Technique creates metal memory and could lead to vanishing dents
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Crumpled kitchen foil that lays flat for reuse. Bent bumpers that straighten overnight. Dents in car doors that disappear when heated with a hairdryer. These and other physical feats may become possible with a technique to ...
Nanotubes could improve thermal management in electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 29, 2007 |
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As the electronics industry continues to churn out smaller and slimmer portable devices, manufacturers have been challenged to find new ways to combat the persistent problem of thermal management. New research ...
New research shows why too much memory may be a bad thing
Mar 29, 2007 |
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New research from Columbia University Medical Center may explain why people who are able to easily and accurately recall historical dates or long-ago events, may have a harder time with word recall or remembering the day’s ...
Spitzer Finds Planets Thrive Around Stellar Twins
Mar 29, 2007 |
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The double sunset that Luke Skywalker gazed upon in the film "Star Wars" might not be a fantasy.
New, nanoporous ceramic filter offers hope to kidney-dialysis patients
Mar 29, 2007 |
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If you are one of the 370,000 Americans who lack functioning kidneys, you are all too familiar with the exhausting procedure of kidney dialysis. Three or four times every week, you visit a special clinic and sit for four ...
Intel Outlines Processor Roadmap
Mar 29, 2007 |
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The world's largest chip maker plans on manufacturing its 45-nanometer Penryn processors later this year and its next-generation architecture, called Nehalem, will appear in 2008.
Chandra Sheds Light on Galaxy Collision
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Astronomers think that there are enormous black holes at the centers of most, if not all, galaxies. These black holes, which can be millions or even billions of times more massive than the Sun, can greatly ...
New chemistry approach promises less expensive drugs
Mar 29, 2007 |
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With a newly discovered method of assembling organic molecules, a team of Princeton University chemists may have found a way to sidestep many of the expensive and hazardous barriers that stand in the way of drug development.
Probing Question: Why doesn't it thunderstorm in the winter?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Some parents tell their children that thunderstorms occur when God goes bowling, but an observant youngster might wonder why The Big Guy only bowls in the summertime.
The impossible siblings
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Combining precise observations obtained by ESO's Very Large Telescope with those gathered by a network of smaller telescopes, astronomers have described in unprecedented detail the double asteroid Antiope, ...
Scientists find that lightning is good indicator of volcanic activity
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Although it's been more than a year since Mount Augustine had its memorable eruption, work continues for University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers. The work of Alaska Volcano Observatory employees from UAF's ...
MIT's ocean model precisely mimics microbes' life cycles
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Scientists at MIT have created an ocean model so realistic that the virtual forests of diverse microscopic plants they "sowed" have grown in population patterns that precisely mimic their real-world counterparts.
Companies Aim to Put Projectors in Cell Phones
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Although the latest and greatest cell phones are all the rage at this years CTIA show, a new mobile device category emerged that many are calling "nano" or "pico" projectors.
Prototype for long wavelength array sees first light
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Astronomers at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have produced the first images of the sky from a prototype of the Long Wavelength Array (LWA), a revolutionary new radio telescope to be constructed in southwestern ...
'The eyes have it' -- Autism research yields surprising results
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Autistic children are able to interpret the mental state of others by looking at their eyes, contrary to previous research, a new University of Nottingham study has found.
