Phase diagram of water revised
Oct 04, 2006 |
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Supercomputer simulations by two Sandia researchers have significantly altered the theoretical diagram universally used by scientists to understand the characteristics of water at extreme temperatures and pressures.
Hubble Finds Extrasolar Planets Far Across Our Galaxy
Oct 04, 2006 |
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The planet bonanza was uncovered during a Hubble survey, called the Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS). Hubble looked farther than has ever successfully been searched for extrasolar ...
Team Finds Magnetic Islands Are Source of Mysterious High Speed Electrons
Oct 04, 2006 |
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A team of scientists led by University of Maryland physics professor James Drake appear to have solved a key remaining mystery about how the interaction of magnetic fields produce the explosive releases of ...
Method could help carbon nanotubes become commercially viable
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 04, 2006 |
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Carbon nanotubes are intriguing new materials which have been highly touted for their exceptional mechanical, thermal, optical and electrical properties.
US scientist Roger Kornberg wins Nobel, 47 years after his father
Oct 04, 2006 |
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Roger Kornberg of the United States has won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on a key process of life called genetic transcription, building on Nobel prizewinning discoveries by his own father.
Professor uses math model to predict Yanks and Twins to advance to league championship
Oct 04, 2006 |
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The New York Yankees have better than a 3 in 4 chance of defeating the Detroit Tigers in their best of 5 series beginning tonight, said Bruce Bukiet, PhD, associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences at ...
Researchers link ice-age climate-change records to ocean salinity
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 04, 2006 |
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Sudden decreases in temperature over Greenland and tropical rainfall patterns during the last Ice Age have been linked for the first time to rapid changes in the salinity of the north Atlantic Ocean, according ...
Why can't a woman bid more like a man? U-M study asks
Oct 04, 2006 |
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Henry Higgins isn't the only one to wonder why a woman can't be more like a man. A University of Michigan study contributes a new answer to the age-old question, adding to the debate on gender differences and ...
Arctic sea ice declines again in 2006, researchers say
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 04, 2006 |
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While cool August temperatures prevented sea ice in the Arctic from reaching its lowest summer extent on record, 2006 continued a pattern of sharp annual decreases due to rising temperatures probably caused ...
Scientists use carbon nanotube networks to detect defects in composites
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 04, 2006 |
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Two University of Delaware researchers have discovered a means to detect and identify damage within advanced composite materials by using a network of tiny carbon nanotubes, which act in much the same manner as human nerves.
'Protecting virus' offers instant flu protection and converts flu infections into their own vaccines
Oct 04, 2006 |
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Research led by Professor Nigel Dimmock at the University of Warwick is developing an entirely new method of protecting against flu. This has been shown to protect animals against various strains of flu, and ...
Supernova radioisotopes show sun was born in star cluster
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The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rather than being an only child, the sun could ...
Increasing the odds of the sweep
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Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have confirmed the extrasolar planet status of two of the 16 candidates discovered by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. One of the two confirmed exoplanets has ...
Sexual attitudes help explain narcissists' relationship problems
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 04, 2006 |
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When Robert Browning wrote “grow old along with me, the best is yet to be,” he had no inkling of a future University of Florida study showing that narcissists are more interested in sexual pleasure than lasting intimacy.
'Radically new' Greek dictionary on course for completion
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The authors of a dictionary that promises to offer the most comprehensive update and radical reappraisal of Ancient Greek since the 19th century have received funding that will allow them to finish the project.
