Research Looks at How Open Source Software Gets Written
Sep 20, 2006 |
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Computer software systems are now among the most complex, expensive artifacts ever created by humans, and some of the most sophisticated are being built by teams of volunteers as "open source" projects, where any programmer ...
NASA Rover Opportunity Takes First Peek Into Victoria Crater
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2006 |
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On Monday, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity got to within about 160 feet of the rim of the half-mile-wide Victoria Crater, the rover's destination since late 2004.
Team finds most complex protein knot ever seen
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Sep 20, 2006 |
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An MIT team has discovered the most complicated knot ever seen in a protein, and they believe it may be linked to the protein's function as a rescue agent for proteins marked for destruction.
The point of icicles
Sep 20, 2006 |
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Contemplating some of nature's cool creations is always fun. Now a team of scientists from The University of Arizona in Tucson has figured out the physics of how drips of icy water can swell into the skinny spikes known as ...
Iowa State corn/soy plastics to be made into hog feeders
Sep 20, 2006 |
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Larock, a University Professor of chemistry at Iowa State University, found the thin, square piece he was looking for and smacked it against his hand. This one is made from soybean oil reinforced with glass ...
Fruit Fly Aggression Study Has Human, Animal Relevance
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Sep 20, 2006 |
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Even the tiny, mild-mannered fruit fly can be a little mean sometimes – especially when there’s a choice bit of rotten fruit to fight over. And, like people, some flies have shorter tempers than others.
New technology helping foster the 'democratization of cartography'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 20, 2006 |
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Mark Harrower recalls a raging debate in his field in the 1970s, when some geographers worried that commercial map-making software would trigger the demise of cartography.
Medical journal to be re-launched
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U.S. publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. has signed an agreement with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine to publish the Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine.
Solar-B -- a new solar mission to study the dynamic sun
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2006 |
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A new Japanese-led solar mission with ESA participation is preparing for launch on 23 September 2006. Solar-B will study the mechanisms which power the solar atmosphere and look for the causes of violent solar ...
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