Two super heavy elements discovered
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A Swiss research group has participated in the discovery of new chemical elements. The elements have the numbers 113 and 115 and were discovered by a combination of physical and chemical techniques in the Russian nuclear ...
Turbulence yields secrets to 73-year-old experiment
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A simple but groundbreaking experiment performed more than 70 years ago finally has been explained by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The solution sheds new light on fluid turbulence -- the last ...
Secrets of the Sea Yield Stronger Artificial Bone
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The next generation of artificial bone may rely on a few secrets from the sea. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have harnessed the way seawater ...
Scientists see inside rocks in 3D, implications for finding life on Mars
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UCLA paleobiologist J. William Schopf and colleagues have produced 3-D images of ancient fossils -- 650 million to 850 million years old -- preserved in rocks, an achievement that has never been done before.
Scientists: Great Barrier Reef in danger
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Australia's ongoing hot summer season is reportedly inflicting great harm to the Great Barrier Reef.
Words help us see and talk
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The language we speak affects half of what we see, according to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago.
Study: We really do like larger bills
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A University of Iowa money study explores our preference for big bills over small ones -- and explains our marked reluctance to part with a larger bill.
NASA Tests New Breed of Propulsion Engine
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NASA engineers have successfully tested a new breed of reaction control engine and propulsion system. Aimed at furthering NASA's space exploration goals, the tests helped investigate the possibility of future space travel ...
Study: Frankincense may fight some cancers
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A Virginia Tech scientist says frankincense oil might be useful in treating malignant melanoma -- an aggressive cancer that attacks humans and equines.
Scientists: Global warming threat to humans
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An international group of scientists says nuclear power must be part of the attempts to fight global warming.
Scientists explore effects of emotions
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Researchers say people who have negative emotions without knowing their source often allow the emotions to affect decisions on unrelated issues.
Excavated Teeth Study: Europeans may have imported slaves in the 1500s
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In the early European histories of the New World, there are numerous accounts of African slaves accompanying explorers and colonists. Now, digging in a colonial era graveyard in one of the oldest European cities ...
Stardust placed into hibernation mode
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NASA's Stardust spacecraft was placed into hibernation mode yesterday. Stardust successfully returned to Earth samples of a comet via its sample return capsule on Jan. 15. The spacecraft has logged almost seven ...
Alaska volcano eruptions ground flights
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Alaska Airlines has canceled all flights to and from Anchorage because of activity at the Augustine volcano, about 180 miles southwest of Anchorage.
Study: Variety may not be 'spice of life'
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Variety, according to the saying, is "the spice of life," but Seoul National University researchers say it might not be as much as we expect it to be.
