New equation helps unravel behavior of turbulence
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To most people, turbulence is the jolt felt by jet passengers moving through a rough pocket of air. But to scientists, turbulence is the chaotic flow of a gas or liquid, in which parts of the current curl into irregular, ...
Eastern California Shear Zone puzzles seismologists
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Residents and seismologists in Northern California focus on the San Andreas Fault, but a Penn State researcher thinks more questions should be asked about the Eastern California Shear Zone, a fault that ends or dissipates ...
Do emotions belong at the bargaining table?
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Negotiators who want to achieve favorable outcomes at the bargaining table are well advised to remember the familiar adage: You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
HP, Cingular launch mobile pocket PC
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Hewlett Packard and Cingular Wireless launched Tuesday a pocket-sized personal computer that is compatible with Cingular's high-speed network.
Transplanted corn gene protects rice
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Kansas State University scientists say they've demonstrated resistance to bacterial streak disease in maize can be transferred to rice.
New Map Provides More Evidence Mars Once Like Earth
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NASA scientists have discovered additional evidence that Mars once underwent plate tectonics, slow movement of the planet's crust, like the present-day Earth. A new map of Mars' magnetic field made by the ...
Nanoparticle created as diagnostic, therapeutic agent; brain tumors targeted
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Researchers working with a man-made, metal-filled nanoparticle are developing the material for use as a diagnostic and therapeutic agent that may boost the sensitivity of MRI techniques and improve the diagnosis and treatment ...
NC State Researchers Redesign Life for Mars and Beyond
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Researchers at North Carolina State University are looking deep under water for clues on how to redesign plants for life deep in outer space. Some of the stresses inherent with travel and life in space – extreme temperatures, dro ...
Professor says today's vampires are more about style than gore
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The real Count Dracula wasn't quite the pretty face that today's vampires boast in books, movies and at Halloween parties, says a Purdue University classics professor.
Half-animal, half-plant microbe found
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Japanese scientists have found a mysterious marine microbe, half the cells of which eat algae like animals while the rest perform photosynthesis like plants.
CIA invests in no-fuel power generators
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The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is reportedly investing in a power unit that can generate substantial electrical energy without using any fuel.
Nano World: Technique peers under surfaces
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Scientists can now spot microscopic defects hidden inside any material and parasites within cells using a new imaging method that can peer through surfaces to see buried objects nanometers in size, experts told UPI's Nano ...
Proofreading and error-correction in nanomaterials inspired by nature
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Mimicking nature, a procedure developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can find and correct defects in self-assembled nanomaterials. The new proofreading and error-removal process is based ...
Scientists Propose Paradigm Shift In Robotic Space Exploration
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Just ask any geologist. If you're studying the history of a planet and the life forms that may have lived on it, the really good places to look are rugged terrains like canyons and other areas where water, ...
Advances in wireless biosensor technology
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Led by Professor Jukka Lekkala, the Wireless research project is developing miniscule subcutaneous sensors, which can be used to monitor, for example, the function of the heart or prosthetic joints even over long periods ...
