‘Defective’ Nanostructures Make Breaking Water to Extract Hydrogen Easier
Sep 29, 2005 |
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Scientists at North Carolina State University have discovered a nanoscale method for extracting hydrogen from water that requires only half the energy of current hydrogen production methods.
Life After Chernobyl: A Surprising Ecosystem Flourishes In No-Man's Land
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When the Chernobyl nuclear reactor melted down in 1986, dozens of people died, more became ill with acute radiation sickness, and 135,000 people were evacuated. The blast spread more than 200 times the radioactivity than ...
Spider blood found in 20 million year old fossil
Sep 29, 2005 |
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A scientist from the University of Manchester has discovered the first identified droplets of spider blood in a piece of amber up to 20 million years old.
Waving, not drowning: The truth about quicksand
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Sep 29, 2005 |
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Scientists have given the lie to the hoary scene in Westerns in which a cowboy slowly drowns in quicksand or alternatively is cast a lifeline by a buddy and gets hauled to safety. Physicists in the Netherlands built a min ...
Deep sleep short-circuits brain’s grid of connectivity
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In the human brain, cells talk to one another through the routine exchange of electrical signals. But when people fall into a deep sleep, the higher regions of the brain - regions that during waking hours are a bustling ...
Miniaturisation of Fuel Cells Improves Prospects of Technology Commercialisation
Sep 29, 2005 |
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To create a compelling microfuel cell technology, scientists have to look at providing power densities that are comparable to that of conventional or rechargeable batteries. Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), a popular fuel ...
Riding A Ribbon To Space A Thousand Feet Closer
Sep 29, 2005 |
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LiftPort says it has completed preliminary tests of its high altitude robotic lifters under its waiver to use airspace granted by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Sony continues DVD battle with Toshiba
Sep 29, 2005 |
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The beginning of the end of the global DVD war may be looming, but Sony is far from conceding defeat. What's more, its business allies have remained loyal to the Japanese electronics giant despite some industry analysts expecting ...
Annular Solar Eclipse On October 03
Sep 29, 2005 |
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On Monday, October 03, an annular1 eclipse of the Sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor which traverses the Iberian Peninsula and stretches across the African continent. A partial eclipse will be seen within the ...
The Colossal Cosmic Eye
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Eighty-five million years ago on small planet Earth, dinosaurs ruled, ignorant of their soon-to-come demise in the great Jurassic extinction, while mammals were still small and shy creatures. The southern Andes of Bolivia, ...
Nanoscientists Describe Electron Movement through Molecules
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Molecular electronics is the ultimate miniaturization of electronics. In this area of research, scientists have been studying the movement of electrons through individual molecules in an effort to understand how they might ...
First helical structure in the nano-world
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Although a commonplace structure in nature, the helix remains a mystery to scientific researchers. In biology, the structure is important as DNA is helical and so does the substructure of many proteins. Since ...
New ISS Crew To Launch From Baikonur Late Friday Night
Sep 29, 2005 |
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Commander William McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev, the 12th International Space Station crew, are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan a few minutes before midnight EDT Sept. 30 to begin ...
A Biomolecule as a Light Switch
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Switchable fluorescent proteins - able to switch themselves reversibly back-and-forth between an "on" and "off" state - have been known for only a few years. However, they already hold promise for a large number ...
When computers mimic us, we love what we hear
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Researchers have long known that mimicry from one person to another indicates positive intentions and emotions. A new study published in the current issue of Psychological Science finds that when artificial intelligence mimics ...
