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Electrochemical technique follows the motion of individual microparticles in space and time
Mar 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many bacteria are able to 'swim' through liquids by means of a flagellum. When doing this, some bacteria follow attractants, some flee from harmful substances, and others align themselves using light, gravity, ...
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Supercritical CO2 boosts super optimism in sequestering greenhouse gas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists appear to have the rock-solid evidence that suggests carbon dioxide can be safely and permanently sequestered in deep, underground basalt rock formations, without risk of it eventually ...
GoLive2 Introduces a Wiimote for PC Games
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 03, 2008 |
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For all Wii-lovers out there, GoLive2 has recently announced the Stix, a motion-sensing remote control that can be used to play PC games.
NASA Debuts Unique Movie on a Sphere About Frozen Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2009 |
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NASA has created a unique "spherical" movie about Earth's changing ice and snow cover as captured by NASA spacecraft. "Frozen," a 12-minute, narrated film, premieres at science centers and museums March 27.
Undersea volcanic rocks offer vast repository for greenhouse gas, says study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2008 |
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A group of scientists has used deep ocean-floor drilling and experiments to show that volcanic rocks off the West Coast and elsewhere might be used to securely imprison huge amounts of globe-warming carbon ...
Australia weighs in to make the perfect kilogram
Jun 14, 2007 |
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Australian scientists and optical engineers will be making a perfect sphere that may one day re-define the kilogram – and they have taken delivery of the cylinder of silicon from which it will be made.
Spacetime May Have Fractal Properties on a Quantum Scale
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Usually, we think of spacetime as being four-dimensional, with three dimensions of space and one dimension of time. However, this Euclidean perspective is just one of many possible multi-dimensional ...
Physicists are first to 'squeeze' light to quantum limit
Jan 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of University of Toronto physicists have demonstrated a new technique to squeeze light to the fundamental quantum limit, a finding that has potential applications for high-precision ...
Low-Budget Fusion Reactor Could Generate Energy within a Decade
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Currently, most nuclear fusion power plants are large, expensive projects that will take decades to benefit from. But a startup company in Vancouver, Canada, called General Fusion is taking ...
New map hints at Venus's wet, volcanic past (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with both, ...
Eye cells believed to be retinal stem cells are misidentified
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Cells isolated from the eye that many scientists believed were retinal stem cells are, in fact, normal adult cells, investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found. If retinal stem cells could be obtained, ...
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