Researcher finds El Nino may have been factor in Magellan's Pacific voyage 8 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions – ... | |
Long lost sisters 8 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The human race was divided into two separate groups within Africa for as much as half of its existence, says a Tel Aviv University mathematician. Climate change, reduction in populations and harsh conditions may have caused ... | |
MIT crafts bacteria-resistant films 8 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Having found that whether bacteria stick to surfaces depends partly on how stiff those surfaces are, MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made of polymers that could be applied to medical devices and other surfaces ... | |
 Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere 15 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere. | |
 IBM Research Unveils Breakthrough In Solar Farm Technology 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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IBM today announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Sun's power for electricity. | |
 Eccentric pulsar system challenges theories of binary formation 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say. The pulsar and ... | |
 Fuel cells: distant dream, but burning with promise 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Some day, fuel cells may power your car and exhaust only water and perhaps carbon dioxide. More efficient and cleaner than an internal combustion engine, their emissions will be much lower. They may also run ... | |
EU warns Google over photos on Street View 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The EU's top data protection supervisor said Thursday that Google Inc.'s "Street View" map and imaging feature could pose privacy problems if it launches in Europe. | |
 First measurement of entangled states in nitrogen 11 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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When atoms form molecules, they share their outer electrons and this creates a negatively charged cloud. Here, electrons buzz around between the two positively charged nuclei, making it impossible to tell ... | |
 NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder 9 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought. | |
 First evidence of native dendritic cells in brain 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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In a finding that has the potential to change the way researchers think about the brain, scientists at Rockefeller University have found dendritic cells where they’ve never been seen before: among this organ’s ... | |
 Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an ... | |
 Astronomers use new model of dust in galaxies to remeasure the total energy output of stars in the universe 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Anyone gazing up on a dark clear night is greeted by the spectacle of thousands of powerful fusion reactors - the stars. These balls of extremely hot gas are generating unimaginably large quantities of energy. ... | |
MIT Creates New Material For Fuel Cells, Increases Power Output By 50 Percent 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly ... | |
Addressing the 'nitrogen cascade' 11 hours ago | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a ... | |
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