Physicists Store Images in Vapor
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Books are written on solid pieces of paper for an obvious reason: the atoms in a solid don’t move around much, keeping the words and pictures in place for centuries. Trying to store letters and images in a ...
Britain’s last Neanderthals were more sophisticated than we thought
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 23, 2008 |
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An archaeological excavation at a site near Pulborough, West Sussex, has thrown remarkable new light on the life of northern Europe’s last Neanderthals. It provides a snapshot of a thriving, developing population – rather ...
Super multi-use minerals unveiled
Jun 23, 2008 |
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This material forms around a third of the average packet of washing powder and helps refine 99 per cent of the world's petrol. It is also used to clean up nuclear waste. This extremely useful material is a ...
UBC physicists develop 'impossible' technique to study and develop superconductors
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2008 |
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A team of University of British Columbia researchers has developed a technique that controls the number of electrons on the surface of high-temperature superconductors, a procedure considered impossible for the past two decades.
Gene silencer and quantum dots reduce protein production to a whisper
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 23, 2008 |
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More than 15 years ago scientists discovered a way to stop a particular gene in its tracks. The Nobel Prize-winning finding holds tantalizing promise for medical science, but so far it has been difficult to ...
CSIRO scientist discovers natural 'invisible' gold
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2008 |
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The search for these natural but 'invisible' nanoparticles is important. If they can be proved to exist, the knowledge will help give us a deeper understanding of how gold can be transported and deposited by geological processes, ...
A look into the nanoscale
Jun 23, 2008 |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have captured time-series snapshots of a solid as it evolves on the ultra-fast timescale.
Radio telescopes reveal unseen galactic cannibalism
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 23, 2008 |
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[B]Mystery of black hole 'feeding' resolved[/B] Radio-telescope images have revealed previously-unseen galactic cannibalism -- a triggering event that leads to feeding frenzies by gigantic black holes at the cores of ga ...
University of Pennsylvania engineers reveal what makes diamonds slippery at the nanoscale
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2008 |
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They call diamonds "ice," and not just because they sparkle. Engineers and physicists have long studied diamond because even though the material is as hard as an ice ball to the head, diamond slips and slides with remarkably ...
Nasal spray using body's immune system provides hope of cure for common cold
Jun 23, 2008 |
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[B]Hopes of cure for common cold on the horizon[/B] A nasal spray that mimics our own natural defense system may be the answer to beating the common cold, according to a report in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Ind ...
Designing semantic software by numbers
Jun 23, 2008 |
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A system for creating semantic software could transform application development from a cottage industry to an industrial-style production line. Semantic applications are the next frontier for information science, but creating ...
The robot that climbs in the pipe
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Industrial pipe systems are inaccessible and narrow. The pipes can be vertical and have junctions. Just as challenging, leakage points in the water system must be located, the condition of oil and gas pipelines must be checked ...
When threatened, a few African frogs can morph toes into claws
Biology /
Jun 23, 2008 |
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At least 11 species kick at predators with sharp, protruding bones as a defense mechanism Biologists at Harvard University have determined that some African frogs carry concealed weapons: When threatened ...
Tethered molecules act as light-driven reversible nanoswitches
Jun 23, 2008 |
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Our ability to see is based on molecules in the eye that flip from one conformation to another when exposed to visible light. Now, a new technique for attaching light-sensitive organic molecules to metal ...
Laser fluorescence could find life on Mars
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A team of scientists from the United States and the United Kingdom has developed a technique using ultraviolet light to identify organic matter in soils that they say could be used to document the existence of life on Mars.
