Samsung Develops World's Largest (32'') LCD Panel Without a Color Filter
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Samsung Electronics announced development of the largest thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) panel that does not require the use of a color filter. The new filter-less 32-inch TFT-LCD for ...
Disaster lessons: What you don't know can kill you
Oct 17, 2005 |
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Something remarkable happened on the island closest to the epicenter of the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake last December: Only seven of the island's 78,000 inhabitants died. This is despite the fact tsunamis hit the island ...
A Jurassic tree grows in Australia
Oct 17, 2005 |
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The Wollemi pine, a 200 million-year-old tree from the Jurassic period long thought to be extinct, has reportedly been found growing in Australia.
More extreme weather is predicted
Oct 17, 2005 |
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Purdue University scientists say extreme weather events, such as floods and heat waves, may increase in frequency and severity during the next century.
Scientists detect 'milky sea' phenomena
Oct 17, 2005 |
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Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory's Marine Meteorology Division in Monterey, CA, (NRL-Monterey), working with researchers from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the National Geophysical Data Center, presented ...
DZero: Elusive Top Quark Discovery
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Oct 17, 2005 |
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They came from institutions worldwide, built the world's most powerful accelerator, smashed tiny bits of matter together at nearly the speed of light and produced something remarkable: a fundamental particle that was abundantly ...
New site features 'live' images from Mars
Oct 17, 2005 |
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A new Web site at ASU provides the public and scientists “live” views of Mars. A scrolling panel that runs continually at http://themis.asu.edu shows visual and infrared images of Mars as they are received ...
Building A Better Rocket Engine
Oct 17, 2005 |
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When you think of future rocket technology, you probably think of ion propulsion, antimatter engines and other exotic concepts. Not so fast!
Wobulation: HP innovation lights the way for better HDTV resolution
Oct 17, 2005 |
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When a Fortune 50 company calls one of its technologies “wobulation” you know something big is afoot. Something driven by a high level of enthusiasm and pride. And that’s just what wobulation is. A ground-breaking new ...
Feeding the Monster: Images Reveal the Surroundings of a Super-massive Black Hole
Oct 17, 2005 |
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Near-infrared images of the active galaxy NGC 1097, obtained with the NACO adaptive optics instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, disclose with unprecedented detail a complex central network of filamentary ...
China Completes World's Highest Railway To Tibet
Oct 17, 2005 |
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China announced on Saturday completion of the world's highest railway, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which stretches 1,956 kilometers from Xining to Lhasa cities in western China.
First powder injection molding process for pure niobium
Oct 17, 2005 |
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Penn State researchers have developed the first powder injection molding process for pure niobium, a biocompatible material similar to platinum and titanium but cheaper. The researchers, who are based in the University's Cen ...
Mars' climate in flux: Mid-latitude glaciers
Oct 17, 2005 |
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New high-resolution images of mid-latitude Mars are revealing glacier-formed landscapes far from the Martian poles, says a leading Mars researcher.
Harnessing Flea Power To Create Near-Perfect Rubber
Oct 17, 2005 |
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In a world first, CSIRO scientists have copied nature to produce a near-perfect rubber from resilin, the elastic protein which gives fleas their remarkable jumping ability and helps insects fly. This important research breakthrough ...
New stem cell techniques spare embryos
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Two teams of scientists say they have each devised unique methods to obtain embryonic stem cells without destroying a viable embryo.
