Honda to Mass Produce Next-Generation Thin Film Solar Cell
Dec 19, 2005 |
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Honda announced its plan to begin mass production in 2007, of an independently developed thin film solar cell composed of non-silicon compound materials, which requires 50% less energy, and thus generate 50% less CO2, during ...
Wanted: Amateur stargazers to help solve supernova mystery
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Dec 19, 2005 |
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Ohio State University scientists have thought of a new way to solve an astronomical mystery, and their plan relies on a well-connected network of amateur stargazers and one very elusive subatomic particle.
Astronomers Gain Clues About Fundamental Physics
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Dec 19, 2005 |
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An international team of astronomers has looked at something very big -- a distant galaxy -- to study the behavior of things very small -- atoms and molecules -- to gain vital clues about the fundamental nature ...
Discovery of a new physical phenomenon governed by a quantum law
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Dec 19, 2005 |
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A team of researchers has just discovered a new macroscopic physical phenomenon governed by a quantum law: quantum magnetic deflagration. The discovery, published in November in the American journal Physical Review Letters, was ma ...
Ancient Chinese remedy shows potential in preventing breast cancer
Dec 19, 2005 |
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A derivative of the sweet wormwood plant used since ancient times to fight malaria and shown to precisely target and kill cancer cells may someday aid in stopping breast cancer before it gets a toehold. In a new study, two ...
NASA prepares for Pluto launch
Dec 19, 2005 |
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The world's fastest spaceship is being readied for a scheduled Jan. 17 launch, with the craft reaching Pluto by the summer of 2015.
Learn math history to learn math theory
Dec 19, 2005 |
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A Dutch scientist says she's discovered that knowing how a mathematical theory developed improves a pupil's understanding of the theory.
New Nanoparticle Structure Boosts Magnetic Properties
Dec 19, 2005 |
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Magnetic nanoparticles have shown promise as contrast-enhancing agents for improving cancer detection using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as miniaturized heaters capable of killing malignant cells, and as targeted drug ...
'Robosnail' crawls up vertical walls
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Dec 19, 2005 |
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A team of scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a robotic snail that can crawl on vertical walls and traverse ceilings. ‘Robosnail’ was developed to explore and demonstrate ...
Charity: it's all in our genes
Dec 19, 2005 |
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A University of California-Santa Barbara scientist believes he's discovered why we give to charity: It's in our genes.
The formula to ensure the perfect 'cracker pull'
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Dec 19, 2005 |
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Scientists have come up with a formula for the perfect way to pull a Christmas cracker. A top physicist from the University of Surrey (UniS) is working with Tesco to help people to make sure that they win the ...
New Study Examines Evolutionary Explanations For Biological Immortality
Dec 19, 2005 |
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Though getting older may seem inevitable, a major new study from the forthcoming issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology examines the point in human life when your body simply stops aging.
Does the weather affect the stock market?
Dec 19, 2005 |
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You can blame the weather for anything – maybe even for shifting the moods of stock market investors and impacting on returns.
Networking: Search term faves emerge
Dec 19, 2005 |
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Back in the early 1990s, when the Internet first emerged as a cultural phenomenon, technology gurus reckoned that a brilliant new intellectual era was here and that Americans would soon be able to search for all sorts of ...
UQ plans for the next big wave – tsunami defence
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A new tsunami impact model developed by The University of Queensland will help emergency response teams plan what to do if the next big wave hits.
