New kind of cement absorbs pollution
May 16, 2006 |
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An Italian company has begun marketing a cement that is capable of absorbing pollution from vehicles.
20-Year-Old High-Temperature Superconductivity Theory Verified
May 16, 2006 |
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A French-German team of experimental scientists, led by Philippe Bourges of the Commissariat а l'Energie Atomique, France, reports that it has verified the central prediction of a theory on high-temperature ...
Use Chemistry To Tap Solar Power, Professor Says
May 16, 2006 |
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Only the sun, which pours more energy onto the Earth's surface in an hour than the entire planet uses in a year, has the capacity to meet future global energy needs -- but people will have to act fast to make use of it, according ...
Team revamps energy system for fuel-efficiency
May 16, 2006 |
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MIT researchers in the Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems are applying new materials, new technologies and new ideas to radically improve an old concept -- thermophotovoltaic (TPV) conversion ...
Nanotube bundles could be used as motors for nanodevices
May 16, 2006 |
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Even the smallest devices, assembled at the molecular level, need motors and oscillators. UC Riverside Mechanical Engineering Professor Qing Jiang thinks bundling groups of carbon nanotubes together could make ...
Flash memory gets boost from x4 technology
May 16, 2006 |
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Memory cards, USB ports and iPods are about to get smaller and cheaper to produce, according to a company that has just unveiled 4 bit per cell NAND flash technology.
Small molecule interactions were central to the origin of life
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May 16, 2006 |
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In an important new paper forthcoming in the June issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology, Robert Shapiro (New York University) argues against the widely held theory that the origin of life began with the spontaneous appear ...
Lesbians like men -- with major difference
May 16, 2006 |
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Lesbians react to body odors like heterosexual men but with an important difference -- they are not sexually aroused, Swedish researchers say.
'American Idol' and Race Preference
May 16, 2006 |
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Using data from Nielsen Media Research ratings, a University of Arkansas labor economist studied the television show "American Idol" and found strong evidence of same-race preferences among viewers for show participants.
Exxon Valdez oil spill still being studied
May 16, 2006 |
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Seventeen years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, scientists say the oil spill might have been worse than thought.
Apple unveils latest Intel Core Duo MacBook notebook
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 16, 2006 |
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Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Computer Inc. unveiled its latest MacBook notebook computer, which has Intel's Core Duo processor inside.
International ALS gene search begins
May 16, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists are leading the first international gene search for typical ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Nano World: Blood-compatible nanomaterial
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 16, 2006 |
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Artificial kidneys and other medical devices could soon employ carbon nanotubes and other structures only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide made highly blood compatible via anticoagulants, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Samsung Launches the HSDPA Phone in Korea
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 16, 2006 |
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Samsung today launched the high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) phone (SCH-W200) in Korea. This is the first HSDPA phone commercially available for consumers in the market.
NASA Looks at Hurricane Cloud Tops for Windy Clues
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 16, 2006 |
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Scientists at NASA are finding that with hurricanes, they can look at the cloud tops for clues about the behavior of winds below the hurricane on the Earth's surface.
