Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 15, 2008 |
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Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere.
IBM Research Unveils Breakthrough In Solar Farm Technology
May 15, 2008 |
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IBM today announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Sun's power for electricity.
Crystal (eye) ball: Study says visual system equipped with 'future seeing powers'
May 15, 2008 |
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Catching a football. Maneuvering through a room full of people. Jumping out of the way when a golfer yells "fore." Most would agree these seemingly simple actions require us to perceive and quickly respond ...
MIT Creates New Material For Fuel Cells, Increases Power Output By 50 Percent
May 15, 2008 |
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MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, ...
First measurement of entangled states in nitrogen
May 15, 2008 |
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When atoms form molecules, they share their outer electrons and this creates a negatively charged cloud. Here, electrons buzz around between the two positively charged nuclei, making it impossible to tell ...
Astronomers use new model of dust in galaxies to remeasure the total energy output of stars in the universe
May 15, 2008 |
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Anyone gazing up on a dark clear night is greeted by the spectacle of thousands of powerful fusion reactors - the stars. These balls of extremely hot gas are generating unimaginably large quantities of energy. ...
Green tea compounds beat OSA-related brain deficits
May 15, 2008 |
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Chemicals found in green tea may be able to stave off the cognitive deficits that occur with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a new study published in the second issue for May of the American Thoracic Society’s ...
Nanotechnology in reverse uses cell to calibrate tools
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 15, 2008 |
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Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope.
Fuel cells: distant dream, but burning with promise
May 15, 2008 |
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Some day, fuel cells may power your car and exhaust only water and perhaps carbon dioxide. More efficient and cleaner than an internal combustion engine, their emissions will be much lower. They may also run ...
Scientists solve gravity-defying bird beak mystery
May 15, 2008 |
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As Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has now explained exactly how some shorebirds use ...
Eccentric pulsar system challenges theories of binary formation
May 15, 2008 |
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An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say. The pulsar and ...
Long lost sisters
May 15, 2008 |
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The human race was divided into two separate groups within Africa for as much as half of its existence, says a Tel Aviv University mathematician. Climate change, reduction in populations and harsh conditions may have caused ...
Addressing the 'nitrogen cascade'
May 15, 2008 |
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While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a ...
NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 15, 2008 |
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New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.
Researcher finds El Nino may have been factor in Magellan's Pacific voyage
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 15, 2008 |
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A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions – ...
