Fastest waves ever photographed
Oct 27, 2006 |
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Plasma physicists at the Universities of Texas and Michigan have photographed speedy plasma waves, known as Langmuir waves, for the first time using a specially designed holographic-strobe camera.
Discovery of gamma rays from the edge of a black hole
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The astrophysicists of the international H.E.S.S. collaboration report the discovery of fast variability in very-high-energy (VHE) gamma rays from the giant elliptical galaxy M 87. The detection of these gamma-ray ...
Good Information -- It’s Not All About the Brain
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Oct 27, 2006 |
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A neuroscientist from Indiana University and a roboticist from the University of Tokyo have created a new way to objectively quantify an idea that philosophers, educators and psychologists have discussed for ...
Research helps industry make stronger, lighter and cheaper alloys
Oct 27, 2006 |
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Car engines that consume less energy and can keep running on low oil, lead-free plumbing fixtures, and tanks that are light enough to be airlifted, but are just as rugged as the much heavier varieties.
Unique imaging uncovers the invisible world where surfaces meet
Oct 27, 2006 |
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Hoping to find new ways of addressing environmental pollution, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has developed some novel ways to observe what happens inside a cell when it comes in contact with contaminants ...
Scientists' cell discovery unearths evolutionary clues
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The full family tree of the species known as social amoebas has been plotted for the first time – a breakthrough which will provide important clues to the evolution of life on earth.
Spitzer Peels Back Layers of Star's Explosion
Oct 27, 2006 |
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Astronomers using NASA's infrared Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered that an exploded star, named Cassiopeia A, blew up in a somewhat orderly fashion, retaining much of its original onion-like layering.
New Hybrid Microscope Probes Nano-Electronics
Oct 27, 2006 |
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A new form of scanning microscopy that simultaneously reveals physical and electronic profiles of metal nanostructures has been demonstrated at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards ...
A Growing Intelligence Around Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2006 |
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The Indonesian volcano Talang on the island of Sumatra had been dormant for centuries when, in April 2005, it suddenly rumbled to life. A plume of smoke rose 1000 meters high and nearby villages were covered ...
New insight into cell division
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When cells divide, control mechanisms ensure that the genetic material, in other words the chromosomes, is correctly distributed to the daughter cells. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular ...
Testing how well chemical cells work could provide answer to recognising life
Oct 27, 2006 |
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A test to see how well manmade chemical 'cells' can pass themselves off as the real thing could help scientists solve the problem of defining when something is alive, say researchers writing in this month’s ...
E. coli found near Spinach farm
Oct 27, 2006 |
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California health officials said the strain of E. coli bacteria that has killed three people and sickened 201 others has been found near a spinach farm.
Drexel Research in Cytokines Could Treat Sepsis
Oct 27, 2006 |
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Researchers from Drexel University and the University of Brighton in the U.K. have achieved groundbreaking results, which may significantly improve the treatment of sepsis. Their article, entitled “Mesoporous Carbide-Derived ...
Turning a nuclear spotlight on illegal weapons material
Oct 27, 2006 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated that they can cheaply, quickly and accurately identify even subnanogram amounts of weapon-grade ...
Study: Sneak up on colds with sneakers
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Regular exercise may help excise those cold sniffles, researchers in Seattle said.
