South Pole Neutrino Detector Could Yield Evidences of String Theory
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Researchers at Northeastern University and the University of California, Irvine say that scientists might soon have evidence for extra dimensions and other exotic predictions of string theory. Early results ...
Scientists develop bird flu vaccine
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University of Pittsburgh scientists say they've genetically engineered an avian flu vaccine that has proven 100 percent effective in mice and chickens.
Physicists Discover an Atomic Oddity
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Working with an international team of scientists, a Florida State University physics professor has taken part in an experiment that resulted in the creation of a silver atom with exotic properties never before ...
Ethanol can replace gasoline with big energy savings
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Putting ethanol instead of gasoline in your tank saves oil and is probably no worse for the environment than burning gasoline, according to a new analysis by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. ...
Mystery of metallic glass is cracked
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Using state-of-the-art lab techniques and powerful computer simulations, Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered how atoms pack themselves in unusual materials known as metallic glasses. Their findings should ...
Fingerprints provide crucial clue to new nanofiber fabrication technique
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Fingerprints are usually used to identify people but, this time, they gave Penn State chemical engineers the crucial clue needed to discover an easy, versatile new method for making nanofibers that have potential uses in ...
Study finds suntan oil is present on our tables
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Suntan oil, which can change the sex of fish, is present in our food and drinking water. The Independent website has reported that experts have discovered male hornyhead turbot and English sole feeding next ...
Sony to stop producing AIBO, the robot dog
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Sony announced Thursday it will stop manufacturing AIBO the robotic dog by March.
New spider is tracked in California
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San Francisco Bay-area residents are being asked to help keep track of a new arrival -- the Zoropsis spinimana spider.
Mountain Ranges Rise Dramatically Faster Than Expected
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Two new studies by a University of Rochester researcher show that mountain ranges rise to their height in as little as two million years—several times faster than geologists have always thought. Each of the findings came ...
DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes serve as sensors in living cells
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes wrapped with DNA can be placed inside living cells and detect trace amounts of harmful contaminants using near infrared light, report researchers at the University of Illinois ...
Arctic summer in Arctic wintertime
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It may still be January, but the Arctic region is reportedly experiencing record, summerlike temperatures.
Two new lakes found beneath Antarctic ice sheet
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The Earth Institute at Columbia University--Lying beneath more than two miles of Antarctic ice, Lake Vostok may be the best-known and largest subglacial lake in the world, but it is not alone down there. Scientists ...
Ion beams might one day fight cancer tumors
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Nonsurgical cancer therapy that destroys tumors but leaves healthy surrounding tissue intact could be available at every hospital if research reported this week in the journal Nature eventually comes to fruition.
Fridge magnets to fix grammar
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Fridge magnets could soon be correcting bad grammar and replacing words with synonyms, Australian Broadcasting Corporation has reported. Australian digital artist Pierre Proske claims that fridge magnets can ...
