Archive: 12/15/2006
El Nino may, or may not, soak California
El Nino, the periodic warming of Pacific waters, puzzles meteorologists who said they don't know whether it will bring needed rain to Southern California.
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Statistics don't lie -- Americans are fat
There's no polite way to say this: Americans are the fattest people on the planet.
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Northern Lights thrill southern Norway
The Northern Lights, common in northern Norway, went south a bit to provide a brilliant nighttime light show in Oslo.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Gene chip technology shows potential for identifying life-threatening blood infection
Right now there's no rapid way to diagnose sepsis, a fast-moving blood infection that is a leading cause of death in hospital intensive care units. The illness unleashes a powerful inflammatory response that ...
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Overconfidence leads to bias in climate change estimations
Just as overconfidence in a teenager may lead to unwise acts, overconfidence in projections of climate change may lead to inappropriate actions on the parts of governments, industries and individuals, according to an international ...
Dec 15, 2006 |
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How Do Multiple-Star Systems Form?
Astronomers have used the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope to image a young, multiple-star system with unprecedented detail, yielding important clues about how such systems ...
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Sea monster search draws MSU scientist to land of polar bears
The search for ancient sea monsters sometimes calls for extreme paleontologists. Pat Druckenmiller, for one, flew 800 miles away from the North Pole, rode a boat across an icy fjord and jumped into the sea ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 15, 2006 |
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As fast as a shark in water
With the help of tiny ridge-like structures in their scales, sharks are able to minimize drag when swimming. A new coating system takes advantage of this “riblet effect” to improve the aerodynamics of vehicles and aircraft.
Dec 15, 2006 |
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A train on the street
Streetcar or bus? The AutoTram® offers the best of both: Up to 36 meters long, it can carry as many passengers as a streetcar while being as versatile as a bus. A flywheel energy storage system absorbs part ...
Dec 15, 2006 |
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'Clumping' protein linked to return of ovarian cancer
Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that women treated for ovarian cancer are at increased risk of a rapid and potentially fatal recurrence if their tumor cells have high levels of a binding protein that triggers abnormal ...
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Solar physicist says weak sun produces record solar outburst
A solar outburst, which can play havoc with global positioning systems and cell phone reception, bombarded Earth, Dec. 6, 2006, with a record amount of radio noise, said solar physicist Dale Gary. Gary, who ...
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Too much Christmas cheer?
Christmas is a time when the drinks flow freely- there are more parties than usual and the temptation is to overindulge a little.
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Researchers closer to mastering the 'spookiness' of quantum mechanics
Oxford theorists and their Cambridge collaborator have moved a step closer to creating a machine that would fully harness the deepest laws of physics, quantum mechanics. The machine, called a quantum computer, ...
Dec 15, 2006 |
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Panasonic Develops New Gallium Nitride Power Transistor with Normally-off Operation
Panasonic today announced the development of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) power transistor with normally-off operation. This device is the world's first demonstration of the conductivity modulation in GaN as a novel ...
Dec 15, 2006 |
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ESA mission controllers react to solar flare
An energetic storm on the Sun has forced ESA mission controllers to react to anomalies or take action to avoid damage to spacecraft. Several missions, including Integral, Cluster and Envisat, felt the storm's ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2006 |
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