Two aloof elements would bind under pressure, perhaps forming a superconductor, researchers say
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It is the woeful truth: lithium (Li) and beryllium (Be) -- elements three and four, respectively, on the periodic table -- do not like each other.
Move over US -- China to be new driver of world's economy and innovation
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A new study of worldwide technological competitiveness suggests China may soon rival the United States as the principal driver of the world’s economy – a position the U.S. has held since the end of World War ...
A Violent History of Time
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From mother Earth, the night sky can look peaceful and unchanging, but the universe as seen in gamma-rays is a place of sudden and chaotic violence. Using gamma-ray telescopes, astronomers witness short but ...
New method for solving differential equations
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Dutch-sponsored mathematician Valeriu Savcenco has developed new methods for the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. These so-called multirate methods are highly efficient for large systems, where some ...
New tool probes brain circuits
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Researchers at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT report in the Jan. 24 online edition of Science that they have created a way to see, for the first time, the effect of blocking and unbloc ...
Earth's getting 'soft' in the middle
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Since we can’t sample the deepest regions of the Earth, scientists watch the velocity of seismic waves as they travel through the planet to determine the composition and density of that material. Now a new ...
Archaeologists reconstruct life in the Bronze Age through the site of La Motilla
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Researchers of the Group of Recent Prehistory Studies (GEPRAN) of the University of Granada, from the department of Prehistory and Archaeology, have taken an important step to determine how life was in the ...
New discoveries at the ash altar Of Zeus -- Mount Lykaion
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The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 feet above ...
Stardust comet dust resembles asteroid materials
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Contrary to expectations for a small icy body, much of the comet dust returned by the Stardust mission formed very close to the young sun and was altered from the solar system’s early materials.
Nowhere to hide -- new ultra-powerful microscope probes atomic world
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A unique electron microscope, the first of its kind in the world, was unveiled yesterday at the STFC Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington. It will enable scientists to study atoms within materials in a way that has never before ...
Antarctic ice loss speeds up, nearly matches Greenland loss
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Jan 24, 2008 |
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Ice loss in Antarctica increased by 75 percent in the last 10 years due to a speed-up in the flow of its glaciers and is now nearly as great as that observed in Greenland, according to a new, comprehensive study by UC Irvine ...
Orbiting Camera Details Dramatic Wind Action on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Mars has an ethereal, tenuous atmosphere with less than one-percent the surface pressure of Earth, which challenges scientists to explain complex, wind-sculpted landforms seen with unprecedented detail in ...
Asteroid to Make Rare Close Flyby of Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Scientists are monitoring the orbit of asteroid 2007 TU24. The asteroid, believed to be between 150 meters (500 feet) and 610 meters (2,000 feet) in size, is expected to fly past Earth on Jan. 29, with its ...
'Telepathic' genes recognize similarities in each other
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Genes have the ability to recognise similarities in each other from a distance, without any proteins or other biological molecules aiding the process, according to new research published this week in the Journal of ...
When accounting for the global nitrogen budget, don't forget fish
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Like bank accounts, the nutrient cycles that influence the natural world are regulated by inputs and outputs. If a routine withdrawal is overlooked, balance sheets become inaccurate. Over time, overlooked deductions can undermine ...
