Warbling whales speak a language all their own
Mar 21, 2006 |
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The songs of the humpback whale are among the most complex in the animal kingdom. Researchers have now mathematically confirmed that whales have their own syntax that uses sound units to build phrases that ...
Stanford professor hopes to mimic the brain on a chip
Mar 21, 2006 |
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Microchips that function as the brain does or see like our eyes do were once consigned to an unrealized world of flying cars and robot housekeepers. Thanks, in part, to a Stanford researcher, such "neuromorphic" ...
Spitzer Sees 9 Billion Years Back in Time
Mar 21, 2006 |
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Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have conducted a cosmic safari to seek out a rare galactic species. Their specimens - clusters of galaxies in the very distant universe - are few and far between, ...
Polar neutrino observatory takes a big step forward
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Mar 21, 2006 |
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An international team of scientists and engineers has taken a major step toward completion of what will be the world's preeminent cosmic neutrino observatory, harnessing a sophisticated hot-water drill to build ...
New sensor detects chemical, biological, nuclear and explosive materials
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Mar 21, 2006 |
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Engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, using an emerging sensing technology, have developed a suite of sensors for national security applications that can quickly and effectively detect ...
The locked migration of giant protoplanets
Mar 21, 2006 |
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In an article to be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, two British astronomers present new numerical simulations of how planetary systems form. They find that, in the early stages of planetary formation, giant ...
We're flying without wing flaps and without a pilot
Mar 21, 2006 |
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The revolutionary model plane has been developed as part of a £6.2m programme, involving engineers from the University of Leicester, funded jointly by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ...
First Results from DESY's New Free-Electron Laser
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Mar 21, 2006 |
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The first measuring period for external users at the new X-ray radiation source VUV-FEL at DESY in Hamburg (Germany) has been successfully concluded. Since its official startup in August 2005, a total of 14 ...
Report: Earth's diversity is diminishing
Mar 21, 2006 |
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The Convention on Biological Diversity, meeting in Brazil, says virtually all indicators of the diversity of life on Earth are increasingly negative.
Significant Progress in Flexible Display Nanoresearch Announced
Mar 21, 2006 |
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Advance Nanotech, Inc., today announced significant findings in a research project exploring new techniques for powering flexible displays. The project, a collaboration with the Center for Advanced Photonics and Electronics ...
Phagocytosis study: surprising discovery
Mar 21, 2006 |
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University of California-Santa Barbara scientists say they've made a surprising discovery: phagocytosis depends more on particle shape than size.
First images of flowing nano ripples
Mar 21, 2006 |
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Delft University of Technology (Holland) researchers have shed new light on the formation of nanoscale surface features, such as nano ripples. These features are important because they could be useful as templates ...
New nano-material research a 'pore' excuse for engineering
Mar 21, 2006 |
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A new study by chemists and engineers at the University of Toronto describes a nanoscale material they've created that could help satisfy society's never-ending hunger for smaller digital devices and cellphones, and could ...
Treo vies with BlackBerry for top spot
Mar 21, 2006 |
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The folks at Microsoft, never known for straying away from a fight, have been quietly working on improving its mobile windows operating system to directly challenge BlackBerry's market leadership. I recently ...
Wine With a Double Shot of Vitamin C?
Mar 21, 2006 |
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Genetically designed grapes with elevated levels of vitamin C may be more than wishful thinking, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Adelaide, Australia, who ...
