Energy Technology researchers solve energy and medical problems
Aug 23, 2004 |
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Argonne's Energy Technology Division (ET) provides innovative materials and engineering solutions to national energy challenges that range from energy production and conservation to transportation. Researchers also find c ...
Low-cost fibers remove trace atrazine from drinking water
Aug 23, 2004 |
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A new generation of high surface-area porous materials for removing atrazine from water supplies has been developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The low-cost and wear-resistant fibers ...
New NASA Images: 3D View of Athens
Aug 23, 2004 |
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This perspective view was made from an image acquired April 29, 2004, draped over a digital elevation model (DEM) created from the same Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) ...
Well-preserved layer of material ejected from Chesapeake Bay meteor-strike discovered
Aug 23, 2004 |
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People in Georgia's Dodge and Bleckley counties have for years picked up small pieces of natural glass called "Georgiaites," which were produced by an unknown asteroid or comet impact millions of years ago. Just where these small, translu ...
Sun Is Closer Than We Thought
Aug 23, 2004 |
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This September, NASA is set to bring back a tiny sampling of the raw material of the Sun, a sample weighing no more than a few grains of salt. In a dramatic ending that marks a beginning in scientific ...
Revolutionary Spam Firewall
Aug 23, 2004 |
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The email spam nightmare could be halted in cyberspace by a groundbreaking firewall developed at The University of Queensland. The new technology is the only true spam firewall in existence, according to co-developer Matthew Sulli ...
New "Molecular Wires" Nanotechnology to Replace Silicon
Aug 23, 2004 |
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Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and the University of Florida have uncovered information that may help "molecular wires" replace silicon in micro-electronic circuits and/or co ...
Nanocoatings Can Save Energy, Costs
Aug 23, 2004 |
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Argonne's Energy Technology Division (ET) provides innovative materials and engineering solutions to national energy challenges that range from energy production and conservation to transportation. In 2003, nanostructured carbide-der ...
TRUE REALITY TV: DIGITAL VIDEO DECODER FROM TI CREATES VIBRANT, LIFELIKE IMAGES ON TVS, DVD RECORDERS
Aug 23, 2004 |
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Next-Generation Video Decoder Runs 3D Comb Filtering for both NTSC and PAL To win customers in a competitive marketplace, manufacturers of DLP, LCD and plasma TVs, DVD recorders and set top boxes must offer a palette of f ...
Big Computers For Big Science
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Aug 23, 2004 |
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A visiting neutron scattering scientist at ORNL sends data from her experiment to a San Diego supercomputer for analysis. The calculation results are sent to Argonne National Laboratory, where they are turned into "pictures." ...
Mars Holiday, a Pricey Bonecruncher
Aug 23, 2004 |
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A space traveller's dream of one day holidaying on Mars might sound appealing, but it would be a one-way-trip. Not only would it take years to reach the Red Planet but our bones, muscles and joints would ...
Superconductivity for Future Particle Accelerator Project ILC
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Aug 23, 2004 |
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Today (August 20), the International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) announced at a scientific conference in Beijing that the planned International Linear Collider (ILC) is to be realized in superconducting technology. This d ...
Absence of Stellar Pulsations Baffles Astronomers
Aug 23, 2004 |
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Readings done by a Canadian-Austrian team present a puzzle for astronomers. Expected surface phenomena, which provide information about stellar structures, could not be evidenced from readings obtained by means of a Cana ...
Sony Hits Sweet 16X With New DVD Burners
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Now Available, Sony's Seventh-Generation DVD Burners Boast Six-Minute Burn Time Sony Electronics is upping the ante for DVD recording with its second generation of DVD+R Double Layer (DL) burners that support 16X DVD+R record ...
Next Generation DVD Format
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With over three billion DVD discs shipped since the format's launch in 1997, the entertainment industry is gearing up for a next generation format DVD, which will be the topic of technical and marketing discussions at next w ...
