Record low temperatures in Arctic ozone layer - first signs of ozone loss
Jan 28, 2005 |
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The first signs of ozone loss have now been observed in the Arctic this winter, and large scale losses are expected to occur if the cold conditions persist. Overall temperatures in the ozone layer are the lowest for 50 years ...
Superfluid helium-4 whistles just the right tune
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Jan 28, 2005 |
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University of California, Berkeley, physicists can now tune in to and hear normally inaudible quantum vibrations, called quantum whistles, enabling them to build very sensitive detectors of rotation or very precise gyroscopes. A qua ...
Molecular Biology Fills Gaps in Knowledge of Bat Evolution
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One in five mammals living on Earth is a bat, yet their evolutionary history is largely unknown because of a limited fossil record and conflicting or incomplete theories about their origins and divergence. ...
Danish researchers design virtual nano-catalyst
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Research offers new opportunities in the fields of renewable energy, pollution control and in the chemical industry. On January 28th 2005 Science features a paper by researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (D ...
PNY Technologies Verto GeForce 6200 AGP 8X Available Now
Jan 28, 2005 |
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PNY Technologies, Inc., today announced its Verto GeForce 6200 AGP 8X graphics cards. Based on the award-winning NVIDIA GeForce 6 Series graphics processing units (GPUs), the Verto GeForce 6200 brings the acclaimed features ...
New lab-on-a-chip can detect heart and gum disease instantly
Jan 28, 2005 |
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Someday in the not-too-distant future patients may visit a doctor’s office, provide a sample of saliva or blood, and know in minutes if they are prone to heart disease, gum disease, or cancer. There would be no sending samples ...
NTT DoCoMo to Market D901i
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NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today that they will start selling the D901i 3G FOMA handset, the latest model in the advanced 901i series, nationwide on February 1, 2005. The 901 ...
Nano paint could boost antiterrorism, rescue efforts
Jan 28, 2005 |
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New technology may be used to detect cancer in the first cells to become malignant Night vision technology could become extremely precise thanks to an inexpensive water-based material capable of boosting particles of light in ...
New Low Voltage Trench MOSFETs Improve Power Circuit Efficiency and Battery-Life
Jan 28, 2005 |
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Further expanding its portfolio of industry-leading Trench technology devices, ON Semiconductor today introduced eight new N-channel and P-channel, low voltage Trench MOSFETs. These devices reduce resistance between drain ...
Chartered Begins Customer Prototyping in 300mm Fab
Jan 28, 2005 |
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Fab 7 On Track for 0.13-micron, 90nm Foundry, and 90nm SOI Production in 2005 Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world’s top dedicated semiconductor foundries, has begun prototyping customer products at its first ...
NASA Research Balloon Makes Record-Breaking Flight
Jan 28, 2005 |
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Flying near the edge of space, a NASA scientific balloon broke the flight record for duration and distance. It soared for nearly 42 days, making three orbits around the South Pole. The record-breaking bal ...
Magnetic mystery solved
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Magnetars - stars with magnetic fields a thousand million million times stronger than Earth's - are formed when some of the biggest stars in the cosmos explode, says a team led by Australian ex-pat Bryan Gaensler ...
NASA Sends First Genesis Early-Science Sample to Researchers
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NASA scientists have sent to academic researchers an unprecedented piece of the sun gathered by the Genesis spacecraft, enabling the start of studies to achieve the mission's initial science objectives. Scientists at NAS ...
New view of secret space blobs
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Most objects in space have been catalogued, numbered and named, but one type of mysterious object has yet to be classified — and they are known simply as ‘blobs’. Blobs are enormous clouds of intensely glo ...
Miniature Gas Tank
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Porous networks of organic Van der Waals crystals can selectively store methane and carbon dioxide Washing powders are generally known to consist partially of inorganic zeolites. These aluminosilicates form porous structure ...
