How to cook the perfect turkey (the scientific way)
Dec 23, 2005 |
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For most people, the key to preparing the perfect Christmas meal is cooking the turkey. University of Bristol physicist, Dr Peter Barham explains how applying scientific principles in the kitchen at Christmas ...
Sensational new discovery of Dodo bones on Mauritius
Dec 23, 2005 |
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On Friday, October 28, 2005, a Dutch-Mauritian research team discovered the very first intact layer of bones and botanical materials, including Dodo remains. The material's age is estimated at 2000 to 3000 ...
Motorola SLVR L7
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Motorola today unveiled the Motorola SLVR L7, its next generation design ultra-slim handset. Chiseled, thin and defined, the Motorola SLVR L7 builds on Motorola’s growing reputation for world class design that ...
Dutch mathematician simplifies the search for oil
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Mathematical research at Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) is making it easier to look for oil. Yogi Ahmad Erlangga, who receives his doctorate on Thursday 22 December, has developed a method of calculation which ...
New Year To Arrive One Second Late
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Owing to the gradual slowing down of the Earth’s rotation, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, based at the Paris Observatory, has announced that 2005 will contain an extra second. ...
Snowflake Physicist's Photographs to Be Featured on 2006 Postage Stamps
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Dec 23, 2005 |
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Postage rates may keep going up, but when it comes to natural beauty and scientific wonder, one particular issue of stamps is going to be hard to lick. Beginning next October, the U.S. Postal Service will iss ...
Satellite launch to boost DTH in India
Dec 23, 2005 |
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The successful launch Thursday of India's heaviest satellite from spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana may have boosted the country's space research efforts to yet another level, but it has also lifted the ...
Astronomers Capture Rare Lunar Meteor Strike
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Astronomers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., have recorded a small but powerful meteoroid strike in the night on the moon’s surface. On Nov. 7, using a 10-inch-diameter telescope, astronomers ...
DNA self-assembly used to mass-produce patterned nanostructures
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Duke University scientists have used the self-assembling properties of DNA to mass-produce nanometer-scale structures in the shape of a 4x4 grids, on which patterns of molecules can be specified. They said ...
'Walking Molecule' Research in AIP's Top 25
Dec 23, 2005 |
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It wasn't the biggest story of the year. But Kansas State University distinguished professor of physics Talat Rahman's work on "walking molecules" was big: So big that it has been named by the American Institute of Physics ...
Workers exposed to plutonium at Los Alamos
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Five workers at New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory are being monitored after an accident resulted in plutonium being found inside their noses.
GIOVE-A ready to join its Soyuz launcher; Launch timeline
Dec 23, 2005 |
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With the launch date set for 28 December, work on preparing GIOVE-A for its big day is approaching completion. The satellite and the launcher upper stage that will guide it into its final orbit have now been ...
Reindeer: have sweet tooth, easy to handle, will travel
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Children who leave sweet treats out for Santa and his reindeer this Christmas are not too far off the culinary mark for a reindeer's dietary requirements. University of Queensland deer expert Dr Gordon Dry ...
Study links smoking and drinking
Dec 23, 2005 |
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A University of North Carolina study suggests chromosome regions containing genes related to alcohol addiction affect drinking behavior in smokers.
Wireless World: Premature predictions?
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Predictions that the maker of BlackBerry wireless e-mail technology was about to collapse due to protracted and bitter patent litigation were premature, experts are now telling United Press International's Wireless World.
