Two New Moons Discovered Around Uranus
Dec 22, 2005 |
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To the surprise of astronomers, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has photographed a pair of new rings around the distant planet Uranus. The largest is twice the diameter of the planet’s previously known rings. ...
Ultracold test produces long-sought quantum mix
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Dec 22, 2005 |
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Unbalanced superfluid could be akin to exotic matter found in quark star In the bizarre and rule-bound world of quantum physics, every tiny spec of matter has something called "spin" - an intrinsic trait ...
Bigger brain size matters for intellectual ability
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Brain size matters for intellectual ability and bigger is better, McMaster University researchers have found.
Cell-based Nano Machine Breaks Record
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Researchers have known for some time that a long, fibrous coil grown by a single-cell protozoan is, gram for gram, more powerful than a car engine. Now, researchers at Whitehead Institute -- together with colleagues ...
Unique telescope looks at the universe
Dec 22, 2005 |
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CONDOR, a deuterium observation telescope receiver, opened its eye to the universe for the first time last month and opened a new chapter in astronomy.
Crystal structure prediction made possible
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Dec 22, 2005 |
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In the past it has been impossible to predict crystal structures with reasonable computing efforts. Even for crystals with relatively few atoms per unit cell the number of possible structures is astronomically ...
Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Watching evolution in action
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Evolution has been the foundation and guiding theory of biology since Darwin gave the theory its proper scientific debut in 1859. But Darwin probably never dreamed that researchers in 2005 would still be uncovering new details ...
Storing Carbon to Combat Global Warming May Cause Other Environmental Problems, Study
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Growing tree plantations to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to mitigate global warming -- so called "carbon sequestration" -- could trigger environmental changes that outweigh some of the benefits, ...
Spallation Neutron Source Amazing Science Facts
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Dec 22, 2005 |
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The New Year is bringing the science community a grand present: The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. On schedule for completion in 2006, the Department of Energy's new science facility ...
Revising Earth's early history
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Earth's future was determined at birth. Using refined techniques to study rocks, researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism found that Earth's mantle--the layer between the ...
The end of cheap gas: U.S. automakers are running on empty
Dec 22, 2005 |
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The federal government recently acknowledged that the era of cheap gas has come to an end. Now it's high time that U.S. automakers did the same, says University of Michigan auto industry expert Walter McManus.
Why The Amazon Rainforest Is So Rich In Species
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Tropical areas of south and central America such as the Amazon rainforest are home to some 7500 species of butterfly compared with only around 65 species in Britain. UCL scientists have ruled out the common theory that attributed ...
Gay men vent aggression through verbals, not violence – new study
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Young men can be aggressive - even during the season of goodwill. Now, a new study by University of East London (UEL) psychologist Tom Dickins shows how patterns of male aggression vary with sexual orientation.
Stubbs The Zombie
Dec 22, 2005 |
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In the midst of a futuristic city, a rotting, green-skinned zombie in a fedora hat and ruined suit shambles across the landscape. Spotting a lone citizen, he quietly creeps up, grabs his prey and begins to chew through the ...
Spanish engineers develop fuel-celled bike
Dec 22, 2005 |
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Spain's Cidetec Technology Center announced Thursday it has designed a prototype for a motorized bicycle powered by fuel cells.
