First demonstration of a working invisibility cloak
Oct 19, 2006 |
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A team led by scientists at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering has demonstrated the first working "invisibility cloak." The cloak deflects microwave beams so they flow around a "hidden" object inside ...
Otherworldly bacteria that use radiated water for food discovered two miles down
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Oct 19, 2006 |
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Researchers have discovered an isolated, self-sustaining, bacterial community living under extreme conditions almost two miles deep beneath the surface in a South African gold mine. It is the first microbial ...
Despite popular belief, the world is not running out of oil, UW scientist says
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2006 |
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If you think the world is on the verge of running out of oil or other mineral resources, you've been taken in by the foremost of seven myths about resource geology, according to a University of Washington economic geologist.
Classical cryptography system uses giant lasers to boost security
Oct 19, 2006 |
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It's been more than 20 years since quantum cryptography systems have been developed, taking over communication security from classical cryptography systems--the kind that used extremely difficult mathematical ...
Eye research breakthrough yields new clues for treating diseases
Oct 19, 2006 |
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An international research team has made a discovery about an eye function that could pave the way for better therapies for a wide range of diseases including cancer.
Fossil fish fills evolutionary gap
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The discovery of a perfectly preserved fish fossil by Australian researchers has added further weight to the theory that ancient four-legged animals (tetrapods) may have first moved onto the land in Australia, ...
Scientists aim to unlock gravitational wave mysteries
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Scientists at The Australian National University today joined a consortium of universities launching plans for a new observatory to detect a space phenomenon that has challenged physicists since it was first proposed by Einstein ...
Fusion in the fast lane
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Using fast digital imaging, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, together with researchers from College de France, have succeeded in developing two different ...
New experiment to investigate cosmic connection to clouds
Oct 19, 2006 |
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A novel experiment, known as CLOUD (Cosmics Leaving OUtdoor Droplets), begins taking its first data today with a prototype detector in a particle beam at CERN, the world's largest laboratory for particle physics. ...
Expect a warmer, wetter world this century, computer models agree
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Recent episodes of deadly heat in the United States and Europe, long dry spells across the U.S. West, and heavy bursts of rain and snow across much of North America and Eurasia hint at longer-term changes to come, according ...
Researchers Unravel Mystery of How Ebola and Marburg Kill
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Researchers in the Greene Infectious Disease Laboratory at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Caribbean Primate Research Center have discovered a ...
Genetic repair mechanism clears the way for sealing DNA breaks
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Oct 19, 2006 |
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Scientists investigating an important DNA-repair enzyme now have a better picture of the final steps of a process that glues together, or ligates, the ends of DNA strands to restore the double helix.
The Evolution of Our Fungi Relatives
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Oct 19, 2006 |
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In the latest installment of a major international effort to probe the origins of species, a team of scientists has reconstructed the early evolution of fungi, the biological kingdom now believed to be animals' ...
HYPER-CEST MRI breaks new ground in molecular imaging
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley have developed a new technique for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) that allows ...
Panasonic Introduces Next Generation Toughbook Rugged Computers
Oct 19, 2006 |
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Panasonic Computer Solutions Company today introduced two new rugged Panasonic Toughbook computers: The CF-19 convertible tablet PC, and the flagship CF-30 clamshell notebook.
