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Carbon dioxide forms polymeric materials under high pressure
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Carbon dioxide is a molecular gas at ambient conditions and an important consitituent of the Earth’s atmosphere. It is also a likely component in the Earth’s mantle, and it plays an important role in the life ...
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First stars might have been powered by dark matter
Feb 12, 2008 |
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For a long time, scientists have assumed that the very first stars were powered by fusion, in processes similar to what goes on in present day stars. But a new theory is emerging to challenge that view. “The first stars were ...
New breast cancer test under study
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Whether a painless, portable device that uses electrical current rather than X-ray to look for breast cancer could be an alternative to traditional mammograms is under study at the Medical College of Georgia.
Studying a Star Before it is Born
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first phase of a star's formation are thought to begin deep inside a natal cloud of gas and dust. In the earliest stages, material coalesces under the influence of gravity into so-called ...
'Superdense' coding gets denser
Mar 24, 2008 |
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The record for the most amount of information sent by a single photon has been broken by researchers at the University of Illinois. Using the direction of “wiggling” and “twisting” of a pair of hyper-entangled photons, they ...
Breast density associated with increased risk of cancer recurrence
Nov 09, 2009 |
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A new study finds that women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts. Published in the December 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer ...
From ink to optics, study of particle mixtures yields fundamental insights
May 16, 2007 |
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Since the invention of ink over 3,000 years ago, people have exploited the unique properties of colloids, in which particles of one substance are suspended in another. Now, Princeton University chemical engineers ...
Oldest Known Objects Are Surprisingly Immature
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Some of the oldest objects in the Universe may still have a long way to go, according to a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These new results indicate that globular clusters might be surprisingly ...
Supercritical CO2 boosts super optimism in sequestering greenhouse gas
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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 ...
X-ray method improves soft tissue detail
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Mar 28, 2006 |
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Swiss scientists say they've developed a technique for improving the detail obtained in X-ray images of soft tissues.
New X-ray technique may lead to better, cleaner fuel injectors for automobiles
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Standard microscopy and visible light imaging techniques cannot peer into the dark and murky centers of dense-liquid jets, which has hindered scientists in their quest for a full understanding of liquid breakup ...
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