HiRISE Camera Shows Mojave Crater Peak is High and Dry
Jan 24, 2007 |
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The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a huge, detailed image of Mars' Mojave crater on Jan. 7, 2007.
Fish can determine their social rank by observation alone, study finds
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A male fish can size up potential rivals, and even rank them from strongest to weakest, simply by watching how they perform in territorial fights with other males, according to a new study by Stanford University scientists. ...
Trophy Skull Sheds Light on Ancient Wari Empire
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 24, 2007 |
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A team of archaeologists and Earthwatch volunteers led by Dr. Mary Glowacki and Louis Tesar uncovered an elite Wari cemetery at Cotocotuyoc this past summer in Peru’s Huaro Valley, near Cuzco. Among their finds ...
Scientists discover new species of distinctive cloud-forest rodent
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A strikingly unusual animal was recently discovered in the cloud-forests of Peru. The large rodent is about the size of a squirrel and looks a bit like one, except its closest relatives are spiny rats.
Scientists develop molecular keypad lock
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Keypad locks, such as those for preventing auto theft, allow an action to take place only when the right password is entered: a series of numbers punched in a pre-set sequence. Now, a team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute ...
Doubling Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Could Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions by 10 Percent
Jan 24, 2007 |
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In his State of the Union address tonight, President George W. Bush is expected to call for Americans to slash gasoline consumption by up to 20 percent by 2017.
Wanderlust -- deep-sea fauna under Antarctic ice shelf
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 24, 2007 |
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Under the former Larsen ice shelf east of the Antarctic Peninsula, deep-sea sea cucumbers and stalked feather stars were ubiquitously found in shallow waters. These animals usually inhabit far greater water ...
What's the Buzz? Harnessing Static to Improve Wireless Signals
Jan 24, 2007 |
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Can network interference be used to expand and enhance communication for wireless devices such as cell phones, computers and personal digital assistants?
NASA creates microscopic technology for Webb Space Telescope
Jan 24, 2007 |
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NASA engineers and scientists have created something that will give better information about far away galaxies. This new creation, which will be in a future space telescope, is so tiny that it's the width of ...
European star 'roadmap' project started
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2007 |
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A British astronomer has been selected to lead a Pan-European project in developing a "roadmap to the stars."
Stereotypes may affect female math ability
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 24, 2007 |
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A U.S. study suggests implicit stereotypes and gender identification may affect female math performance.
Complex channels
Jan 24, 2007 |
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The messages passed in a neuronal network can target something like 100 billion nerve cells in the brain alone. These, in turn communicate with millions of other cells and organs in the body. How, then, do whole cascades ...
Scientists identify gene that may indicate predisposition to schizophrenia
Jan 24, 2007 |
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In a new study from The American Journal of Human Genetics, a research team lead by Xinzhi Zhao and Ruqi Tang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) present evidence that genetic variation may indicate predisposition to schizophrenia. ...
Landmark health study to be made in India
Jan 24, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists are starting a landmark genetic study to determine the linkage between lead exposure and children's intellectual development in India.
Investigators take a fresh look at crime
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Space scientists built advanced imaging tools to investigate the origins of the planets. Now they're working with forensic scientists to see if their tools can help investigate crime.
