Methane's Impacts on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates
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Scientists face difficult challenges in predicting and understanding how much our climate is changing. When it comes to gases that trap heat in our atmosphere, called greenhouse gases (GHGs), scientists typically look at ...
Designing for New Dimensions
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Rensselaer researchers reach for new heights with 3-D chip technology The past 40 years have seen great advances in computer technology, largely involving the size and speed of the circuits that process and stor ...
Fundamental Discovery About the Fracture of Human Bone: It's All in the 'Glue'
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A startling discovery about the properties of human bone has been made by scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The scientists describe their results –– finding a sort of "glue" in hum ...
British butterfly popuation is decreasing
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Britain is losing a large portion of its butterfly population, with 7 of 10 species declining during the past 25 years, the Independent reported Monday.
Fewer elephants with tusks born in China
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More of China's male elephants reportedly are being born without tusks because hunting of the animals for their ivory is affecting the gene pool.
Carbon Nanotubes Could Aid Human Bones on the Mend
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Osteoporosis sufferers and victims of broken bones may have the tiniest of friends in carbon nanotubes, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside. The strength, flexibility and light weight of carbon ...
Manitoba meteorite hunter scores again
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A new meteorite identified by the Prairie Meteorite Search is posing a mystery about why so many meteorites have been found in eastern Manitoba, and has set a new Canadian record for the man behind the latest ...
U.S. Department of Defense to Use HP Supercomputer for Weapons Systems Design
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HP today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will be using an HP supercomputer for advanced weapons systems design research. The powerful HP Cluster Platform 4000 system will be installed in September at ...
NASA Storm Hunters Continue to Study Data From Hurricane Dennis
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NASA researchers and their partners in the Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) mission in Costa Rica observed a phenomenon July 8-9 - the disruption of Hurricane Dennis over island terrain, and its subsequent return ...
Boeing ScanEagle to Achieve European Air Show First
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Boeing ScanEagle will become the first fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to fly at a European public air show, when it takes to the skies at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) at RAF Fairford, July 16 - 17. ...
Archaeologists conduct historic dig
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Archaeologists from 19 nations are digging in the Mediterranean to determine how society changed at the end of the classical Greek and Rome periods.
ARC, Pirelli Labs sign deal to develop micro fuel cell for industrial applications
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Pirelli Labs S.p.A., of Italy, and Alberta Research Council Inc. (ARC) signed a joint agreement to develop ARC’s micro solid oxide fuel cell technology. The one-year agreement will focus on applying Pirelli’s patented process ...
FY -2C Satellite Ready For Full Operation
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Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense held a handover ceremony on July 14 for China's first geostationary operational meteorological satellite successfully developed and launched by China Aerospace ...
Researchers make advances in wind energy generation
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Engineers at the University of Alberta have created a wind energy generator that they hope people will one day be able to use to power their own homes.
German-Japanese research cooperation opens the door to new markets
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A new collaborative venture was sealed in Munich on Friday July 15 by researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Japanese colleagues from Tohoku University in Japan: Their joint objective is to develop MEMS, micro-electrom ...
