Archive: 02/28/2005
UCSB scientists probe sea floor venting to gain understanding of early life on Earth
New keys to understanding the evolution of life on Earth may be found in the microbes and minerals vented from below the ocean floor, say scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The UCSB scientists are ...
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Molecular capsule: helical ribbon with closed ends takes up guest molecules
Tiny molecular "containers" that can take up other molecules as "guests" are of particular interest for technology and science, as catalysts, micro-reaction-chambers, transport containers for pharmaceutical agents, or protective ...
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NIST Issues Final Guidelines on Computer Security Controls for Federal Systems
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final version of recommended security controls for federal information systems. The new guideline will be the basis for a ...
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High-fidelity patterns form spontaneously when solvent evaporates
Resembling neatly stacked rows of driftwood abandoned by receding tides, particles left by a confined, evaporating droplet can create beautiful and complex patterns. The natural, pattern-forming process could find use in ...
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National Revolutionizes Temperature Sensing for Sub-Micron CPUs
a breakthrough for thermal management accuracy, National Semiconductor Corporation announced TruTherm™ thermal management technology, which uses a new measuring technique to provide pinpoint-accurate temperature measurement ...
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Tiny Towers: Carbon Nanotube Structures Could Provide More Efficient Solar Power for Soldiers
When residents of New York’s Manhattan Island ran out of real estate for new construction, they expanded vertically – using multi-story buildings to get more living space on their compact island. Scientists ...
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Heidelberg Virologists Make HIV Luminate
A working group of virologists headed by Professor Hans-Georg Kräusslich at Heidelberg University Hospitals, jointly with Professor Hanswalter Zentgraf, Division of Applied Tumor Virology of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum ...
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European Science Foundation Publishes Forward Look Report on Nanomedicine
The European Science Foundation recently concluded a foresight study on the topic of nanotechnology applied to medicine (Scientific Forward Look on Nanomedicine). The goal of this Forward Look was to exchange views on the ...
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Scientists discover the origin of a mysterious force
Scientists at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Imperial College London have discovered the origin of hydration force, a phenomenon that causes some complex chemical and biochemical species (including ...
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Elusive HIV Shape Change Revealed; Key Clue to How Virus Infects Cells
Crystal Images Could Yield News Strategies for AIDS Vaccine and Drug Development Structural biologists at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School have shown how a key part of the human immunodeficiency virus ( ...
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