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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Male Rivalry Increases when Females at Most Fertile, Say Researchers
Apr 24, 2006 |
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Men become more jealous of dominant males when their female partner is near ovulation, researchers at the University of Liverpool have found.
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 ...
Toppan Demonstrates Flexible Electronic Paper Driven by Oxide Semiconductor TFT
Apr 24, 2006 |
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Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. has developed an amorphous oxide semiconductor thin film transistor (TFT) array and succeeded in driving an electrophoretic E Ink front panel laminate to fabricate a prototype flexible ...
University of Utah to help build bionic arm
Apr 24, 2006 |
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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 ...
'Killer' bees swarm in South Florida
Apr 24, 2006 |
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So-called killer bees have attacked a farm worker, killed a goat and a sheep and injured several other animals in an April 14 attack in South Florida.
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, ...
Daughters of Deep Impact: UM Proposed Missions Could Clear Clouded Comet Picture
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Over the past five years, three space missions -- Deep Impact, Deep Space 1 and Stardust -- have provided unprecedented information about comets. However, rather than clearing up the true nature of comets, ...
Molecular Switches: Optoelectronic components based on a dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cell
Apr 24, 2006 |
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
