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Fermilab physicists discover 'doubly strange' particle
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Physicists of the DZero experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new particle made of three quarks, the Omega-sub-b (Ωb). The particle contains ...
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NASA launches rocket, dozens report strange lights
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- NASA says it successfully launched a rocket in Virginia as part of an experiment, and the blast may have caused dozens of people to report seeing strange lights in the sky.
Fermilab's CDF observes Omega-sub-b baryon
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At a recent physics seminar at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Fermilab physicist Pat Lukens of the CDF experiment announced the observation of a new particle, ...
The smell of iron
Oct 18, 2006 |
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Where does the strange but typical "metallic" smell come from when we touch iron objects such as tools, utensils, railings, or coins? "The smell of iron upon contact with skin is ironically a type of human body odor," states ...
Researcher nabs 'doubly magic' tin isotope
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With help from newly developed equipment designed and built at Michigan State University, MSU researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei, one ...
Women who are perceived as confident in job interviews also seen as lacking social skills
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 10, 2008 |
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A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly finds that women who present themselves as confident and ambitious in job interviews are viewed as highly competent but also lacking social skills. Women who present themselves as mod ...
Web users to write ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxies’
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today saw the launch of Galaxy Zoo 2, a website that invites members of the public to help create a detailed guide to some of the Universe's most fascinating objects. The online project is ...
Ancient 'monster' insect offers Halloween inspiration
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Just in time for Halloween, researchers have announced the discovery of a new, real-world "monster" - what they are calling a "unicorn" fly that lived about 100 million years ago and is being described as ...
Unexpected discovery can open a new chapter in the fight against tuberculosis
Jun 08, 2009 |
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A close relative of the microorganism that causes tuberculosis in humans has been found to form spores. This is a sensational finding because researchers have long been convinced that these kinds of bacteria-the mycobacteria-were ...
Solving a 300 year old geology problem using kitchen materials
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the University of Toronto have cracked the mystery behind the strange and uncannily well-ordered hexagonal columns found at such popular tourist sites as Northern Ireland's Giant's ...
New artificial enzyme safer for nature
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Perilous and polluting industrial processes can be made safer with enzymes. But only a short range of enzymes have been available for the chemical industry.
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