Archive: 03/23/2005
Reappearance of Missing Genetic Information Poses Exception to the Rule
Code is hiding but not lost Researchers have discovered that "missing" genetic information unexpectedly reappears in later generations. By poring over the genome of the model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, scientists ...
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NASA Study Finds Soot May be Changing the Arctic Environment
NASA continues to explore the impact of black carbon or soot on the Earth's climate. NASA uses satellite data and computer models that recreate the climate. New findings show soot may be contributing to changes happening ...
Mar 23, 2005 |
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Single-chip solution that will reduce costs and simplify development of midrange LCD TVs
Leveraging its expertise in the global TV market, Royal Philips Electronics today announced a single-chip solution for midrange LCD TVs. Designed to make it easy for manufacturers to build cost-effective, competitive LCD ...
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Massive star cluster in our backyard - astronomically speaking!
A team of European astronomers, including several from the UK, have uncovered a super star cluster in our own Galaxy, the Milky Way. This particular cluster, known as Westerlund 1, is a unique natural laboratory ...
Mar 23, 2005 |
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Can You Read My Mind?
The W.M. Keck Foundation has awarded Carnegie Mellon University a $750,000 grant to support research into how the human brain deciphers language, which could one day yield advances in the treatment of neurological disorders ...
Mar 23, 2005 |
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Mystery minerals formed in fireball from colliding asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs
Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago have explained how a globe-encircling residue formed in the aftermath of the asteroid impact that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs. ...
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New noble gas chemical compounds created
Chemical compounds consisting of noble gases combined with hydrocarbon molecules – a feat previously thought to be unattainable – have been created as the result of the work of researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This ach ...
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Mar 23, 2005 |
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Novel ultrafast laser detection of cancer cells also may improve understanding of stem cells
To investigate tumors, pathologists currently rely on labor-intensive microscopic examination, using century-old cell-staining methods that can take days to complete and may give false readings. A lightning-fast laser tec ...
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Climate change poorly understood by US public, survey finds
Climate change and the threat of global warming are poorly understood by the U.S. public, and taking action to reduce their impact is not a high priority, according to a recent MIT survey. These results suggest that change in ...
Mar 23, 2005 |
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UCLA researchers first to capture elusive lightning-quick waveforms
Discovery could help scientists develop defenses against high-powered e-bombs and allow physicists to view fundamental building blocks of nature Researchers at UCLA have for the first time been able to capture and digiti ...
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Scientists develop new laser
Engineers and applied physicists have laid the foundations for a new type of "plug and play" laser -- the Raman injection laser -- and in the process, several key innovations in laser technology. The device combines the advantages ...
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Mar 23, 2005 |
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Some deep-sea earthquakes send out early-warning signals, seismologists say
Research published in Nature shows theoretical feasibility of quake forecasting Earthquakes along a set of fault lines in the Pacific Ocean emit small "foreshocks" that can be used to forecast the main tremor, according to ...
Mar 23, 2005 |
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TI LED Drivers Enhance Resolution in Large Color Display Panels
Supporting complex power requirements needed for light emitting diodes (LEDs) in large display electronics, Texas Instruments Incorporated announced today two 16-channel, constant-current sink LED drivers for large form-factor ...
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Ice core 'dipstick' indicates West Antarctic ice has thinned less than believed
Rising sea levels 20,000 years ago, as the last ice age was beginning to wane, often are attributed in part to melting in West Antarctica. But in a new study led by University of Washington researchers, an ice core of 1,0 ...
Mar 23, 2005 |
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Physicist Developed Sonic Golf Training Tool
Robert D. Grober, Yale professor of Applied Physics and Physics, has combined his passion for golf and his professional expertise to produce a unique and effective real–time audio biofeedback device for teaching and training ...
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