Evidence mounts for sun's companion star
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The Binary Research Institute (BRI) has found that orbital characteristics of the recently discovered planetoid, "Sedna", demonstrate the possibility that our sun might be part of a binary star system. A binary star system ...
Nano machine switches between biological and silicon worlds
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Scientists have created a molecular switch that could play a key role in thousands of nanotech applications. The Mol-Switch project successfully developed a demonstrator to prove the principle, despite deep ...
Discovery prospects at the Large Hadron Collider
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Will scientists ever find the elusive Higgs particle, the last of the fundamental particles predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics and postulated to play a major role in how fundamental particles ...
Chandra finds black holes are 'green'
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Black holes are the most fuel efficient engines in the Universe, according to a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. By making the first direct estimate of how efficient or "green" black holes ...
Researchers Unearths Earliest Western Sculptures and Astronomical Alignments in Peru
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In one of the most significant archaeological and anthropological finds in recent history, Robert Benfer, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, has discovered the earliest astronomical ...
University of Utah to help build bionic arm
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University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm. The Utah work is a key part of a U.S. Department of Defense ...
The world's deepest dinosaur finding
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While most nations excavate their skeletons using a toothbrush, the Norwegians found one using a drill. The somewhat rough uncovering of Norway’s first dinosaur happened in the North Sea, at an entire 2256 ...
Seeking Answers to the Puzzle of Proton Spin
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Thanks to a series of machine upgrades, researchers at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), the newest and largest particle accelerator at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, ...
IPNS' success paved way to newest neutron source for materials research
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When the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory began operations in 1981, few could envision that it would lead to the $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source, ...
Researchers develop detailed design rules for nanoimprint lithography processing
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Using a combination of experimental data and simulations, researchers have identified key parameters that predict the outcome of nanoimprint lithography, a fabrication technique that offers an alternative to ...
Molecular Switches: Optoelectronic components based on a dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cell
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Electronic components must continue to get smaller: Miniaturization has now reached the nanometer scale (10-9 m). In this tiny world, classic semiconductor technology is reaching its limits. We now need switches and other ...
Nanotechnology may find disease before it starts
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Nanotechnology may one day help physicians detect the very earliest stages of serious diseases like cancer, a new study suggests. It would do so by improving the quality of images produced by one of the most common diagnostic ...
Apple releases 17-inch MacBook Pro computer
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Apple Monday introduced its latest lightweight laptop, the 17-inch MacBook Pro, which weighs in at a slim 6.8 pounds. The inch-thick computer is designed for business travelers and includes a built-in video-conferencing ...
Scientists devise means to test for phony technical papers
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Authors of bogus technical articles beware. A team of researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics has designed a tool that distinguishes between real and fake papers. It's called the Inauthentic Paper Detector ...
Giant telescope sees back in time
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Scientists in South Africa are using the largest optical telescope in the Southern Hemisphere to see 13 billion years back in time.
