Archive: 10/07/2005
Houston company seeks to accelerate superconducting capability with ORNL help
An effort to transmit 150 times more electric power through long-length high-temperature superconductors as compared to conventional copper wire is the goal of a cooperative research and development agreement between the ...
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New unidirectional molecular rotor may lead to tiny sensors, pumps, switches
A University of Colorado at Boulder team has developed the first computer-generated model of a tiny, waterwheel-like molecular rotor that has been harnessed to rotate in one direction at different speeds in response to changes ...
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U.S. Army Exhibits Successful Fuel Cell
Hawaii's first successful fuel cell is buzzing along at the historic Schofield Barracks Fire Station. Installed by Logan Energy under a U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Construction Engineering Research Laboratory demonstration ...
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Unique, ordered nanometer structures found
Israeli researchers Thursday reported discovering nanometer-scale ordered structures -- a discovery that could change basic scientific understandings.
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Employment gap widens for disabled people
Cornell University has released a study indicating the employment gap between Americans with disabilities and those without disabilities has widened.
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The 2005 Ig Nobel Prize Winners
The 2005 Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded on Thursday evening, October 6, at the 15th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at Harvard's Sanders Theatre. The Igs are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative -- ...
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World's first geologic map is displayed
The world's first geologic map -- an 1815, hand-tinted, 10-feet-by-6-feet chart -- has gone on display at the Buffalo and Erie County (N.Y.) Public Library.
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Japanese Internet suicide clubs targeted by police
Finding a soul mate is one of the great rewards of the Internet for many across the globe. Yet in Japan, cyberspace is also a convenient location for those trying to find someone to die with, as the country continues to grapple ...
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Google Maps combines with Google Local
Google Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., says it has combined its Google Maps service with Google Local, moving both out of beta, or testing, status.
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World of Warcraft, VoIP and dating
On a cool October night, Laura Bowser, 27, returns home from her post-work run to her modest town house. She soon finds herself flopped into a high-backed leather office chair poring over her Macintosh keyboard as she sends ...
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