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Will Europe Be Powered by the Sahara
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Europe has long been interested in developing alternative energy sources. And, one of the more interesting places that some Europeans are looking for solar power is the Sahara. With the vast ...
Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast.
Metal-Air Battery Could Store 11 Times More Energy than Lithium-Ion
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A spinoff company from Arizona State University plans to build a new battery with an energy density 11 times greater than that of lithium-ion batteries for just one-third the cost. With a ...
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New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues
Technology / Energy
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Professor finds that iconic Oswald photo was not faked (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 05, 2009 |
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'Fear detector' being developed
Technology / Hi Tech
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Chocolate rich in flavanols may protect the skin from UV
Medicine & Health / Health
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Samsung launches a new vacuuming robot
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 06, 2009 |
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New Digital 'Electronics' Concept May Continue Moore's Law,
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Tiny Music Player Made from Wire Bridge (w/ Video),
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Stars Fueled by Dark Matter Could Hold Secrets to the Universe,
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Creating a six-qubit cluster state,
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Second Law of Thermodynamics May Explain Economic Evolution,
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- About five years ago, Professor Janet Sawicki at the Lankenau Institute in Pennsylvania read an article about nanoparticles developed by MIT's Robert Langer for gene therapy, the insertion ...
'Whitewash' could slow global warming: Peruvian scientist
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A Peruvian scientist has called on his country to help slow the melting of Andean glaciers by daubing white paint on the rock and earth left behind by receding ice so they will absorb less heat.
Earthquakes actually aftershocks of 19th century quakes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When small earthquakes shake the central U.S., citizens often fear the rumbles are signs a big earthquake is coming. Fortunately, new research instead shows that most of these earthquakes ...
Solving Teapot Effect
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from France have worked out why teapots dribble at low flow rates, and how to stop them. The effect is called the "teapot effect", and solving it could finally put an ...
Researchers use trident laser to accelerate protons to record energies
Nov 02, 2009 |
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An international team of physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory has succeeded in using intense laser light to accelerate protons to energies never before achieved. Using this technique, scientists can ...
Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory
Nov 02, 2009 |
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A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist.
Turn On, Tune In, Develop? Researchers Examine How Brain Benefits From Musical Training
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 06, 2009 |
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For most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when they played in a school orchestra ...
Laser etching safe alternative for labeling grapefruit
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Laser labeling of fruit and vegetables is a new, patented technology in which a low-energy carbon dioxide laser beam is used to label, or "etch" information on produce, thereby eliminating the need for common ...
African desert rift confirmed as new ocean in the making
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled ...
Rapid supernova could be new class of exploding star
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual supernova rediscovered in seven-year-old data may be the first example of a new type of exploding star, possibly from a binary star system where helium flows from one white dwarf ...
Shedding Light on the Cosmic Skeleton
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have tracked down a gigantic, previously unknown assembly of galaxies located almost seven billion light-years away from us. The discovery, made possible by combining two of the ...
Scientists Reproduce a Building Block of Life in Laboratory
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory.
1930s drug slows tumor growth
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Drugs sometimes have beneficial side effects. A glaucoma treatment causes luscious eyelashes. A blood pressure drug also aids those with a rare genetic disease. The newest surprise discovered by researchers at the Johns ...
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Starring Intelligent Aliens
Space & Earth / Astronomy
Nov 05, 2009 |
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AIDA Robot Aims To Change The Way We Interact With Our Car (w/ Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 01, 2009 |
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Forest clearances sealed ancient civilisation's downfall
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 02, 2009 |
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New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses
Other Sciences / Other
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Quantum gas microscope offers glimpse of quirky ultracold atoms
Physics / Quantum Physics
Nov 04, 2009 |
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'All-natural' sex pill contains Viagra chemical: FDA
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'
Chemistry / Materials Science
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Wolves, moose and biodiversity: An unexpected connection
Biology / Ecology
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Caught in the act: Scientists find butterflies splitting into two species
Biology / Plants & Animals
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Airborne nitrogen shifts aquatic nutrient limitation in pristine lakes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Compressing photonic signals for greater bandwidth
Physics / Optics & Photonics
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Miracle Aussie baby beats rare condition in world first
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Can biodiversity persist in the face of climate change?
Biology / Ecology
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Breakthrough in industrial-scale nanotube processing
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Touchscreen smartphones being snatched up in US
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Hooks hijacked? New research shows how to block stealthy malware attacks
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Scientists witness nature's complexity unfold in self-assembling quasicrystals
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 31, 2009 |
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Fantastic Voyage
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Driver-less car in high-speed rally assault
Technology / Engineering
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Amnesia-Like Behavior Returns on Spirit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2009 |
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