'Blown Bubble' Method Disperses Nanostructures Over Large Areas
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Researchers from Harvard University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa recently announced a new method for organizing nanowires and carbon nanotubes across large areas: blowing bubbles.
New start-up schedule for world's most powerful particle accelerator
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Speaking at the 142nd session of the CERN Council today, the Organization’s Director General Robert Aymar announced that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will start up in May 2008, taking the first steps towards studying physics ...
Archeologists Turn to Professional MythBusters for Stone-Age Experiment
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2007 |
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In the Stone Age, prehistoric peoples created weapons by making stone projectile points and affixing them to arrow and spear shafts. Until now, no one has researched the technological advantage or disadvantage ...
New nano-method may help compress computer memory
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 22, 2007 |
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A team of chemists at Brown University have devised a simple way to synthesize iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires while controlling both size and composition. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment ...
Great Lakes slowly losing water
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Boaters on Lake Superior said the water is so low it appears the world's largest freshwater lake is disappearing.
Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic effects in the brain
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Why does putting our feelings into words — talking with a therapist or friend, writing in a journal — help us to feel better" A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists reveals why verbalizing our feelings makes our ...
Scientists seek marijuana's isotopic fingerprint
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Scientists at the Alaska Stable Isotope Facility can tell whether marijuana confiscated in a traffic stop in Fairbanks likely came from Mexico or the Matanuska Valley. They're also working on a way to determine whether it ...
Multifunctional nanoparticle platforms for targeting and imaging cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 22, 2007 |
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There has been much recent interest in how nanotechnology will impact the field of medicine. Unfortunately, a number of promising nanostructured systems have turned out to be extremely toxic to humans, thus precluding their ...
Modified mushrooms may yield human drugs
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Mushrooms might serve as biofactories for the production of various beneficial human drugs, according to plant pathologists who have inserted new genes into mushrooms.
Atlantis Set to Land Today
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Flight controllers decided to try landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., after weather failed to improve at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Engineers prove that 'Hitman' Hatton packs a mighty punch
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Measurements taken at The University of Manchester have shown that local boxing hero Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton really does live up to his name.
Moon jobs will tax mental health of workers
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Think your job is tough? Can’t wait for summer vacation to “get away from it all”? Just wait, says a Rutgers University—Camden researcher. In the not-too-distant future, some jobs will challenge workers placed far, far away ...
Archeologist says Holy Grail is in Rome
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2007 |
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An Italian archeologist says the Holy Grail -- a cup used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper -- is buried beneath a church in Rome.
Mars Rover Laser Tool Ready for Testing
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Mars mission Job One: Get there. Job Two: Find rocks and zap them with your laser tool. Now learn the nature of the debris by spectrographically analyzing the ensuing dust and fragments. It’s every kid’s dream, ...
Fujitsu Develops Technology for High-Reliability Gallium Nitride HEMT
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a new high-reliability technology for high power gallium nitride (GaN) high electron-mobility transistors (HEMT), paving the way for commercialization ...
