Humans Do Not Understand Mirror Reflections, Say Researchers
Dec 21, 2005 |
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Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have found that people still find it difficult to understand how mirrors work.
E=mc2 passes tough test
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Dec 21, 2005 |
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In a fitting cap to the World Year of Physics 2005, MIT physicists and colleagues from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) report the most precise direct test yet of Einstein's most famous ...
New thin film lithium technology may power Christmas of the future
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Dec 21, 2005 |
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Battery-powered toys, radios, and portable electronic devices make fun Christmas gifts - until the batteries run down. But advances in rechargeable thin-film lithium battery technology at Oak Ridge National ...
Ingredients for DNA and Protein Found Around Star
Dec 21, 2005 |
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has discovered some of life's most basic ingredients in the dust swirling around a young star. The ingredients - gaseous precursors to DNA and protein - were detected in the star's ...
Astronomers Use Laser to Take Clearest Images of the Center of the Milky Way
Dec 21, 2005 |
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UCLA astronomers and colleagues have taken the first clear picture of the center of our Milky Way galaxy, including the area surrounding the supermassive black hole, using a new laser virtual star at the W.M. ...
Scientists unlock the mystery of the mechanics of liquid crystal alignment
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Dec 21, 2005 |
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The alignment of liquid crystals in devices such as lap-top computers and palm pilots makes the displays on these devices readable. For more than 30 years, scientists have worked to understand the exact mechanism responsible ...
Geologists suggest Mars features are result of meteorite strikes, not of evaporated lakes
Dec 21, 2005 |
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Geologic features at the Opportunity landing site on Mars were formed not by a lake that evaporated but by constant strikes from meteorites, say two Arizona State University geologists.
Ancient humans brought bottle gourds to Americas from Asia
Dec 21, 2005 |
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Thick-skinned bottle gourds widely used as containers by prehistoric peoples were likely brought to the Americas some 10,000 years ago by individuals who arrived from Asia, according to a new genetic comparison ...
Mars region probably less watery than thought
Dec 21, 2005 |
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A region of Mars that some planetary scientists believe was once a shallow lakebed and likely habitable for life may not have been so wet after all, according to a new University of Colorado at Boulder study.
Astronomers detect echoes from ancient supernovae
Dec 21, 2005 |
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A team of astronomers has found faint visible “echoes” of three ancient supernovae by detecting centuries-old light reflected by interstellar gas clouds hundreds of light-years removed from the original explosions.
ESA rocket motor successfully tested
Dec 21, 2005 |
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The first firing test of the European Space Agency's Vega Zefiro 9 third-stage solid rocket motor was successful, ESA officials in Paris said Wednesday.
New rice plant raises yields by 30 percent
Dec 21, 2005 |
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Japanese researchers have developed a new variety of rice that offers a 30 percent increase in yield, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Wednesday.
Drunken elephant myth exposed
Dec 21, 2005 |
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Folk lore has it elephants can get drunk by eating fermented fruit rotting on the ground, but a study debunks that claim, despite "eyewitness" accounts.
Researchers uncover direct evidence on how HIV invades healthy cells
Dec 21, 2005 |
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Using sophisticated detection methods, researchers at the Saint Louis University Institute for Molecular Virology (IMV) have demonstrated the molecular mechanism by which the HIV virus infects, or integrates, healthy cells. ...
Fear of death factors into how we vote
Dec 21, 2005 |
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Rutgers University scientists say their research suggests some people voted for George W. Bush rather than John Kerry because of concerns about death.
