Models show one nearby star system could host Earth-like planet
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The steady discovery of giant planets orbiting stars other than our sun has heightened speculation that there could be Earth-type worlds in nearby planetary systems capable of sustaining life. Now researchers running computer ...
Earth dropped from NASA mission statement
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 24, 2006 |
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NASA has reportedly eliminated the promise "to understand and protect our home planet" from its mission statement.
Developing Alternatives to Fossil Fuels
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 24, 2006 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have developed a new storage system to hold large quantities of hydrogen fuel that may one day power cars in a more cost-effective and consumer-friendly way.
Want to lose weight? Try sleeping more
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If you want to lose weight, get more sleep. In a new article appearing in the current issue of Obesity Reviews, University of Michigan researcher Michael Sivak presents calculations showing that replacing one hour of ina ...
Glass fibers instead of copper cables
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Semiconductor technology is expensive. Novel optical microchips made of plastic are set to bring down the price of fiber-optic technology in future. Personal fiber-optic connections for private individuals ...
Superheating Nanoparticles
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“For quite a long time people have been measuring the melting points of small particles,” Shaun Hendy tells PhysOrg.com. “They’ve found that the melting point decreases and this decrease is in inverse proportion to the ra ...
Ice sheets drive atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, inverting previous ice-age theory
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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In the early 20th century, Milutin Milankovitch, a leading astronomer and climatologist of the time, proposed that the Earth's ice-age cycles could be predicted because they correspond directly with routine changes in the ...
Bulgaria uncovers 2,000-year-old temple
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Archaeologists have uncovered a Bronze Age temple thousands of years old in southern Bulgaria, news reports said Monday.
Black Hole Spills Kaleidoscope of Color
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Shoes may not come in every color, but space objects do. All objects in space, everything from dust to distant galaxies, give off a rainbow of light - including light our eyes can't see. That's where NASA's ...
The $100 laptop is coming
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Some manufacturers Dr. Mary Lou Jepsen approached about producing and selling a laptop computer for $100 laughed at her. Despite this chiding and disbelief, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) chief technology ...
Nano World: Composites with nano-graphite
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 24, 2006 |
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Strong, lightweight plastic-like composites made with highly electrically conductive sheets of carbon just one atom thick could find use in electronics and protect aircraft from lightning strikes, experts told UPI's Nano ...
Samsung and Versus unveil the 'Samsung E500 Versus'
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 24, 2006 |
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Samsung Electronics and Versus, the line that embodies Gianni Versace SpA at its most youthful, free spirited and daring, unveiled the new 'Samsung Versus E500' mobile phone.
Ordering by Motion
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The molecules within the living cell sustain a high degree of spatial order even though they are constantly in motion. This seems to defy basic physical principles which stress the strong interplay between ...
Displays of a Different Stripe
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Displays drain more power than any other component of a handheld device, a problem that will only grow as mobile devices incorporate higher-definition graphics. One way to wring greater brightness from every watt is by providing ...
74,000 .eu domain names suspended
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At least 74,000 domain names ending with .eu have been suspended for abusive behavior by a group that controls the name.
