Archive: 08/31/2005
Trumpler 14: Bright young stars mix it up in new image
Today the Chandra X-ray Observatory released an image from a research group led by Leisa Townsley of the Penn State Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The image of the star cluster Trumpler 14 shows ...
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New 'Alien Nanofiber' Has Potential Anti-Counterfeiting Applications
Under a powerful microscope it looks like an alien – something out of Roswell, N.M., or "The X-Files." But a brand-new, tiny fiber dubbed the “alien nanofiber,” co-invented by a North Carolina State University tex ...
Aug 31, 2005 |
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Unique Undersea Lab Prep for Future Exploration
NASA is sending three astronauts and a Cincinnati doctor to test new space medicine concepts and extravehicular techniques in a unique underwater laboratory off the Florida coast.
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Hubble Space Telescope Begins 'Two-Gyro' Science Operations
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope entered a new era of science operations this week, when engineers shut down one of the three operational gyroscopes aboard the observatory. The two-gyro mode is expected to preserve the operating ...
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Breakthrough in Development of Quantum Computers
A Hitachi-Cambridge team develops a new silicon qubit Hitachi Europe Ltd. announced today that a Hitachi-Cambridge team has developed a new silicon device for quantum computing: a quantum-dot charge qubit. This structure ...
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XMM-Newton probes formation of galaxy clusters
ESA’s X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has for the first time allowed scientists to study in detail the formation history of galaxy clusters, not only with single arbitrarily selected objects, but with a complete ...
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Experts: Old 'tile' nature made -- maybe
It was 68 years ago a Colorado farmer building an outhouse found something that might have changed Western history.
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Birds may spread bird flu along flyways
Wild birds may spread avian influenza along their migratory routes, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization warned Wednesday.
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Human waste feeds rest stop greenhouse
A new Vermont highway rest stop has blue water in the toilets as part of a "green" system that uses tropical plants to cleanse and recycle sewage water.
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Dead fish reported on some Florida beaches
Tens of thousands of dead fish were reported this week along some Florida beaches, raising concerns about red tide.
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Katrina damages NASA facilities
Hurricane Katrina damaged NASA spaceport facilities along the Gulf Coast, casting doubt on the space shuttle's scheduled March launch.
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Experts eye Web's next generation
The National Science Foundation's early-stage plans to build a next-generation Internet should focus on creating an environment where safety and security are the key considerations -- factors not integral to the original ...
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It's electric: Cows show promise as powerplants
A new study suggests that some of the microorganisms found in cow waste may provide a reliable source of electricity.
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Microsoft heats up Voice over Internet market
Prospects for conventional, landline phone companies have been looking lackluster enough as more people turn to their mobiles for connection. Yet even wireless providers can no longer rest easy as they face increasing competition ...
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Fuel cells might get hydrogen from water, organic material
A novel technique for producing hydrogen from water and organic material has been found recently at Purdue University, a discovery that could help speed the creation of viable hydrogen storage technology.
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