Nano World: First solar-powered nano motor
Jan 24, 2006 |
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An international team of scientists has created the first molecular motor powered solely by sunlight. By acting like pistons that move back and forth, these motors, which are only nanometers or billionths of ...
Nanolaser Device Detects Cancer in Single Cells
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Using an ultrafast, nanoscale semiconductor laser, investigators at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, have discovered a way of rapidly distinguishing between malignant and normal cells. Moreover, ...
India's laptop sales leap
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Call it a new fad, or the emergence of a new breed of technology conscious IT users, or both. But a shift in working styles and the need for "anytime-anywhere" access to information is pushing laptop sales ...
Evolution Study Tightens Human-Chimp Connection
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Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found genetic evidence that seems to support a controversial hypothesis that humans and chimpanzees may be more closely related to each other than chimps ...
2005 was the warmest year in a century
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The year 2005 may have been the warmest year in a century, according to NASA scientists studying temperature data from around the world.
Sounds of Star Death Near Middle C
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Scientists have made the astonishing discovery that sound might drive supernovae explosions. Their computer simulations say that dying stars pulse at audible frequencies -- for instance, at about the F-note ...
Researchers shed light on physical properties of carbon at extreme conditions
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A team based in Livermore has shed some light on the phase diagram of carbon at high pressure and temperature. In particular, the authors determined the solid/liquid and solid/solid phase boundaries for pressures ...
Manned Spaceflight Plans For India To The ISS And Beyond
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India is at a crossroads in its national space development program, having to decide if it will invest more of its small budget on manned space flight - which could be very lucrative, long-term, but which depends on certain ...
Study: Not Enough Metals in Earth to Meet Global Demand
Jan 24, 2006 |
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Researchers studying supplies of copper, zinc and other metals have determined that these finite resources, even if recycled, may not meet the needs of the global population forever, according to a study published in the ...
3D structure of HIV is discovered
Jan 24, 2006 |
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Scientists say the 3D structure of the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes AIDS, has been determined for the first time.
Computer model explaines alluring plant shapes
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Flowers are innately beautiful to the human eye, but how does a sunflower achieve its stunning disc of intersecting spirals or a daisy its delicate symmetry?
Now you see it; now you think you see it
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Some scientific journals are adopting security measures, including digital photo testing, to halt manipulation of data by authors engaged in fraud.
700-year-old murder discovered
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It took 700 years and the creation of computers, but the mystery of the Bocksten Man -- Sweden's oldest human skeleton -- has been solved: he was killed.
Men want gadgets for Valentine's Day
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Most men would prefer to receive a gadget rather than candy or flowers from their partners on Valentine's Day, a poll reports.
Cells involved with Down syndrome restored
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Johns Hopkins University scientists in Baltimore say they've restored the normal growth of nerve cells in the brains of mouse models of Down syndrome.
