Genetic Engineering Fuses Spider Silk and Silica
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 27, 2006 |
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Bioengineers at Tufts University have created a new fusion protein that for the first time combines the toughness of spider silk with the intricate structure of silica. The resulting nanocomposite could be used in medical ...
First Compilation of Tropical Ice Cores Shows Abrupt Global Climate Shift
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 27, 2006 |
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For the first time, glaciologists have combined and compared sets of ancient climate records trapped in ice cores from the South American Andes and the Asian Himalayas to paint a picture of how climate has ...
Curtain may be closing on scientific water controversy
Jun 27, 2006 |
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The curtain may be ringing down on a scientific controversy regarding the structure of water which arose two years ago. A new study by scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National ...
Double Vortex at Venus South Pole Raises New Mystery
Jun 27, 2006 |
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ESA’s Venus Express data undoubtedly confirm for the first time the presence of a huge 'double-eye' atmospheric vortex at the planet's south pole. This striking result comes from analysis of the data gathered ...
Movies show nanotubes bend like sluggish guitar strings
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 27, 2006 |
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In an exciting advance in nanotechnology imaging, Rice University scientists have discovered a way to use standard optical microscopes and video cameras to film individual carbon nanotubes – tiny cylinders ...
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Jun 27, 2006 |
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The newest language for mobile text messaging looks like hieroglyphics and sounds like a caveman. The language is Zlango, and its creators aim to inject whimsy and emotion into text messaging while reducing ...
Mysterious Lunar Swirls
Jun 27, 2006 |
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Picture this: A cup of coffee, steaming and black. Add a dollop of milk and gently stir. Eddies of cream go swirling around the cup. Magnify that image a million times and you've got a Lunar Swirl.
Scientist Will Examine Spider Silk Use for Sutures
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Jun 27, 2006 |
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A University of Wyoming molecular biologist will use the renewal of a half million dollar Air Force grant to develop spider silk for military and medical applications.
Hubble Reveals Two Dust Disks Around Nearby Star
Jun 27, 2006 |
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed two dust disks circling the nearby star Beta Pictoris. The images confirm a decade of scientific speculation that a warp in the young star's dust disk may actually ...
Study finds mobiles excite brain cells
Jun 27, 2006 |
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We know cell phones affect the brain. But the question of whether the electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile handsets that excite brain cells actually do any harm remains unanswered, however, by researchers ...
Americans more focused on achievement, less power-hungry
Jun 27, 2006 |
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Today's U.S. college students are more focused on achievement than power, an attitude that could help them be more innovative and successful than foreign rivals, according to University of Michigan psychology research.
Shuttle Crew in Florida for Launch
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2006 |
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery's crew of seven arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday for this weekend's launch, a day after a top NASA engineer who praised his colleagues for voicing doubts about ...
Report: Secondhand smoke bad at any level
Jun 27, 2006 |
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There is no safe level of how much exposure a person has to secondhand tobacco smoke, the U.S. Surgeon General said in a report issued Tuesday.
Bombay Dabbawalas go high-tech
Jun 27, 2006 |
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For over a century they delivered hot lunch in packages to thousands of Bombay's working people with almost faultless efficiency without the help of information technology. But now Bombay's ubiquitous Dabbawalas lunch deliverymen ...
The strange world of self-induced transparency and light bullets
Jun 27, 2006 |
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The remarkable phenomena of self-induced transparency and solitons will be studied in a new project supported by a grant of £397K from EPSRC. This joint theoretical and experimental project, involving scientists from the ...
