Meditation found to increase brain size
Jan 27, 2006 |
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People who meditate grow bigger brains than those who don't. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical ...
Sonofusion Experiment Produces Results Without External Neutron Source
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Jan 27, 2006 |
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, and the Russian Academy of Sciences has used sound waves to induce nuclear fusion without the need for an external neutron source, according ...
Universe will end with a bang, or a whimper, says Vatican astronomer
Jan 27, 2006 |
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While some pit science against faith, a Vatican astronomer contends that science is, in fact, a very Christian pursuit, but that it alone cannot answer all of life's big questions.
Brit warns Net has medieval parallels
Jan 27, 2006 |
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A British broadcaster warned in a speech that increasing reliance on Internet video and audio could drag culture back to the oral-based Middle Ages.
Scientists set sights on biomass to reduce fossil fuel dependence
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Using plants rather than oil or coal to produce fuels and chemicals could play an essential role in reducing the world's dependence on fossil fuels, according to a group of scientists from the UK and the USA ...
SuitSat: listen to a disembodied spacesuit circling Earth
Jan 27, 2006 |
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One of the strangest satellites in the history of the space age is about to go into orbit. Launch date: Feb. 3rd. That's when astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) will hurl an empty spacesuit ...
From 2-D blueprint, material assembles into novel 3-D nanostructures
Jan 27, 2006 |
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An international team of scientists affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center has coaxed a self-assembling material into forming never-before-seen, three-dimensional ...
Two Exiled Stars Are Leaving Our Galaxy Forever
Jan 27, 2006 |
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TV reality show contestants aren't the only ones under threat of exile. Astronomers using the MMT Observatory in Arizona have discovered two stars exiled from the Milky Way galaxy. Those stars are racing out ...
Pitt Professor's Theory of Evolution Gets Boost From Cell Research
Jan 27, 2006 |
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An article by University of Pittsburgh Professor of Anthropology Jeffrey H. Schwartz and University of Salerno Professor of Biochemistry Bruno Maresca, to be published Jan. 30 in the New Anatomist journal, shows that the em ...
RFID – where will it go next?
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has always been associated with speed and convenience. Quite simply, that's what the technology delivers. But if you associate RFID only with Supply Chain Management, transport or secure ...
Martian Glaciers: Did They Originate From The Atmosphere
Jan 27, 2006 |
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The spectacular features visible today on the surface of the Red Planet indicate the past existence of Martian glaciers, but where did the ice come from?
The sweet smell of nano-success
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Materials scientists at Lehigh University and catalyst chemists at Cardiff University have uncovered secrets of the "nanoworld" that promise to lead to cleaner methods of producing, among other things, spices and perfumes.
Korean DRAM finds itself shut out of Japan
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Japan may claim that the countervailing duty it slaps against Korean DRAM chip maker Hynix from today is just a protest against unfair trade practices and to curb dumping, but there's a widespread belief that the country ...
Portable tourist guides now in service
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Your iPod might be your next tourist guide if you find yourself in Ireland, just one more example how countries are adapting with evolving technologies to intrigue a new generation of tourists.
Researchers collaborate to understand phenomena controlling PEM fuel cell performance, durability
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Jan 27, 2006 |
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Two researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working to understand several key phenomena that control hydrogen-fueled PEM (proton exchange membrane or polymer electrolyte membrane) fuel cells. One, Ken ...
