Archive: 09/07/2006
Researchers tackle problem of data storage for next-generation supercomputers
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a five-year, $11 million grant to researchers at three universities and five national laboratories to find new ways of managing the torrent of data that will be produced by the coming ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
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Physicists trap, map tiny magnetic vortex
In a research first that could lead to a new generation of hard drives capable of storing thousands of movies per square inch, physicists at Rice University have decoded the three-dimensional structure of a tornado-like magnetic ...
Sep 07, 2006 |
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Hubble Photographs One of the Smallest Stellar Companions Ever Seen
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have photographed one of the smallest objects ever seen around a normal star beyond our Sun. Weighing in at 12 times the mass of Jupiter, the object is small ...
Sep 07, 2006 |
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Study suggests a second dimension to Alzheimer's disease
The genes responsible for an inherited form of Alzheimer's disease play a direct role within cells that has largely been overlooked, according to a report in the September 8, 2006 issue of the journal Cell, published by Cel ...
Sep 07, 2006 |
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New sunscreen ingredient to heal sunburn and help prevent skin cancer
People who suffer from sunburn could soon benefit from a new sunscreen ingredient that actively repairs sunburnt skin and helps prevent the onset of skin cancer, according to research published in the Journal of Investigative ...
Sep 07, 2006 |
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ESA steps towards a great black hole census
Astronomers using ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral, have taken an important step towards estimating how many black holes there are in the Universe.
Sep 07, 2006 |
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SMART-1 impact flash and debris: Crash scene investigation
Timing, location, detection of a flash and of ejected material, and a firework generated by the lunar impact of ESA's SMART-1, are the latest results gathered thanks to the ground observation campaign of this ...
Sep 07, 2006 |
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Future space devices inspired by spider legs
Are spiders ideal space travelers? Not quite, but according to a new study, their legs may be. Scientists Carlo Menon and Cristian Lira have designed and built lightweight, bendable joints based on the micro-hydraulic ...
Sep 07, 2006 |
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From Bubbles to Capsules
Nanocapsules are vessels with diameters in the nanometer range and very thin shells. They can store a tiny volume of liquid and can protect their cargo while transporting it through a foreign medium — such as a human blood ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 07, 2006 |
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