Government accused of rewriting science
Mar 20, 2006 |
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A renown U.S. scientist says he is limited by the Bush administration as to who he can talk with and what he can say because of Bush's political strategies.
Astronomers Find Origin Of Extreme-Helium Stars
Mar 20, 2006 |
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Astronomers have determined the origin of a very unusual and rare type of star. New data indicate that extreme-helium stars, as they are called, form from the merger of two white dwarfs.
Blackstar A False Messiah From Groom Lake
Mar 20, 2006 |
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Many Space Cadets have gone gaga over the report in Aviation Week that the US military has developed a secret reusable spaceplane. It seemingly confirms a long-standing fantasy in the space community. For years a lot of ...
Court rules against Bush administration
Mar 20, 2006 |
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A federal appeals court has overturned a clean-air regulation issued by the Bush administration, ruling in favor of environmental advocacy groups.
Graduate Student Wins Top Award for Particle Physics Dissertation
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Mar 20, 2006 |
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Maria Florencia Canelli, a recent doctoral student at the University of Rochester, won the American Physical Society's 2005 Mitsuyoshi Tanaka Dissertation Award in Experimental Particle Physics.
Tech remodeling the art gallery scene
Mar 20, 2006 |
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What may seem at first glance to be black scribbles amidst white backgrounds are actually displays of varying black particles moving in calculated mathematical parameters shown via LCD screens and projectors.
Mars Rovers Get New Manager During Challenging Period
Mar 20, 2006 |
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NASA's long-lived Mars rovers demand lots of care as they age and the Martian winter approaches. Dr. John Callas, newly named project manager for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, is coordinating the work ...
'Quaero' becoming a reality
Mar 20, 2006 |
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Nearly a year after its launch, the European multimedia search engine "Quaero" looks more like a high-tech reality than its critics had initially taken to be.
New supercomputer design planned
Mar 20, 2006 |
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Seattle-based Cray Inc., a manufacturer of high performance computers, announced Monday a radical design change for its supercomputers.
Briefs: Rare ancient coffin found in Cyprus
Mar 20, 2006 |
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A sarcophagus of unique archaeological value was reportedly discovered during the weekend at a Cyprus dig.
Researchers find fat gene
Mar 20, 2006 |
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Rutgers researchers have identified a gene – and the molecular function of its protein product – that provides an important clue to further understanding obesity and may point the way to new drugs to control fat metabolism.
Networking: 'Corridor Warriors'
Mar 20, 2006 |
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They are called "corridor warriors." They're the 21st century's revised version of "road warriors," those late-20th-century business professionals, last seen scurrying about airports, with mobile phones attached to their ...
Briefs: Microsoft said designing wireless device
Mar 20, 2006 |
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Microsoft is reportedly developing a handheld wireless device that has game, music and video capabilities and will be ready for release in a year or two.
Mouse gets human-type immune system
Mar 20, 2006 |
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Japanese researchers say they've transplanted a human-type immune system into a mouse.
'Executive' Monkeys Influenced By Other Executives, Not Subordinates
Mar 20, 2006 |
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When high-ranking monkeys are shown images of other monkeys glancing one way or the other, they more readily follow the gaze of other high-ranking monkeys, Duke University Medical Center neurobiologists have ...
