Membraneless fuel cell is tiny, versatile
Mar 23, 2005 |
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A fuel cell designed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can operate without a solid membrane separating fuel and oxidant, and functions with alkaline chemistry in addition to the ...
Can You Read My Mind?
Mar 23, 2005 |
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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 ...
New noble gas chemical compounds created
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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 ...
Some deep-sea earthquakes send out early-warning signals, seismologists say
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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 ...
Ice core 'dipstick' indicates West Antarctic ice has thinned less than believed
Mar 23, 2005 |
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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 ...
Spintronic Materials Show Their First Move
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Mar 23, 2005 |
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How much energy does it take for an electron to hop from atom to atom, and how do the magnetic properties of the material influence the rate or ease of hopping? Answers to those questions could help explain why some materials, ...
Scientists develop new laser
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Mar 23, 2005 |
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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 ...
Aussie ingenuity helps NASA search for new planets
Mar 23, 2005 |
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CSIRO's success with a new manufacturing technique for a piece of astrometry equipment is likely to help American scientists detect planets in our galaxy and beyond. CSIRO Industrial Physics has mastered the ...
Konarka and Evident to Develop Ultra High Performance Power Plastic
Mar 23, 2005 |
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Companies' novel polymers and quantum dots target capturing broad spectrum of both visible and invisible light Konarka Technologies, Inc., an innovator in developing and commercializing power plastics that convert light to ...
Physicist Developed Sonic Golf Training Tool
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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 ...
Single-chip solution that will reduce costs and simplify development of midrange LCD TVs
Mar 23, 2005 |
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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 ...
NASA Study Finds Soot May be Changing the Arctic Environment
Mar 23, 2005 |
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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 ...
Climate change poorly understood by US public, survey finds
Mar 23, 2005 |
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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 ...
Massive star cluster in our backyard - astronomically speaking!
Mar 23, 2005 |
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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 ...
New Era in Planetary Science
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Astronomers from NASA said Tuesday that NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has for the first time ever captured the light from two known Jupiter-like planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. This extraordin ...
