Surprises from the Edge of the Solar System
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Almost every day, the great antennas of NASA's Deep Space Network turn to a blank patch of sky in the constellation Ophiuchus. Pointing at nothing, or so it seems, they invariably pick up a signal, faint but ...
New device tests uncertainty principle with new precision
Sep 22, 2006 |
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In the submicroscopic world -- the domain of elementary particles and individual atoms -- things behave in the strange, counter-intuitive fashion governed by the principles of quantum mechanics. Nothing (or ...
Bigger is not necessarily better -- in hydrogen storage
Sep 22, 2006 |
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University of Nottingham scientists have made a breakthrough which could help in the development of the next generation of environmentally-friendly cars. Their latest findings on hydrogen storage could be crucial in the development ...
Trapped ions and quantum computing
Sep 22, 2006 |
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“Quantum computing looks very promising,” says Christopher Monroe, a professor at the University of Michigan. “But there are some big problems. One of those is that you have all this potential memory, but you can’t look at ...
New Ultra-Wideband Radio Design Hurdles Traditional Challenges
Sep 22, 2006 |
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A working prototype of an ultra-wideband digital wireless radio, a feat that the electronics industry has struggled to accomplish, has been built by four undergraduates from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The device ...
Pregnant Prehistoric Fossil Offers Clues to Past
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 22, 2006 |
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University of Alberta scientists have named a new species of ancient marine reptile , fondly called the Ping Pong Ichthyosaur for the spot the prehistoric creature called home for the last 25 years. Embryos found within the ...
When nerve cells can’t make contact
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Using an animal model, brain researchers in Göttingen have examined the effects of mutations that cause autism in humans. These are mutations in the genes which carry the building instructions for proteins ...
Lighting up the heart
Sep 22, 2006 |
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A major breakthrough in research could lead to improved recovery of the heart when it is re-started after a heart attack or cardiac surgery.
China has its worst spell of acid rain
Sep 22, 2006 |
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China had its worst spell of acid rain in August with Beijing among the hardest hit, the China Meteorological Administration said Friday.
Satellites reveal that green means rain in Africa
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Scientists from the NERC – funded Climate and Land Surface Interactions Centre (CLASSIC) have found that the presence of green vegetation has a major influence on the amount of rain that falls in the Sahel region of Africa, ...
Leicester scientist watch mother nature breathing in
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Earth Observation Scientists at the University of Leicester have been able to measure from space for the first time signals showing the amount of carbon dioxide taken up by plants, in a project hailed by the Natural Environment ...
Dig uncovers 200-year-old rectory in Mo.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Archaeologists have found the remains of an 18th century rectory used by French missionaries in what is now a park in a St. Louis suburb.
Research breakthrough for the protein factories of tomorrow
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Sep 22, 2006 |
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Using a kind of molecular ‘hip joint operation,’ researchers at Uppsala University have succeeded in replacing a natural amino acid in a protein with an artificial one. This step forward opens the possibility of creating ...
AIDS economic impact has hefty tab
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 22, 2006 |
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The estimated economic cost of HIV and AIDS in the United States is about $36.4 billion annually, federal government researchers say.
A new understanding of how cells defend themselves against bacterial pore-forming toxins
Biology /
Sep 22, 2006 |
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Biologists at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) have unveiled a new twist in a metabolic pathway that cells use to defend themselves against toxins made by disease-causing bacteria.
