Israeli Research: Cell Phone Radiation May Cause Visual Damage
Jul 27, 2005 |
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In a recent scientific study conducted by a team of researchers from the Technion, a possible link between microwave radiation, similar to the type found in cellular phones, and different kinds of damage to ...
Scientists find genetic evidence for southern origin of modern humans in East Asia
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Genetic studies have provided evidence for an African origin of East Asian populations, but their prehistoric migration routes in the Asia region remain a long-standing controversy. On the basis of the genetic evidence generated ...
MIT engineers an anti-cancer smart bomb
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Imagine a cancer drug that can burrow into a tumor, seal the exits and detonate a lethal dose of anti-cancer toxins, all while leaving healthy cells unscathed. MIT researchers have designed a nanoparticle to do just that.
Large part of Chesapeake Bay is dead zone
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Scientists this month reported finding more than a third of Chesapeake Bay -- the United States' largest estuary -- is a low-oxygen "dead zone."
Inventor builds human-looking android
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Japanese scientists have unveiled the most human-looking robot yet devised -- a "female" called Repliee Q1, the BBC reported Wednesday.
Catalyst support structures facilitate high-temperature fuel reforming
Jul 27, 2005 |
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The catalytic reforming of liquid fuels offers an attractive solution to supplying hydrogen to fuel cells while avoiding the safety and storage issues related to gaseous hydrogen. Existing catalytic support structures, however, ...
Researchers Help Sort Out the Carbon Nanotube Problem
Jul 27, 2005 |
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and university researchers report a significant step toward sorting out the nanotube “problem”—the challenge of overcoming processing obstacles so that the remarkable ...
Bears may be back in the Swiss Alps
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Brown bears may have returned to Switzerland, more than 100 years after disappearing from the Swiss Alps.
The unfolding space telescope
Jul 27, 2005 |
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A novel suitcase-sized telescope could revolutionise the way we see the Earth and other planets. ESA has supported the work of a group of students in developing the Dobson Space Telescope, being tested this month aboard ESA's ...
Compact JILA System Stabilizes Laser Frequency
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Jul 27, 2005 |
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A compact, inexpensive method for stabilizing lasers that uses a new design to reduce sensitivity to vibration and gravity 100 times better than similar approaches has been demonstrated by scientists at JILA in Boulder, Colo. ...
NASA investigates damage to shuttle
Jul 27, 2005 |
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A tiny piece of tile and a larger piece of debris came off the space shuttle Discovery as it blasted off Tuesday during its landmark first flight after the Columbia disaster, NASA said.
Good date gift: expensive but worthless
Jul 27, 2005 |
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British researchers say if men believe they are frittering away their money wining and dining a girl to win her hand, they should think again.
Amazon River Cycles Carbon Faster than Thought
Jul 27, 2005 |
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The rivers of South America's Amazon basin are "breathing" far harder - and cycling the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide far faster - than anyone realized. Most of the carbon being exhaled as carbon dioxide from Amazonian rivers ...
ESA Transfer Ownership Of European-Built ISS Observation Module To NASA
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Ownership of the European-built Cupola observation module for the International Space Station (ISS) was officially transferred to NASA on 7 July 2005. The signature, which took place at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ...
Microsoft Enters Battle For Earth
Jul 27, 2005 |
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Microsoft has weighed into the internet mapping competition with Virtual Earth, which enables people to view homes and businesses in any US neighbourhood from the air. MSN Virtual Earth was released on the internet on Monday ...
