Archive: 10/02/2007
Extreme star cluster bursts into life in new Hubble image
The gigantic nebula NGC 3603 hosts one of the most prominent, massive, young clusters in the Milky Way. Hubble has been observing this prime location for star formation studies.
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Australia getting hotter and drier
A new climate change study in Australia predicted the country will be 5 degree Celsius hotter and 40-80 percent drier by the year 2070.
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Simple OLEDs ready for quick manufacturing
With their attractively low energy consumption, Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) are widely predicted to replace the LCDs now used in the large screens of laptops and TVs. Currently, OLEDs are commonly ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Fuji Xerox Prototype Translator Copier
A prototype copier by Fuji Xerox is currently on show in Japan. The one touch translator function allows scanned Japanese language documents to be immediately translated into Chinese, Korean and English. The ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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FSU Physicist Shining a Light on Dark Matter
We’ve all been taught that our bodies, the Earth, and in fact all matter in the universe is composed of tiny building blocks called atoms. Now imagine if this weren’t the case. This mind-bending concept is at the core of ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Asteroid heads for Earth, Russian astronomer claims
An asteroid discovered three years ago could be a threat in 2029 when it crosses Earth's orbit, a Russian astronomer said Monday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Poll finds women can do more to prevent cancer... but aren't
When it comes to preventing cancer, women believe they're doing more than they actually are. Perhaps most surprising, women are more afraid of getting Alzheimer's disease than cancer, even though cancer causes nearly ten ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Amazon Rainforest at risk from initiative to connect South American economies
An unprecedented development plan to link South America’s economies through new transportation, energy and telecommunications projects could destroy much of the Amazon rainforest in coming decades, according to a new study ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Increasing young adult smoking linked to smoking in movies
Do young adults learn behaviors from movies? In a paper published in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, examined the relationship betwee ...
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Dilaton could affect abundance of dark matter particles
The amount of dark matter left over from the early universe may be less than previously believed. Research published in the open access journal PMC Physics A shows that the "relic abundance" of stable dark matter particles such a ...
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