Chain Mail Fabric a Perfect Fit
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Contemporaries of the ancient Greeks might find something familiar within the walls of the Micro and Nanotechnology Lab at the University of Illinois. In constructing a new type of smart fabric, researchers ...
Fluid dynamics theory works on nanoscale outside vacuum
Feb 23, 2007 |
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In 2000, Georgia Tech researchers showed that fluid dynamics theory could be modified to work on the nanoscale, albeit in a vacuum. Now, seven years later they've shown that it can be modified to work in the ...
Professor demonstrates new hydrogen fuel system
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Northern Nevada energy consumers can be excused if they have a sense of "sticker shock" when their power bills come due following the holiday season. Or, that they have a feeling of powerlessness as the price of gasoline ...
Study finds advanced 20th-century geometry in 15th-century tilings
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Intricate decorative tilework found in medieval architecture across the Islamic world appears to exhibit advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry -- a concept discovered by Western mathematicians and physicists ...
1 in 3 boys heavy porn users, study shows
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Boys aged 13 and 14 living in rural areas, are the most likely of their age group to access pornography, and parents need to be more aware of how to monitor their children’s viewing habits, according to a new University of ...
Probing Question: Are today's nuclear power plants safe?
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Burning fossil fuels to make electricity releases many tons of carbon into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. Today, as the United States and other nations search for "greener" ways of generating ...
Camping on the Moon Will Be One Far Out Experience
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 23, 2007 |
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If Earth had a mountain so incredibly high that its peak poked through the outermost layer of our atmosphere, mountain climbers smart enough and hardy enough to reach the top would have some idea what it will ...
Climate changes, Cod collapse have altered North Atlantic ecosystems
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Ecosystems along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, from the Labrador Sea south of Greenland all the way to North Carolina, are experiencing large, rapid changes, reports a Cornell oceanographer ...
No Safe Place
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Imagine hiking across Antarctica, through ice, cold and bitter wind, enduring months of hardship, and finally arriving at the doorstep of the South Pole itself. At that moment you get hit by a Sahara sandstorm.
Surround sound on the move
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Surround sound gives you the feeling of being right in the middle of the action. Until now, it took massive data packets to achieve the ultimate sound experience. But at CeBIT, which will take place from March 15 to 21, Fraunhofer ...
Unique observations of Comet McNaught reveal sprinkling nucleus
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has been delighting those who have seen it with the unaided eye as a spectacular display in the evening sky. Pushing ESO's New Technology Telescope to its limits, a ...
Samsung Speeds Up World's Fastest Graphics Memory
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Samsung Electronics announced today that it has increased the data transfer speed of the world’s fastest graphics memory -- GDDR4 (series four of graphics double-data-rate memory) -- by two-thirds. Graphics memory processes ...
Irregular heartbeat linked to genetic mutation, study shows
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Every day for 10 years, a seemingly heart-healthy 53-year-old woman experienced rapid and irregular heartbeats. She had no personal or family history of hypertension or hyperthyroidism. She did not suffer from myocardial ...
Assumptions lead to miscommunication
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 23, 2007 |
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Some of people's biggest problems with communication come in sharing new information with people they know well, U.S. researchers said.
India, China's AC prompts ozone worries
Feb 23, 2007 |
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The growing popularity of air conditioning in India and southern China has some scientists worried about the impact on the ozone layer.
