Stealth radar system sees through trees, walls -- undetected
Jun 26, 2006 |
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Ohio State University engineers have invented a radar system that is virtually undetectable, because its signal resembles random noise. The radar could have applications in law enforcement, the military, and disaster rescue.
Nano World: Stabilizing explosive elements
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 26, 2006 |
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Capsules only nanometers or billionths of a meter wide that stabilize extremely dangerous compounds normally prone to igniting or exploding can safely generate more than enough hydrogen gas to beat U.S. Department of Energy ...
Tracking Earth's wobbles down to the size of a cell phone
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2006 |
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New technologies are enabling scientists to determine precisely the extent and causes of Earth's short-term wobbling. Like a spinning top, Earth wobbles as it rotates on its axis. In fact, it displays many ...
Global warming goes deep
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2006 |
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With theaters everywhere screening Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," and the National Research Council issuing a new report on global warming, you'd have to be hiding under a rock to be unaware that Earth is heating ...
Using silicon chips to trap ultra-cold atoms
Jun 26, 2006 |
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The long-term goal of Professor J. H. Thywissen's physics lab at the University of Toronto is to be able to tailor a system with a Hamiltonian which simulates a high temperature superconductor.
Mushrooms as good an antioxidant source as more colorful veggies
Jun 26, 2006 |
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Portabella and crimini mushrooms rank with carrots, green beans, red peppers and broccoli as good sources of dietary antioxidants, Penn State researchers say.
GEO600 starts continuous search for Gravitational Waves
Jun 26, 2006 |
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The joint German-British Gravitational Wave Detector GEO600 has now entered an 18-month run of continuous measurement. Researchers are optimistic that they will be able to observe a never before seen phenomena the Gravitational ...
Volunteer loses digits after drug trial
Jun 26, 2006 |
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A drug trial gone wrong has left a 20-year-old London man with the prospect of losing all his fingers and toes.
Silica Nanobeads Create Fast Enzyme Sensor
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 26, 2006 |
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Proteases are an important family of enzymes involved in many key biochemical processes, including the metastatic spread of cancer cells from a primary tumor.
Weather modification takes another step
Jun 26, 2006 |
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A Florida man's theory of weakening a hurricane through the introduction of absorbent powder illustrates a new trend in science, weather modification.
Scientists accurately simulate appearance of sun's corona during eclipse
Jun 26, 2006 |
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The most true-to-life computer simulation ever made of our sun's multimillion-degree outer atmosphere, the corona, successfully predicted its actual appearance during the March 29, 2006, solar eclipse, scientists ...
Microsoft's Office 2007 vision
Jun 26, 2006 |
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Microsoft Office applications are getting a multimedia tech facelift, which will incorporate voice, instant messaging and multi-faceted conferencing in its new 2007 Office system products.
Nicotine vaccine under development
Jun 26, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say new medications might soon be available to help people stop smoking by attacking nicotine addition in the brain.
Intel Unleashes New Server Processors
Jun 26, 2006 |
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Intel Corporation today introduced its dual-core Intel Xeon Processor 5100 series, previously codenamed “Woodcrest,” for the high-volume server, workstation, communications, storage and embedded market segments.
Bush says global warming 'serious problem'
Jun 26, 2006 |
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U.S. President George W. Bush, asked if he thinks global warming is a significant threat to the Earth, says he believes climate change is a serious problem.
