Archive: 03/16/2007
Clemson rocket launches test Alaskan auroras
It may have been 40 degrees below zero at the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska, but aurora and weather came together one recent winter night in a perfect match for Clemson University researchers and students ...
Mar 16, 2007 |
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Rare Minerals Illuminate 17,000-year old Questions
Scientists learned it straight from the bull's muzzle: cave painting shows evidence of ancient trade. In collaboration with French museums and research facilities, Stanford researchers have found evidence of ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 16, 2007 |
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IBM Announces Public Beta for Lotus Notes and Domino 8
IBM today announced that users can now download and try IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8, a next generation email and collaboration platform that helps users streamline daily business tasks that run across a variety ...
Mar 16, 2007 |
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New technique can detect biological, chemical and explosive agents
Airplane passengers and baggage might be screened one day by a machine under development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) that can detect explosive, chemical and biological agents all at the ...
Mar 16, 2007 |
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Ancient perfume found on Venus' island
Archaeologists exploring Cyprus, said to be home to Venus, the goddess of love, have stumbled upon the world's oldest known perfume factory.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 16, 2007 |
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Germany looks for 'super rats'
German scientists are on the lookout for "super rats" resistant to rat poison.
Biology /
Mar 16, 2007 |
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Trick of the light throws up rarely seen dwarf
A galaxy long considered to be a giant has turned out to be an optical illusion, with new observations by an astronomer from The Australian National University revealing that the star group is a dwarf.
Mar 16, 2007 |
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LEISA observes Jupiter
On February 24, 2007, the LEISA (pronounced “Leesa”) infrared spectral imager in the New Horizons Ralph instrument observed giant Jupiter in 250 narrow spectral channels. At the time the spacecraft was 6 million ...
Mar 16, 2007 |
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Dramatic increase of Type 1 diabetes in under fives
Researchers are calling for more work in to the reasons behind a big increase of young children with Type 1 diabetes. A new study, led by Bristol University, has discovered that the number of children under five-years-old ...
Mar 16, 2007 |
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Construction strategies to avoid progressive collapse
The 1995 terrorist attack on the Oklahoma City Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building heightened concern on the vulnerability of multi-story buildings to “progressive collapse,” the spread of an initial local structural ...
Mar 16, 2007 |
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Research has shed light on the computer frustrations that plague older adults
A number of evolving social changes highlight the importance of making computer technology accessible and usable for older adults. For instance, older adults are using email increasingly to keep up their social contact with ...
Mar 16, 2007 |
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New JILA apparatus measures fast nanoscale motions
A new nanoscale apparatus developed at JILA — a tiny gold beam whose 40 million vibrations per second are measured by hopping electrons — offers the potential for a 500-fold increase in the speed of scanning ...
Mar 16, 2007 |
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New York City hospital worker had TB
Hundreds of Bronx hospital patients, including infants, and their relatives were exposed to tuberculosis by a staffer, said New York City health officials.
Mar 16, 2007 |
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Spat between medical journals in England
A British medical publication has called on researchers to boycott another British medical journal, the Lancet, over its parent company's "warmongering."
Mar 16, 2007 |
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In space, trash can't go to the curb
Taking out the trash is no simple chore on the International Space Station, where some junk is carefully hurled into the Earth's atmosphere to burn.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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