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U.S. funds body armor research
Jul 19, 2006 |
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The U.S. military is turning to the animal world in an effort to develop lighter, tougher and longer lasting body armor.
Protection built to scale -- fish scale, that is
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists seeking to protect the soldier of the future can learn a lot from a relic of the past, according to an MIT study of a primitive fish that could point to more effective ways of designing ...
480 million-year-old fossil sheds light on 150-year-old paleontological mystery
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 09, 2008 |
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Discovery of an exceptional fossil specimen in southeastern Morocco that preserves evidence of the animal’s soft tissues has solved a paleontological puzzle about the origins of an extinct group of bizarre ...
Grad student researches improvised explosive devices by making his own
Jul 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Phillip Mulligan is trying to make improvised explosive devices more powerful with the idea of eventually making them less deadly.
Geologist analyzes earliest shell-covered fossil animals
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
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The fossil remains of some of the first animals with shells, ocean-dwelling creatures that measure a few centimeters in length and date to about 520 million years ago, provide a window on evolution at this ...
S.C. governor OK with intelligent design
Jan 31, 2006 |
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he believes intelligent design should be taught in his state's public school classrooms.
How blast waves cause human brain injury even without direct head impacts?
Aug 26, 2009 |
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New research on the effects of blast waves could lead to an enhanced understanding of head injuries and improved military helmet design.
Security from chaos
Apr 16, 2008 |
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There’s safety (and security) in numbers … especially when those numbers are random. That’s the lesson learned from a DHS-sponsored research project out of the University of Southern California (USC). The ...
Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Greek fisherman must have been expecting a monster of a catch when he brought up his nets in the Aegean Sea last week. Instead, Greek authorities say his haul was a section of a 2,200-year-old bronze ...
Study examines the evolutionary fate of 'useless' traits
Sep 08, 2009 |
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What happens when traits no longer give creatures a competitive edge?
New process could cause titanium price to tumble
May 20, 2008 |
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Whether for stopping cars or bullets, titanium is the material of choice, but it has always been too expensive for all but the most specialized applications.
'Pelvis Has Left the Building'
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research shows that when two species of stickleback fish evolved and lost their pelvises and body armor, the changes were caused by different genes in each species. That surprised researchers, ...
Balloons 'bombard' North Alabama landfill to collect data, improve tornado warnings
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 06, 2008 |
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Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto the Morgan County Landfill near here on Sunday so scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville could gather data needed ...
NIST Bullet Tests Make Frangibles More Tangible
Jun 08, 2006 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are measuring precisely the disintegration of “frangible” bullets when they strike a surface to better understand how the ammunition might affect ...
Back pain permanently sidelines soldiers at war
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Military personnel evacuated out of Iraq and Afghanistan because of back pain are unlikely to return to the line of duty regardless of the treatment they receive, according to research led by a Johns Hopkins pain management ...
