Brain stimulants may become popular
The use of mind-enhancing drugs to boost one's "brain power" might reportedly become as common as drinking a cup of coffee.
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China to launch solar telescope
China has announced completion of its first two space telescopes: a space solar telescope and a hard X-ray modulation telescope.
Jul 14, 2005
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Cluster spacecraft reach greatest separation at fifth anniversary
The four spacecraft of ESA’s Cluster fleet have reached their greatest distance from each other in the course of their mission to study Earth’s magnetosphere in three dimensions.
Jul 14, 2005
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Predicting the lifetime of extreme ultraviolet optics
Extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) may be the next-generation patterning technique used to produce smaller and faster microchips with feature sizes of 32 nanometers and below. However, durable projection optics must be ...
Jul 14, 2005
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Sandia researcher shares European physics prize for work; observations transformed Z-pinch field
Work led to major increase in power output and hastened first fusion success Albuquerque, N.M. _ Some physicists believe that the pulses of power formed in a technique called a Z-pinch may one day be a more efficient source ...
Jul 14, 2005
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Comet Tempel 1 Went Back to Sleep
Astronomers Having Used ESO Telescopes Start Analysing Unique Dataset on the Comet Following the Deep Impact Mission Ten days after part of the Deep Impact spacecraft plunged onto Comet Tempel 1 with the aim to create a ...
Jul 14, 2005
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Sides agree on DTV transition requirement
Television and cable-industry insiders have told Congress they are firmly committed to Dec. 31, 2008, as the cutoff date to end TV analog broadcasts, but the two groups are wrangling over a proposed digital must-carry rule ...
Jul 14, 2005
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Intel's legal woes unlikely to hurt bottom line
Intel's legal woes continue to mount, but despite the antitrust charges facing the world's largest chipmaker across three continents, most analysts do not expect the company to lose its top spot any time soon.
Jul 14, 2005
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Scuttle The Shuttle Says Space Frontier Foundation
In anticipation of this week's planned return to flight of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery, the Space Frontier Foundation renewed its call for the orbiters to be retired.
Jul 14, 2005
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U.N.: Effects of bio-tech trees not known
The United Nations says research into the effects of genetically modified trees is inconclusive despite potentially vast applications in the forestry industry.
Jul 14, 2005
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