Is ours the only universe?
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Is ours the only universe? Astronomers Chris Palma and Jane Charlton answer: Palma: There's a distinction that needs to be made here. When we loosely throw around the term "universe," usually what we mean ...
One-atom-thick materials promise a 'new industrial revolution'
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Jul 21, 2005 |
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have discovered a new class of materials which have previously only existed in science fiction films and books. A team of British and Russian scientists led by Professor Geim hav ...
Emerging markets pushing cell-phone growth
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Cell phones no longer are rare status symbols in developing countries. In fact, mobile-handset manufacturers worldwide should be looking to emerging markets for the bulk of their sales in the near future, an industry analysis ...
Innovative measurement technology: our planet is 'attractive' enough
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Jul 21, 2005 |
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The Earth's magnetic field is strong enough for some kinds of analyses – this opens up new opportunities for carrying out examinations under difficult conditions.
R&D 100 award for inexpensive gamma ray detector device
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Douglas S. McGregor and Walter McNeil have a philosophy: use clever methods to keep things simple. "You can always add more circuitry to make things complex, but that is just more to break down," McGregor said. "If we kee ...
Physicists create a 'perfect' way to study the Big Bang
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Jul 21, 2005 |
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Physicists have created the state of matter thought to have filled the Universe just a few microseconds after the big bang and found it to be different from what they were expecting. Instead of a gas, it is more like a liquid. ...
Revelations about the center of the Earth
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Recently, seismologists have observed that the speed and direction of seismic waves in Earth’s lower mantle, between 400 and 1,800 miles below the surface, vary tremendously. "I think we may have discovered ...
How long does it take an electron to travel from an atom to the next atom?
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Scientists say they have discovered how long it takes electrons to hop between atoms: about 320 quintillionths of a second. The journal Nature publishes this week a study of electronic dynamics ("Direct observation of electron dy ...
Chandra Finds Long-Sought Link to Origin of Millisecond Pulsars
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The peculiar cosmic object known as 47 Tuc W (denoted by arrow in the X-ray image) is a double star system consisting of a normal star and a neutron star that makes a complete rotation every 2.35 milliseconds. ...
Scientists hear the earth ripping apart
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Scientists are using nuclear test monitoring microphones to analyze sounds caused by December's massive Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami.
NASA Announces Deep Impact Future Mission Status
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As NASA's Deep Impact flyby spacecraft prepares to execute its sixth trajectory correction maneuver, program managers at agency headquarters in Washington are investigating future options.
Zero Gravity Corporation Successfully Inaugurates ZERO-G Learning Lab
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This past weekend, fifteen very lucky Florida science teachers experienced the thrill that only a few hundred astronauts have had -- flying in zero-gravity. The selected teachers were participants on the inaugural ...
'Tall' crystals from tiny templates
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Achieving a first in the world of novel optical materials, researchers at the U. S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory are making 3-D photonic band gap crystals four millimeters square (approximately one-eighth ...
IBM Storage Services Maintains Worldwide Lead in Market Share
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IBM today announced that it continues to lead in the 2004 storage services marketplace based on revenue throughout Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific and Japan, according to a recent Gartner annual report on the worldwide storage ...
Chief Calls On Congress To Fund Stealth Destroyer DD(X)
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Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee's Projection Forces Subcommittee July 19, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Vern Clark strongly urged Congress to fully fund the Navy's next generation destroyer, DD(X). ...
