A flying carpet might take us to Pluto
Apr 26, 2006 |
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A U.S. scientist says a giant solar panel unfurled in space like a carpet might one day make space flights possible without using nuclear propulsion.
Study: How the brain masks alcohol impact
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Dartmouth College researchers say they've discovered more about how the brain works to mask or suppress the impact alcohol has on motor skills.
Study: hospital staff joke about patients
Apr 26, 2006 |
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A new study finds hospital staff routinely crack jokes at the patient's expense while medical students learning about professionalism get mixed messages.
Study: Cancer cure worth $50 trillion
Apr 26, 2006 |
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University of Chicago researchers calculate the prospective gains from a cure for cancer would be worth about $50 trillion.
Fossil linked to rare sound-making skill
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Duke University paleontologists say a 35-million-year-old fossil they reassembled suggests the discovery of a unique species.
SMART-1 maps Humorum edge - where Highlands and Mare mix
Apr 26, 2006 |
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This sequence of images, taken by the advanced Moon Imaging Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, shows on area on the near side of the Moon, on the edge of the Mare Humorum basin.
Expert predicts Russian bird flu pandemic
Apr 26, 2006 |
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A senior Russian official has predicted that a bird flu pandemic is highly probable in Russia this summer.
eRHIC gets to the heart of the matter
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Apr 26, 2006 |
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At the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, scientists have proposed a new way of studying the structure of matter down to a level never before observed. Their proposal is the "eRHIC" ...
Biophysics : When chromosomes stretch
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Apr 26, 2006 |
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Biophysicists at the Institut Curie/CNRS (France), in collaboration with CNRS and University Pierre et Marie Curie physicists and biologists, have just demonstrated the remarkable elasticity of chromatin, the DNA-protein ...
Hyena Mothers Give Their Cubs a Helpful Dose of Hormones
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Scientists have discovered that a dominant hyena puts her cubs on the road to success before they are born by passing on high levels of certain hormones that make her budding young leaders more aggressive and ...
U.S. political climate boosts creationists
Apr 26, 2006 |
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The U.S. political climate is bolstering the view of creationists who dispute claims that Earth is up to 4.5 billion years old, a Dallas anthropologist says.
Cancer alert sounded in Massachusetts
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Residents of Ashland, Mass., are being urged to consult a physician about cancer risks if they swam or waded in water near a hazardous waste site before 1985.
An 'open' Internet without gatekeepers
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Professor Jonathan Zittrain, first Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, stressed the importance of an 'open' Internet in his inaugural lecture.
Russian spaceship docks at the ISS
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Russian officials say the Progress M-56 supply spacecraft launched Monday docked Wednesday with the orbiting International Space Station.
Wallop takes on next-gen social networking
Apr 26, 2006 |
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Microsoft hopes to thump competition with its spinoff Wallop, which the company says will bring about the next generation in social networking.
