Years of comparisons among the world’s best atomic clocks—based on different atoms—have established the most precise limits ever achieved in the laboratory for detecting possible changes in so-called “constants” of nature. ...
Feb 15, 2007 |
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Disorder May Be in Order for ‘Spintronic’ Devices
Physicists at JILA are using ultrashort pulses of laser light to reveal precisely why some electrons, like ballet dancers, hold their spin positions better than others—work that may help improve spintronic ...
Feb 15, 2007 |
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High-Frequency Cryocooler Is Tiny, Cold and Efficient
A new cryogenic refrigerator has been demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology that operates at twice the usual frequency, achieving a long-sought combination of small size, rapid cooling, low temperatures ...
Feb 15, 2007 |
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