Focus on Photosynthesis
Nov 24, 2006 |
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Coal, oil or natural gas: all fossil fuels contain the energy of sunlight, stored with the aid of photosynthesis in energy-rich chemical compounds. A researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic ...
Guiding an Atom Laser
Nov 24, 2006 |
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One of the biggest differences between photons and atoms is that the latter are massive particles, making gravity is a huge factor. It can be seen as an advantage when designing new high accuracy atom interferometers based ...
Evolution of typhoid bacteria
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Nov 24, 2006 |
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In a study published in the latest issue of Science (24 November, 2006), an international consortium from the Max-Planck Society, Wellcome Trust Institutes in Britain and Vietnam, and the Institut Pasteur in Fra ...
Saturn joins Venus in the vortex club
Nov 24, 2006 |
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Cassini's spectacular image of Saturn's polar vortex, published this month by NASA, may provide astronomers with a missing piece in the puzzle of how that planet's atmosphere works. For planetary scientists s ...
Microcapsules like it Hot and Salty
Nov 24, 2006 |
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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces have presented a new method with which to precisely control the permeability of microcapsules using the salt content and the temperature of ...
Engineers demonstrate strength of new metal shear wall that could lower construction cost
Nov 24, 2006 |
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Engineers pushed a newly designed, metal shear wall to its limits at a Nov. 20 seismic test at the University of California, Berkeley's Structural Engineering Research Lab. The panel proved strong enough for use in California ...
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