Global warming surpassed natural cycles in fueling 2005 hurricane season
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Global warming accounted for around half of the extra hurricane-fueling warmth in the waters of the tropical North Atlantic in 2005, while natural cycles were only a minor factor, according to a new analysis ...
Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times faster
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Magnetic fields created using nanotechnology could make computers up to 500 times more powerful if new research is successful.
Novel forms of the elements predicted by simulation
Jun 22, 2006 |
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The Periodic Table of elements is the basis of chemistry. Yet, it is known that the behaviour of the elements – and their chemical properties – change significantly under pressure.
Some scientists oppose Darwin's theory
Biology /
Jun 22, 2006 |
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More than 600 scientists from around the world have signed a statement publicly expressing skepticism about the theory of evolution.
When robots learn social skills
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Learning to communicate and adapting our behaviour to the information we receive has been fundamental to human evolution. If machines could do the same the intelligent talking robots of science fiction could ...
First images made of hydrogen burning in working internal combustion engine
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Images of hydrogen combustion have been captured for the first time in an internal combustion engine operating at real-world speeds and loads by engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National ...
When gold becomes a catalyst
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Gold has always been perceived as a precious material: you win a gold medal when you prove to be the best in a competition; you only get a Gold credit card when you are a preferential customer, and the jewelry ...
Fish behaviour of the highest order
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Jun 22, 2006 |
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New research, which has been published in Nature, has uncovered evidence of fish behaviour more commonly associated with humans.
Supercomputers may be key to stay ahead
Jun 22, 2006 |
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The technology used in aerospace engineering and weather forecasting is being used these days to produce better laundry-detergent bottles and animated movies too, thanks to high-performance computing.
Buckyballs could deliver multi-drug therapy to tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 22, 2006 |
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In the ongoing search for better ways to target anticancer drugs to kill tumors without making people sick, researchers find that nanoparticles called buckyballs might be used to significantly boost the payload of drugs carried ...
California physics professor wins astronomy honor
Jun 22, 2006 |
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A U.S. physics professor has been awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy for discovering that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.
Coast Guard gets wind farm power
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Congress has reached an agreement concerning a proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm in Massachusetts, giving the U.S. Coast Guard oversight of the project.
Probing Question: Why are albinos always cast as villains?
Jun 22, 2006 |
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The evil albino has been a stock Hollywood character for decades. Foul Play, End of Days, The Matrix Reloaded, and Cold Mountain are but a few examples of recent films with deranged or sadistic albino antagonists. ...
Scientists engineer human tissue with electricity
Jun 22, 2006 |
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Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new technique which uses electricity to engineer human tissue. They now believe it may have the potential to engineer bespoke bone marrow.
Washington State bars handwritten scripts
Jun 22, 2006 |
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A Washington state law prohibits the filling of any prescription that isn't hand-printed, typed or electronically generated.
