Physicists describe a new mechanism for metallic magnetism
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Aug 25, 2005 |
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Predicting the magnetic behavior of metallic compounds is a surprisingly difficult problem for theoretical physicists. While the properties of a common refrigerator magnet are not a great mystery, certain materials exhibit ...
Japanese Public Broadcasting Envisions 3D Future
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Japan’s national public broadcasting authority, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK), is pursuing a Super Hi-Vision 3D television. NHK’s research has centered on the integral imaging (II) technique for creating 3D television. This ...
Samsung's New Satellite DMB Phone
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Samsung Electronics, a leading provider of mobile phones, announced the launch of its fourth satellite DMB phone (model: SCH-B250) following the release of the B100, B130 and B200.
Researchers to Study Properties of the Hope Diamond
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Aug 25, 2005 |
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Since January, scientists from the Naval Research Laboratory's Chemistry Division have been studying the optical properties of the Hope Diamond, at the invitation of the Smithsonian Institution. In collaboration with the ...
Men's IQs higher, but used differently
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Controversial British psychologist Richard Lynn has determined men have bigger brains and higher IQs than women, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.
Of Friction and 'The Da Vinci Code'
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Aug 25, 2005 |
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The Da Vinci Code, the best selling novel and soon-to-be-blockbuster film, may also be linked some day to the solving of a scientific mystery as old as Leonardo Da Vinci himself — friction. A collaboration of sci ...
Out of the Box Thinking Produces Safer Water
Aug 25, 2005 |
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An Israeli company developed a new technology for water disinfection. It uses ultra violet (UV) light to disinfect water and is 10,000 more effective then existing techniques. With impending regulatory changes ...
Intel invests in Australia WiMax company
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Intel said Thursday it will invest in Australian broadband carrier Unwired Australia to boost its WiMax network.
Stem cell scientists share research
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Top researchers into the use of embryonic stem cells gathered at Yonsei University in Seoul Thursday for a two-day symposium to share their findings.
New Look At DNA Hints At Origin Of Ultraviolet Damage
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Chemists at Ohio State University have gained new insight into how sunlight affects DNA. And what they found overturns ideas about genetic mutation that originated decades ago.
Cosmic hole-in-one captured over Antarctica
Aug 25, 2005 |
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What at first looked like an electronic glitch turned out to be a significant event in space, in fact, a cosmic hole-in-one. What a powerful telescope had picked up as it stretched towards the night sky ove ...
Locationg crucial atoms in superconductors
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With an advanced imaging technique and a savvy strategy, researchers at Cornell University's Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LAASP) have shown how adding charge-carrying atoms like oxygen to a superconductor ...
Earth's core rotates faster than surface
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have ended a nine-year debate over whether the Earth's inner core is undergoing changes that can be detected ...
Study Reconciles Long-Standing Contradiction of Deep-Earth Dynamics
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) have solved a long-standing contradiction about the workings of the deep Earth.
Microscopic brain imaging method developed
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Stanford University scientists have demonstrated a minimally invasive optical technique to capture micron-scale images from the brains of live subjects.
