Scientists explain causes of abrupt rain storms
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No two rain storms are alike. Dark clouds may form slowly throughout the day before a drop of rain falls, and sunny days can suddenly transform into thunderstorms. Different societies throughout history have ...
A Microscopic Solution to an Enormous Problem
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Hydrogen—the most plentiful element in the Universe—could potentially meet much of the world's demand for energy while reducing or eliminating our dependence on carbon-based fuels. The promise of carbon-free ...
Atoms looser than expected
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All the atoms in the universe just got looser, at least in the eyes of humans. No, the laws of physics didn't change overnight, but our knowledge of how strong atoms are held together did have to be readjusted a bit in light ...
Building a Ship Outside a Shipyard
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It’s not your typical shipbuilder’s site. In fact, it’s not your typical ship. There are no outfitting piers or full-service bulkheads. No sights of yellow hard hats or sounds of beeping trucks with back-up ...
An up-close view of Mars? Not likely, says Penn State Erie professor
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Thinking about cozying up with your sweetheart later this month for a once-in-a-lifetime-chance to view Mars at its closest contact to Earth in recorded history? Think again, and bump up that quality time by a couple of weeks.
Mathematicians maximize knowledge of minimal surfaces
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For most people, soap bubbles are little more than ethereal, ephemeral childhood amusements, or a bit of kitsch associated with the Lawrence Welk Show. But for Johns Hopkins University mathematician William ...
Clock in the rock: Scientists measure Earth's history
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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The mass extinction of dinosaurs occurred about 66 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period (K) and the beginning of the Tertiary Period, known as the K-T boundary. A massive asteroid slammed into what is now ...
Rare -- But Aggressive -- Form of Breast Cancer Undetectable By Mammogram
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Most women believe that having their annual mammograms and clinical breast exams is enough to catch cancer if it develops.
Study reveals details of mussels' tenacious bonds
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When it comes to sticking power, marine mussels are hard to beat. They can adhere to virtually all inorganic and organic surfaces, sustaining their tenacious bonds in saltwater, including turbulent tidal environments. Little ...
Spitzer Reveals New Wonders in the Familiar Orion Nebula
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The Orion nebula is one of the most famous and easily viewed deep-sky sights. Located in the sword of Orion the Hunter, this distant cloud of gas and dust holds hundreds of young stars. At its center, a cluster ...
Large and small stars in harmonious coexistence
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This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of one of the hundreds of star-forming stellar systems, called stellar associations, located 180,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC is the ...
Multi-sensory training: Faster learning
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U.S. scientists from Boston University and UCLA say the use of multi-sensory training programs helps people improve low-level perceptual task learning.
Physics student numbers better than hoped, but chemistry and materials situation 'dire'
Aug 15, 2006 |
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New research shows that while higher education student numbers for physics degrees may not be falling as drastically as some reports suggest, chemistry and material based subjects are in real danger.
Rapid HIV test found highly effective
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A study to be presented this week at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto demonstrates that the new rapid HIV testing protocol is very effective for insuring that people learn whether or not they are infected.
Research Peers Inside Hydrogen Fuel Cells
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Thanks to a new and improved imaging instrument at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), scientists now can conduct detailed surveillance on the comings and goings ...
