Archive: 09/26/2006
Ancient Birds Flew On All-Fours
The earliest known ancestor of modern-day birds took to the skies by gliding from trees using primitive feathered wings on their arms and legs, according to new research by a University of Calgary paleontologist. In a paper ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Britain wants the EU to limit tuna fishing
The European Union is reportedly being urged to limit tuna fishing as rising demand for sushi drives tuna stocks to near collapse.
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Feds failing to fix the Everglades
The National Research Council has issued a U.S. Congress-mandated report that criticizes the $10.9 billion campaign to restore Florida's Everglades.
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Spirit Activates New Software
Following some dramatic scrambling by rover handlers to command both Mars Exploration Rovers to switch to new flight software during a bit of a traffic jam at the Red Planet, Spirit successfully woke up and began operating ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Dinosaur species innocent of cannibalism
A U.S. paleontology student is being credited with discrediting a theory that the dinosaur species Coelophysis bauri practiced cannibalism.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Researchers helping to take the natural gas out of ethanol production
It takes a lot of natural gas to run an ethanol plant. A plant needs steam to liquefy corn starch and heat to distill alcohol and more heat to dry the leftover distillers grains.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Discovering how river water is mixed into the sea can assist in mapping climate change
A study of the freshwater that flows into Liverpool Bay from the region’s two main rivers is to help scientists piece together another part of the climate change ‘map’.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Shrinking medical labs onto tiny chips
According to Dongqing Li, just about anything you can do in a medical lab, he can do faster, cheaper and better with a device that fits nicely in the palm of your hand.
Sep 26, 2006 |
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HiRISE Camera Will Take First Close-Up Pictures of Mars Sept. 29
The most powerful camera ever to orbit Mars will get its first close look at the Red Planet on Friday. The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera flying aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Beauty and the Brain
The phrase “easy on the eyes” may hit closer to the mark than we suspected. Experiments led by Piotr Winkielman, of the University of California, San Diego, and published in the current issue of Psychological Science, sugges ...
Sep 26, 2006 |
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NASA Mars Spacecraft Gear Up for Extra Work
NASA's Mars robotic missions are performing so well, they are being prepared for additional overtime work.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Researchers to Boost 'Smart Tag' Security
Johns Hopkins researchers will take part in a new multi-institution project to improve the security of "smart tags," the wireless devices that allow drivers to zip through automatic tollbooths and let workers enter a secured ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Searching for an Unfriendly Face
As a soldier scans the crowded streets of Baghdad, so do another set of eyes. The second set, located on the soldier's rifle, belongs to a camera system that instantly recognizes the faces of potential threats.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Intel Develops Tera-Scale Research Chips
Intel Corporation today described the significant technical challenges that need to be addressed if computing, from personal devices to giant data centers, is to keep up with increasing demand by consumers ...
Sep 26, 2006 |
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Astronomers discover two new planets, both among the hottest ever
Astronomers have discovered two new planets outside our solar system, both extremely close to their stars and thus among the hottest ever found.
Sep 26, 2006 |
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