Taking on a New Shape
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“It is seldom that you see a new stable structure appearing spontaneously in a completely symmetric environment,” explains Tomas Bohr, a physicist at the Technical University of Denmark. “Usually you have to ...
Super-Kamiokande Finds Structure in the Cosmic Ray Sky
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Cosmic rays, which are high-energy atomic nuclei driven by spectacular cosmic events, come to us from every direction on the sky. Most of them are destroyed high in the atmosphere, creating a shower of high-speed ...
Carbon fullerenes now have metallic cousins, 'hollow golden cages'
May 15, 2006 |
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Scientists have uncovered a class of gold atom clusters that are the first known metallic hollow equivalents of the famous hollow carbon fullerenes known as buckyballs. The evidence for what their discoverers ...
A Vast New Map of the Universe
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A team of astronomers led by Nikhil Padmanabhan and David Schlegel has published the largest three-dimensional map of the universe ever constructed, a wedge-shaped slice of the cosmos that spans a tenth of ...
Study explores why boys are falling behind girls in school
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Thirty years ago, boys, not girls, were the high performers in schools. Today, test scores, grades and dropout rates show boys are achieving at levels far below girls, and an international study that includes the University ...
Global warming may have damaged coral reefs forever
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Global warming has had a more devastating effect on some of the world’s finest coral reefs than previously assumed, suggests the first report to show the long-term impact of sea temperature rise on reef coral ...
Redirecting Mouth of Mississippi River Proposed as Way to Save Louisiana Coast
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 15, 2006 |
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Vince Neary, Tennessee Tech University associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, says such a bold, large-scale plan is necessary to stop the disappearance of the state's coastal wetlands — which act as natural ...
Fabled equatorial icecaps to disappear
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 15, 2006 |
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Fabled equatorial icecaps will disappear within two decades because of global warming, a study led by UCL (University College London) has found.
How Did Cactuses Evolve
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In a groundbreaking new study in the June issue of American Naturalist, Erika J. Edwards (Yale University and University of California, Santa Barbara) and Michael J. Donoghue (Yale University) explore how leafy, ...
Quantum Cryptography: Diamonds Offer New Online Security
May 15, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Melbourne, Australia, have found a glamorous solution to the problem of communications systems being hacked by eavesdroppers -- diamonds. The School of Physics at the university has just secured ...
Multifunctional Gold Nanoparticles Show Promise in Combination Therapy
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 15, 2006 |
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Gold nanoparticles, which can turn light into intense heat, are showing significant promise as targeted nanoscale thermal scalpels capable of killing cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue. Two new reports now suggest ...
In Search of Crater Chains
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 15, 2006 |
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As the fragments of shattered comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3 glide harmlessly past Earth this month in full view of backyard telescopes, onlookers can't help but wonder, what if a comet like that didn't miss, ...
Rising price of oil highlights affordable energy alternatives
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With oil prices reaching near near-record highs in recent weeks, calls have grown louder for the U.S. to develop new sources of affordable, domestic energy. Work by experts from The Earth Institute at Columbia University ...
4 more historic ships found off R.I.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 15, 2006 |
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With four more hulks spotted, Rhode Island can boast it has the world's "largest fleet of Revolutionary shipwrecks," a maritime expert says.
Exercise can protect against skin cancer
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While doctors and scientists have long agreed that physical activity has health benefits, Rutgers cancer researcher Allan Conney and his New Jersey colleagues have found that exercise can even protect against skin cancer.
