Switchable mirror glass produced for energy efficient windows
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Although windows can naturally heat buildings in the cold seasons, some hot sunny days might make you wish that windows would just go away. Scientists from Japan have recently designed new technology that will ...
No Big Bang? Endless Universe Made Possible by New Model
Jan 30, 2007 |
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A new cosmological model demonstrates the universe can endlessly expand and contract, providing a rival to Big Bang theories and solving a thorny modern physics problem, according to University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
'Origami lens' slims high resolution cameras
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Engineers at UC San Diego have built a powerful yet ultrathin digital camera by folding up the telephoto lens. This technology may yield lightweight, ultrathin, high resolution miniature cameras for unmanned ...
Pond Scum: Fueling Our Future?
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Utah State University researchers are using an innovative approach that takes oil from algae and converts it to biodiesel fuel.
New single-molecule imaging system ends pRNA debate over phi29 motor
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Scientists are able to view active molecules within a biological motor of the nanometer scale with the help of a new imaging system far more sensitive and powerful than existing optical microscopes.
Electron flashes for the nanoworld -- a new source of ultrashort electron pulses
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin, Germany, have developed a novel source of extremely short electron pulses.
Extinct parrot resurfaces in Aberdeen
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Jan 30, 2007 |
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The University of Aberdeen Zoology Museum (UK) has taken care of a case of mounted Australian birds, one of which is the spectacular but sadly extinct Paradise Parrot Psephotus pulcherrimus.
Research reveals limitations of seismic data for mapping rock units in young oceanic crust
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Researchers report that an approach used for years to understand the structure of Earth's oceanic crust is flawed and geoscientists will have reconsider the correspondence between seismic data and rock units when mapping ...
Dig deeper to find Martian life
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Probes designed to find life on Mars do not drill deep enough to find the living cells that scientists believe may exist well below the surface of Mars, according to research led by UCL (University College London). Although ...
Researchers probe health and safety impacts of nanotechnology
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 30, 2007 |
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University of Florida engineering student Maria Palazuelos is working on nanotechnology, but she's not seeking a better sunscreen, tougher golf club or other product — the focus of many engineers in the field.
Non-venomous Asian snakes 'borrow' defensive poison from toxic toads
Biology /
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Most snakes are born with poisonous bites they use for defense. But what can non-poisonous snakes do to ward off predators?
Molecular motors and brakes work together in cells
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Jan 30, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that microtubules -- components responsible for shape, movement, and replication within cells -- use proteins that act as molecular ...
NASA probes the sources of the world's tiny pollutants
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2007 |
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Pinpointing pollutant sources is an important part of the ongoing battle to improve air quality and to understand its impact on climate. Scientists using NASA data recently tracked the path and distribution ...
To trust or not to trust your friends
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Jan 30, 2007 |
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Sometimes it is better to follow the advice of others rather than your own mind even though you seem to have things under control. Not only humans but also fish follow this doctrine as shown by ecologists Jörgen Johnsson ...
Three Back-to-Back Spacewalks Coming Up on Station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2007 |
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The first of three spacewalks in nine days by International Space Station Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is scheduled to begin Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST.
