Macro, not micro: modified theories of gravity
Feb 16, 2007 |
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When it comes to cosmology, the macro scale is important. As scientists search for the reasons behind the increasing rate at which the universe is expanding, they modify Einstein’s theory of gravity and delve into dark energy ...
From Farm Waste to Fuel Tanks
Feb 16, 2007 |
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Using corncob waste as a starting material, researchers have created carbon briquettes with complex nanopores capable of storing natural gas at an unprecedented density of 180 times their own volume and at ...
New analog circuits could impact consumer electronics
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Advances in digital electronic circuits have prompted the boost in functions and ever- smaller size of such popular consumer goods as digital cameras, MP3 players and digital televisions. But the same cannot ...
Handheld 'T-ray' Device earns new $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize
Feb 16, 2007 |
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"T-rays" have been touted as the next breakthrough in sensing and imaging, but the need for bulky equipment has been an obstacle to reaching the field's potential. Enter Brian Schulkin, winner of the first-ever ...
First X-ray detection of a colliding-wind binary beyond Milky Way
Feb 16, 2007 |
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Imagine two stars with winds so intense that they eject an Earth's worth of material roughly once every month. Next, imagine those two winds colliding head-on. Such titanic collisions produce multimillion-degree ...
Nobel laureate Burton Richter to speak about future of particle physics
Feb 16, 2007 |
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Particle physics is about to transform our thinking once again. Experiments of the last 15 years suggest new forms of matter, new forces of nature and perhaps even new dimensions of space and time. Pinning down the new ideas ...
Hunting martian fossils best bet for locating Mars life, researcher says
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2007 |
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Hunting for traces of life on Mars calls for two radically different strategies, says Arizona State University professor Jack Farmer. Of the two, he says, with today’s exploration technology we can most easily ...
Researchers replace organ in adult mice using 'single-parent' stem cells
Feb 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have derived uniparental embryonic stem cells - created from a single donor's eggs or two sperm - and, for the first time, successfully used them ...
Where is Beagle 2? The search continues
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2007 |
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has used its onboard High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera (HiRISE) to take a colour image of a region of Mars in the vicinity of the intended ...
Birth rate, competition are major players in hominid extinctions
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Modern human mothers are probably happy that they typically have one, maybe two babies at a time, but for early hominids, low birth numbers combined with competition often spelled extinction.
U.S. Data Centers Consume 45 Billion kWh Annually, Study
Feb 16, 2007 |
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In a keynote address at the LinuxWorld OpenSolutions Summit in New York yesterday, Randy Allen, corporate vice president, Server and Workstation Division, AMD, revealed findings from a study that comprehensively ...
Fish Diet in Pregnancy May Hone Kids' IQ
Feb 16, 2007 |
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Research published in the Lancet casts new light on the controversial issue of whether pregnant women should eat fish.
Researchers study sibling detection mechanism
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Feb 16, 2007 |
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Fundamental theories in evolutionary biology have long proposed that biological kinship is the foundation of the family unit. It not only creates the sense of altruism that exists among genetically related family members, ...
Mineral Mapper Uncovering Clues of Martian Surface Composition
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 16, 2007 |
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Reaching its first 100 days of operations, the powerful mineral-detector aboard the newest satellite to circle Mars is changing the way scientists view the history of water on the red planet.
'Smart' prosthetics: restoring independence to people with disabilities
Feb 16, 2007 |
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People with paralysis can stand and move without a wheelchair. They can operate computers to read email and play video games. Brown University neuroscientist John Donoghue said these recent achievements are previews of a ...
