Oil Expert To Address Theory That Peak Oil Has Arrived
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Princeton University emeritus professor and renowned oil analyst Ken Deffeyes thinks that the all-time production peak for petroleum, or "peak oil," will occur on or around this Thanksgiving.
Myth: Eating turkey makes you sleepy
Nov 23, 2005 |
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There's reportedly good Thanksgiving news for turkey lovers: Contrary to popular belief, tryptophan in turkey doesn't cause drowsiness.
Manned vs. Unmanned Space Exploration (Part 1)
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Watching the Apollo landings on the moon as a child I could hardly have imagined I was seeing the end of an era – that of manned exploration of space. Shuttle trips to low earth orbit not withstanding; the ...
Next Generation Light Source
Nov 23, 2005 |
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The Technische Universität Dresden partakes in one of the world’s largest projects on the development of innovative organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Scientists at the Institute of Applied Photophysics have been developing ...
Probing Question: Why are babies cute?
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Babies hold an almost universal appeal, even for the grouchiest of people. There's just something about their big shining eyes and button noses that draws people in and stirs their most tender feelings. In sho ...
Famous 40-Year-Old Math Problem Solved
Nov 23, 2005 |
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For some, spending more than three years working to solve a more than 40-year-old math problem sounds like a nightmare. For University of Missouri-Columbia mathematics professor Steve Hofmann, solving a problem posed by one ...
Bright nanotubes for telecom
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Carbon tubes only nanometers or billionths of a meter in diameter could serve as ultra-bright light sources for telecommunications, IBM scientists told UPI's Nano World. Conventional solid-state light sources ...
Better memory requires better 'bouncer'
Nov 23, 2005 |
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An Oregon professor says even if you could get more RAM for your brain, the extra storage probably wouldn't help you find where you left the car keys.
The Web: Hackers penetrate network routers
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Hackers are now probing a new target -- network routers -- as they seek to wreak havoc on corporate computing networks and evade the extensive security software that has been deployed on PCs and Web servers, experts tell ...
Inside a Quantum Dot: Tracking Electrons at Trillionths of a Second
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Researchers at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) have developed a new machine that can reveal how electrons behave inside a single nano-object. The results from initial tests on pyramidal ...
Xbox 360 launch finds waiting throngs
Nov 23, 2005 |
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In the wee hours of Tuesday morning in College Station, Texas, David Rosenfeld, a 26-year-old software developer and avid video-game player, cruised by his local Best Buy to try and find an Xbox 360 game console. ...
East Coast tsunamis maps to be created
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Two University of Rhode Island scientists have been awarded an $86,000 grant to create tsunami warning maps of the East Coast of the United States.
Scientists study impact of global warming
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Scientists worldwide are using new techniques to predict the impact of global warming in specific regions. Thanks to the new techniques, people will soon be able to determine how vulnerable their own local area is to global ...
Stress effects are seen in the brain
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Penn State scientists have developed a non-invasive way to view effects of psychological stress in an area of the brain linked with anxiety and depression.
Continent's oldest bird tracks are found
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University of Colorado scientists say they have found fossilized bird tracks in the Cedar Mountains near Moab, Utah, that are 125 million years old.
