'Mighty Mouse' robot frees stuck radiation source
Dec 15, 2005 |
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A Sandia National Laboratories robot recently withstood enough radiation to kill 40 men in freeing a stuck radiation source -- the size of a restaurant salt shaker -- at a White Sands Missile Range lab so that ...
Shakespeare's smoke and mirrors tricks solved
Dec 15, 2005 |
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The longstanding mystery of a floating dagger in Shakespeare's Macbeth may now have been solved thanks to the detective work of an ANU researcher.
Geography professor writes first in-depth account of scheme to engineer with atom bombs
Dec 15, 2005 |
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What would you think if someone told you that not so long ago, the U.S. government, led by gung-ho scientists, seriously considered exploding 300 or more atomic bombs to blast a sea-level canal in Panama? Or ...
Stretchable silicon could be next wave in electronics
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Dec 15, 2005 |
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The next wave in electronics could be wavy electronics. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a fully stretchable form of single-crystal silicon with micron-sized, wav ...
Researchers make long DNA 'nanowires' for future medical and electronic devices
Dec 15, 2005 |
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Ohio State University researchers have invented a process for uncoiling long strands of DNA and forming them into precise patterns. Ultimately, these DNA strands could act as wires in biologically based electronics ...
Commentary: Of cyberporn and democracy
Dec 15, 2005 |
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The U.S. is guilty of imperial hubris, say Bush administration detractors at home and abroad. Which means a blend of high-and-mightiness and high-hattedness. And the practitioners of this school of geopolitics are firmly ...
A Theoretical Breakthrough: Calculating Electron Correlations in the Hydrogen Molecule
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Dec 15, 2005 |
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Need to understand the details of how a molecule is put together? Want to see the effects of the intricate dance that its electrons do to make a chemical bond? Try blowing a molecule to bits and calculating ...
Bats Use Touch Receptors on Wings to Fly, Catch Prey, Study Finds
Dec 15, 2005 |
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Bats have an “ear” for flying in the dark because of a remarkable auditory talent that allows them to determine their physical environment by listening to echoes. But an Ohio University neurobiology professor ...
The Cosmic Shredder and the Magnetar
Dec 15, 2005 |
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No, it is not the title of the next Harry Potter book - but the latest discoveries from NASA's Swift mission which is studying gamma-ray bursts (GRB's) - the most powerful explosions occurring in the Universe. ...
Spanish scientists develop new crystals
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Dec 15, 2005 |
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Scientists working at the University of Navarra in Spain say they have developed a more efficient laser crystal.
Prehistoric bird fossil found in China
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The fossil of a previously unknown water bird that lived some 125 million years ago has been found in sandstone near Inner Mongolia in northeast China.
NASA signs homeland security agreement
Dec 15, 2005 |
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NASA and Homeland Security officials have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate and coordinate research and development projects.
Calls for closer US tabs on China tech rise
Dec 15, 2005 |
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Concerns about China are no longer just about it being the ultimate base for companies seeking to produce goods at ever-lower costs. Wealthy nations must be vigilant of China's growth, not just as a cheap manufacturing base, ...
Indian telecom presses the red button
Dec 15, 2005 |
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What could be the cheapest mode of communication, tying a note to a homing pigeon or making a mobile call? Ask this of Tata Teleservices, one of India's most aggressive mobile-phone service providers, and the company would ...
Why nanolayers buckle when microbeams bend
Dec 15, 2005 |
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High-strength, ultra-light and elastic carbon materials are commonly used in high-performance sports goods and modern aerospace technology - for example in tennis rackets, racing tyres, heat shields and even ...
