Scientists discover exotic relatives of protons and neutrons
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Scientists of the CDF collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced today (October 23, 2006) the discovery of two rare types of particles, exotic relatives of the ...
Mineral discovery explains Mars' landscape
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2006 |
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A Queen's University researcher has discovered a mineral that could explain the mountainous landscape of Mars, and have implications for NASA's next mission to the planet.
Laws of physics, math debunk Hollywood portrayals of ghosts, vampires
Oct 23, 2006 |
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As the weather cools and Halloween approaches, chilling creaks in the stairs, bloodcurdling screams from the attic and other paranormal activity become more believable -- but not to UCF physics professor Costas Efthimiou.
Plutonium or greenhouse gases? Weighing the energy options
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Can nuclear energy save us from global warming? Perhaps, but the tradeoffs involved are sobering: thousands of metric tons of nuclear waste generated each year and a greatly increased risk of nuclear weapons proliferation ...
Ultraviolet Light Reveals Secrets of Nanoscale Electronic Materials
Oct 23, 2006 |
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An international team of scientists has used a novel technique to measure, for the first time, the precise conditions at which certain ultrathin materials spontaneously become electrically polarized. The research ...
Biodegradable nanospheres offer novel approach for treatment of toxin exposure and drug delivery
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 23, 2006 |
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A new technology to clean the blood of victims of radiological, chemical and biological terrorist attacks is being developed jointly by Argonne National Laboratory, the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute ...
Vitamin C and Water Not Just Healthy for People -- Healthy for Plastics, too
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Two new laboratory breakthroughs are poised to dramatically improve how plastics are made by assembling molecular chains more quickly and with less waste. One relies on common vitamin C and the other on the ...
A new acceleration additive for making 'ice that burns'
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Japanese scientists are reporting discovery of an additive that can speed up the formation of methane hydrates. Those strange substances have sparked excitement about their potential as a new energy resource and a deep freeze ...
Researchers Discover Evidence Of Gut Parasites In Dinosaur
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 23, 2006 |
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University of Colorado at Boulder researchers have discovered what appears to be the first evidence of parasites in the gut contents of a dinosaur, indicating even the giants that roamed Earth 75 million years ...
Researchers report initial success in promising approach to prevent tooth decay
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Preventing cavities could one day involve the dental equivalent of a military surgical strike. A team of researchers supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research report they have created a new smart ...
MIT reveals inner lives of red blood cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 23, 2006 |
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For the first time, researchers at MIT can see every vibration of a cell membrane, using a technique that could one day allow scientists to create three-dimensional images of the inner workings of living cells.
Small Organisms, Great Proxies
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2006 |
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The present and past compositions of communities of single-celled algae in several Canadian lakes and their relationship to the known climate record suggest that these organisms and the lakes they reside in ...
Ground Breaking New Science at SLAC
Oct 23, 2006 |
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The Department of Energy's Stanford Linear Accelerator Center officially broke ground today for the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world's first X-ray free-electron laser. Scheduled for completion ...
Lonely managers left in the middle of nowhere, new study reveals
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Despite what we hear about life being lonely at the top, the loneliest place of all may be middle management, according to a new study by the University of Western Sydney.
Scientists find a key to immune system's ability to remember
Oct 23, 2006 |
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The human immune system is a peerless memory bank. Its ability to accurately catalog and recall long past encounters with viruses, bacteria and other pathogens is why we only get the measles or chicken pox once, and is why ...
