Art and music for the birds
Jul 20, 2007 |
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Nature is a valued source of inspiration for artists. But what have artists offered the natural world? Would a bird even like rock and roll?
Carbon dioxide plan reviewed in Washington
Jul 20, 2007 |
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A California executive appeared before a Congressional committee in Washington to defend his unusual carbon dioxide reduction plans.
UCF, Holochip in Licensing Agreement for Zoom Lens Patents
Jul 20, 2007 |
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The University of Central Florida has signed a licensing agreement with Holochip Corp. for a portfolio of technologies that will allow zoom lenses, such as those used in digital cameras and camera phones, ...
Keeping GLAST on Track
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Thanks to the work of a team of physicists at SLAC, a technique used for years in physics experiments such as BaBar will soon help researchers monitor the performance of the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope ...
Potter phenomenon boosts learning
Jul 20, 2007 |
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The Harry Potter series, which culminates tomorrow in the release of the seventh title Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is boosting children’s interest in reading and stimulating learning, experts say. ...
Snail offers clue to how anesthetics work
Jul 20, 2007 |
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A group of London researchers learned additional details concerning how anesthetics work on the human body by analyzing a snail's nervous system.
By ice floe to the North Pole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2007 |
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At the end of August, an unusual expedition under Russian leadership will leave for the Arctic Ocean.
N.C. Wyeth's coloring technique revealed by Cornell's synchrotron as it uncovers eight decades of paint
Jul 20, 2007 |
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The pentimento of a flying fist, just visible beneath layers of paint, triggered an investigation of N.C. Wyeth's "Family Portrait" at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. A simple X-ray revealed ...
Investigating the causes of Parkinson's disease
Jul 20, 2007 |
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A University of Nottingham researcher has been awarded more than £440,000 by the Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS) to investigate the causes of the condition.
New research provides hope for childhood cancer sufferers
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Dr Richard Lock, Head of the Leukaemia Biology Program at the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research, Sydney, along with collaborators from the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern ...
NASA Robots Practice Moon Survey in the Arctic Circle
Jul 20, 2007 |
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Two NASA robots are surveying a rocky, isolated polar desert within a crater in the Arctic Circle. The study will help scientists learn how robots could evaluate potential outposts on the moon or Mars.
Calif. nuclear site to undergo study
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Officials at the U.S. Department of Energy have ordered an in-depth environmental review of California's Santa Susana Field Lab.
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