Space Shuttle Replacement
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Its no secret that NASA needs a replacement for the aging STS Space Transport System or more commonly, the Space Shuttle. In fact, many scientists including some of the most prestigious organizations ...
Science may hold the clue to an ancient riddle
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 28, 2006 |
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The combination of an international project to enhance carbon dating from archaeological samples, and the remains of an olive tree, may hold part of the clue to resolving an age-old archaeological controversy stemming from ...
Scientists identify 'intelligence gene'
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Psychiatric scientists at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Glen Oaks, N.Y., say they've found a gene that seems to influence intelligence.
Dual Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Revealed
Apr 28, 2006 |
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For the first time, researchers have directly measured the electronic structure of individual carbon nanotubes whose physical properties had already been determined. This new study, pioneered by researchers ...
Measurements may help show if constants are changing
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Physicists at JILA have performed the first-ever precision measurements using ultracold molecules, in work that may help solve a long-standing scientific mystery--whether so-called constants of nature have changed since the ...
University of Texas at Austin to study elusive dark energy
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Light might soon be shed on one of the great enigmas of the universe -- dark energy --thanks to a $5 million challenge grant from Harold C. Simmons of Dallas to The University of Texas at Austin.
Study Examines the Effect Sexually Objectifying Material Has on People Over Time
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Americans are bombarded by thousands of media images each day, from advertisements to television shows. Many of these images reinforce ideas of physical attractiveness by sexual objectification, which focuses on bodies and ...
Nano World: Roadmap for nano-imprinting
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Scientists could soon easily fabricate electronics and other structures only nanometers or billionths of a meter in size by stamping them out, following a new strategy that could help guarantee results, experts tell UPI's ...
A biosensor layered like lasagna
Apr 28, 2006 |
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In a mixing of pasta metaphors, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have used electrostatic attraction to layer reactive biological molecules lasagna-like around spaghetti-like carbon nanotubes.
Climate change: 20th century the wettest in Pakistan for 1,000 years
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Since the beginning of industrialisation the amount of precipitation in Pakistan has increased considerably. This is shown by what is the first evaluation worldwide of isotopes in the annual rings of juniper trees which are ...
Study finds link between metals and cancer
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Researchers studying the effects of arsenic and tungsten on pregnant mice may have found a clue to the development of leukemia in 17 children in Fallon, Nev.
Navy sonar blamed for whale stranding
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Experts say U.S. Navy sonar may have caused the stranding of 200 deep-diving melon-headed whales in a Hawaiian bay in 2004, but the Navy won't take the blame.
Interview: Voom HD, cutting edge of tele programming
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Voom HD is the little network that's trying hard to push high-definition programming to the masses.
In Brief: Calif. passes rules for BPL broadband
Apr 28, 2006 |
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The California Public Utilities Commission Thursday approved a package of guidelines for the development of broadband-over-power-line (BPL) projects.
New test can predict return of cancer
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U.S. regulators have approved a test that reportedly can predict who are at high risk for a return of cancer after surgical removal of the prostate gland.
