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Polar bears at risk from ice loss

Survival of the remaining polar bears is increasingly jeopardized by rapid disappearance of the arctic sea ice, conservation groups say.

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Forecasting the Next Great San Francisco Earthquake

The San Francisco Bay region has a 25 percent chance of a magnitude 7 or greater earthquake in the next 20 years, and a roughly 1 percent chance of such an earthquake each year, according to the "Virtual California" computer ...

Space & Earth /

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EPA posts Katrina sampling results

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is posting test results from floodwater and sediment sampling in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina.

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Samsung fined $300M for conspiracy

Samsung Electronics was found guilty by the U.S. Department of Justice Thursday for conspiring to set prices on computer chips and fined $300 million.

Technology /

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MP3-player sales seen surging

Sales of portable digital music players will soar over the next four years, an industry research group said Thursday.

Technology /

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How to Braid Nanoropes

Biomimetic systems that are composed of rigid polymers or filaments and crosslinking molecules can be used to assemble filament networks and bundles. The bundles represent 'nanoropes' and exhibit material ...

Nanotechnology /

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For the First Time, a Five-Fold Bond

Chemists at UC Davis have made the first stable compound with a five-fold bond between two metal atoms. The work with chromium could give researchers new insights into the nature of chemical bonding.

Physics /

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Making a List, Checking It Twice

Last month, the Desert RATS (Research and Technology Studies) team spent two weeks roaming about on a cattle field near Flagstaff, Arizona. Their objective: test out advanced technology - space suits, an automated rover, ...

Space & Earth /

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Shenzhou-8 To Be Fixed Version Of China-Made Space Vessels: Expert

With a lot of modifications and improvements in the series of Shenzhou spacecraft capsules, Shenzhou-8 is expected to become a relatively fixed version of China-made space vessels, said Zhang Bainan, chief designer of China's ...

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Tokyo Shortly To Decide On Participation In Russian Kliper Project

Tokyo intends to decide already this year on its participation in the Russian project to build a non-expendable manned spacecraft, which will be called Kliper. It is expected to replace the American shuttles that are now ...

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Lady in Red: Andromeda Galaxy Shines in Spitzer's Eyes

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured a stunning infrared view of Messier 31, the famous spiral galaxy also known as Andromeda.

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Wetness-defying water? Physicists discover a paradox: hydrophobic water

Now you can extend that truism about oil and water to water and itself. Water and water don't always mix, either. The textbooks say that water readily comes together with other water, open arms of hydrogen clasping oxygen att ...

Physics /

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Scientists develop cancer nanobomb

University of Delaware researchers are opening a new front in the war on cancer, bringing to bear new nanotechnologies for cancer detection and treatment and introducing a unique nanobomb that can literally ...

Nanotechnology /

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