Voyager Finds Three Surprises Near Our Solar System's Edge
Sep 27, 2005 |
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A trio of surprise discoveries from NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft reveals intriguing new information about our solar system's final frontier. The findings appear in the Sept. 23 issue of Science.
Nano World: Two-faced Janus nanoparticles
Sep 27, 2005 |
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Janus particles -- two-faced particles named after the Roman god of doorways -- could find use in everything from novel anti-cancer therapies and solar cells to paper-thin flexible video displays, experts told UPI's Nano ...
Scientists grow hair on bald mice
Sep 27, 2005 |
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A Baltimore scientist has used a protein called Hairless in hair progenitor cells to restore follicle growth in genetically hairless mice.
Hurricane Historian Says This Season Worst In Record In Many Ways
Sep 27, 2005 |
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"Whether this season is the worst on record or even in recent memory depends on the criteria used to define 'worst,'" says Eric Gross, associate professor of history at Harding University in Searcy, Ark., who studies hurricanes ...
Toshiba unveils first next-generation HD DVD drive for laptops
Sep 27, 2005 |
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Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said Tuesday it has developed the first laptop computer with a next-generation HD DVD drive despite a looming format war with a rival group led by Sony.
World’s First International Real-time Streaming Of 4K Digital Cinema Over Gigabit IP Optical Fiber Networks
Sep 27, 2005 |
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In a demonstration that could foretell the future of videoconferencing, scientific visualization and digital cinema deployment, scientists from around the world meeting at iGrid 2005 in San Diego were treated to the world’s ...
Jefferson Lab scientists set to test germ-killing fabrics
Sep 27, 2005 |
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The Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) located in Newport News, Va., has received a $192,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to test germ-killing fabrics for ...
Room-temperature transistor laser is step closer to commercialization
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Sep 27, 2005 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated the room-temperature operation of a heterojunction bipolar transistor laser, moving it an important step closer to commercialization. The scientists ...
Unusual meteorite unlocks treasure trove of solar system secrets
Sep 27, 2005 |
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An unusual meteorite that fell on a frozen lake in Canada five years ago has led a Florida State University geochemist to a breakthrough in understanding the origin of the chemical elements that make up our solar system. ...
Molecule Walks Like a Human
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Sep 27, 2005 |
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A research team, led by UC Riverside’s Ludwig Bartels, is the first to design a molecule that can move in a straight line on a flat surface. It achieves this by closely mimicking human walking. The “nano-walker” ...
Hybrid grass may prove to be valuable fuel source
Sep 27, 2005 |
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Giant Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus), a hybrid grass that can grow 13 feet high, may be a valuable renewable fuel source for the future, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign say.
Lakes are de-gassed to avoid mass deaths
Sep 27, 2005 |
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Two African lakes that killed 1,800 people in the 1980s may again release deadly amounts of CO2, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor scientists report.
Weighing Up Shenzhou 6
Sep 27, 2005 |
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As we enter the final weeks before the launch of China's second manned space mission, it's time to weigh up the relevance of the latest tidbits released through the Chinese media.
3D Visualization of amplitude and phase of high-speed optical signals
Sep 27, 2005 |
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Hitachi, Ltd.announced the development of a three-dimensional (3D) visualization technique to observe the amplitude and phase of high-speed optical signals in optical fiber communications, for the first time in the world.
Sailing the planets: Exploring Mars with guided balloons
Sep 27, 2005 |
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Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have, by now, spent almost two years on the surface of Mars. They traveled several miles each, frequently stopping and analyzing scientific targets with their cameras, spectrometers ...
