News tagged with scientific
New infectious diseases -- what's the risk?
May 19, 2009 |
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With the current outbreak of swine flu, and in the absence of a vaccine or treatment at present, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures.
Astronauts say goodbye to Hubble for good (Update)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts tenderly dropped the Hubble Space Telescope overboard Tuesday, sending the restored observatory off on a new voyage of discovery and bidding it farewell on behalf of the planet.
Complex repairs face weary Hubble spacewalkers
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Astronauts are getting ready for what could be the most complex spacewalking of their mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
Envoy criticizes flu 'discrimination' of Mexicans
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nations need common rules for responding to flu outbreaks to prevent discrimination and unfair trade restrictions, Mexico's U.N. envoy said Friday, complaining that Mexican citizens and exports were being unfairly ...
Astronauts making one last house call to Hubble
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Hubble Space Telescope is about to get one last house call. And never before have the risks been higher.
Why policy changes during Obama presidency will be more significant than during Clinton, Reagan eras
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 06, 2009 |
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Unlike the post-election disappointment that has followed many election outcomes, the Obama presidency will likely break through a structural bias in American politics favoring the status quo and bring about significant changes ...
Lessons from Schon -- the worst physics fraudster?
May 05, 2009 |
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How did a 31-year-old physicist working at Bell Labs in New Jersey, US, get away with possibly the worst case of physics research fraud known? From claims to have made the world's first organic electrical laser to the fictional ...
Dubai claims world's first cloned camel
Apr 14, 2009 |
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The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday claimed its own version of Dolly the sheep, the world's first cloned mammal, after the birth of a cloned camel in Dubai this month.
Can downloads predict impact for scientific articles?
Apr 10, 2009 |
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While the number of times a scientific article is cited by other articles is currently the gold standard for ranking its impact, online publishing offers another measure: the number of unique downloads.
Being Isaac Newton: Computer derives natural laws from raw data
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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If Isaac Newton had access to a supercomputer, he'd have had it watch apples fall - and let it figure out the physical matters. But the computer would have needed to run an algorithm, just developed by Cornell ...
Robot scientist becomes first machine to discover new scientific knowledge
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Scientists have created a Robot Scientist which the researchers believe is the first machine to have independently discovered new scientific knowledge. The robot, called Adam, is a computer system that fully automates the ...
Science setback for Texas schools
Mar 31, 2009 |
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After three all-day meetings and a blizzard of amendments and counter-amendments, the Texas Board of Education cast its final vote Friday on state science standards. The results weren't pretty.
Texas education board approves science standards (Update)
Mar 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Texas will no longer require educators to teach weaknesses of all scientific theories, including evolution.
Texas board hears testimony on science standards
Mar 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Tensions over the teaching of evolution are simmering as the State Board of Education begins the final stretch in the process of adopting new classroom science curriculum standards.
Barack Obama Announces Another $1.2 billion for Energy R&D
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the more interesting areas of technological development in the coming years is likely to be energy development -- specifically green energy development. With new advances in physics ...
