Researchers Create New Form of Matter
May 17, 2007 |
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Physicists at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated a new form of matter that melds the characteristics of lasers with those of the world's best electrical conductors - superconductors.
Television just got brighter: UCLA engineers developed next generation of LEDs
May 17, 2007 |
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Two researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science want to make sure future generations of flat panel TV watchers will see games like the upcoming NBA Finals in the brightest, ...
Transferring spin polarization from a gas to a solid
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Some time ago, scientists learned to polarize noble gases so that when they were inhaled, an MRI machine could take pictures of the lungs. But if other types of elements could be polarized as well, the potential ...
Adaptive optics pinpoints 2 supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies
May 17, 2007 |
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Astronomers have discovered the exact location and makeup of a pair of supermassive black holes at the center of a collision of two galaxies more than 300 million light years away.
Team discovers 'throttle' for solar wind
May 17, 2007 |
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Helium may act as a "throttle" for the solar wind, setting its minimum speed, according to new results from an MIT-led team using NASA's Wind spacecraft.
Google Marches Toward Universal Search
May 17, 2007 |
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Beginning today, Google is starting down a path toward integrating search information from previously disparate sources like books, Web sites, video, maps, news, and more.
Samsung develops 8 GB microSD memory card for mobile
May 17, 2007 |
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Samsung Electronics today announced that it has developed an 8 Gigabyte (GB) microSD (Secure Digital) memory card, a size optimal for today’s multimedia mobile phones.
Why Lincoln fell gravely ill after delivering his Gettysburg Address
May 17, 2007 |
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Many school children in the United States memorize President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, considered one of history's most brilliant speeches and a model of brevity and persuasive rhetoric.
Lipoic acid explored as anti-aging compound
May 17, 2007 |
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Researchers said today they have identified the mechanism of action of lipoic acid, a remarkable compound that in animal experiments appears to slow down the process of aging, improve blood flow, enhance immune function and ...
Baby Stars Hatching in Orion's Head
May 17, 2007 |
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A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars "hatching" in the head of Orion, the famous hunter constellation visible from northern hemispheres during winter nights. Astronomers suspect ...
Laser-based device offers alternative to video surveillance
May 17, 2007 |
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Surveillance systems take on a new look with a technology developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Violent sleep disorder linked to a form of dementia
May 17, 2007 |
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Mayo Clinic researchers and a group of international collaborators have discovered a correlation between an extreme form of sleep disorder and eventual onset of parkinsonism or dementia. The findings appear in the current ...
Climate change affects Southern Ocean carbon sink
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 17, 2007 |
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The first evidence that recent climate change has weakened one the Earth's natural carbon 'sinks' is published this week in the journal Science.
Microsoft Highlights Changes to the Windows Kernel
May 17, 2007 |
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At WinHEC, Microsoft technical fellow Mark Russinovich discussed, among other things, how uniprocessor kernel variants were now gone from Windows Server 2008, which reduces the need for downtime.
New bacteria discovered in tar pits
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U.S. environmental scientists have discovered the Rancho La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles contain hundreds of new species of unusual bacteria.
