Planet Earth may have 'tilted' to keep its balance
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Imagine a shift in the Earth so profound that it could force our entire planet to spin on its side after a few million years, tilting it so far that Alaska would sit at the equator. Princeton scientists have ...
Nanoscience May Produce 'Perfect' Materials
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Nanoscience may provide a way to engineer materials that are virtually defect-free – perfect, that is.
How modern were European Neandertals?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Neandertals were much more like modern humans than had been previously thought, according to a re-examination of finds from one of the most famous palaeolithic sites in Europe by Bristol University archaeologist, ...
Suspicion Confirmed: Flat Molecules Better for Conducting Electricity
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Columbia research scientist Latha Venkataraman has demonstrated that in creating single-molecule electronic devices, flatter molecules conduct electricity better. That principle has long been suspected, but ...
Study reveals causes for freshwater increase in oceans
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2006 |
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A new analysis of 50 years of changes in freshwater inputs to the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans may shed light on what’s behind the recently observed increase in freshwater in the North Atlantic. University ...
Drainage of Subglacial Lakes Created Canyons of Antarctica 12-14 Million Years Ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Researchers at Syracuse University and Boston University have discovered evidence for a warming climate change that occurred more than 14 million years ago. The result -- catastrophic drainage of subglacial ...
Berries beneficial for brains
Aug 25, 2006 |
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If humans are anything like rats, scientists at Tufts University in Boston may be on the road to discovering the fountain of youth for the human brain.
Physiology Allows Crucian Carp to Survive without Oxygen
Biology /
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Cooling water temperature during the fall prompts the crucian carp to store vast amounts of glycogen in its brain to keep the brain functioning and healthy from February to April, when there is no oxygen left ...
Cardiff's bees calculation sets industry buzzing
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Researchers at Cardiff University's Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC) developed the procedure, or algorithm, after observing the "waggle dance" of bees foraging for nectar. The algorithm enables companies to maximise ...
Astronomers React to Pluto's Planetary 'Demotion'
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Several Johns Hopkins University astronomers described a decision Thursday to strip Pluto of its planetary status as a "muddled" ruling that is unlikely to settle ongoing debates over how to define a planet and whether the ...
ORNL Jaguar supercomputer surpasses 50 teraflops
Aug 25, 2006 |
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An upgrade to the Cray XT3 supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the most powerful supercomputer available for general scientific research in the United States, has increased the system's computing ...
Australia To Build 232 Megawatt Wind Farm
Aug 25, 2006 |
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The Planning Minister, Rob Hulls, today gave the green light to building Australia's most powerful wind farm at Mt Gellibrand, near Colac, with the capacity to power 133,450 homes a year.
Milwaukee tops U.S. cities for drinking
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Milwaukee, sometimes called "The Nation's Watering Hole," has been named the hardest-drinking city in America in a new Forbes.com ranking.
Martian Misinformation
Aug 25, 2006 |
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On Sunday, August 27th, Mars will be far from Earth, dim and unremarkable. In short, a total bore. That's news? It is when a widely-read email claims just the opposite.
Reversed growth reveals secrets of carbon nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Researchers at the Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey have reversed the growth of carbon nanotubes from catalysts, using electron beam irradiation in an electron microscope. High resolution imaging of this ...
