Japan to develop bioethanol-mix fuel
Japan plans to introduce a "greener" fuel for vehicles, possibly as early as 2008, by mixing gasoline and bioethanol.
Jul 19, 2005
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Astronomers Debate Whether Oldest Known Dust Disk Will Ever Form Planets
Every rule has an exception. One rule in astronomy, supported by considerable evidence, states that dust disks around newborn stars disappear in a few million years. Most likely, they vanish because the material has collected ...
Jul 19, 2005
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Kids are cynics, too? Yeah, right
Yale University researchers have determined first or second grade children display definite signs of developing cynicism.
Jul 19, 2005
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Brand ID: Is a car masculine or feminine?
Languages affect brand perception and the English and Spanish gender system presents specific problems, such as whether a car is masculine or feminine.
Jul 19, 2005
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It's, like, a really interesting study
Teenage girls' remarks, such as "She's so not cool," may be dismissed as typical teen talk, but scientists say girls affect the way adolescents speak.
Jul 19, 2005
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Pennsylvania fish to be analyzed
Scientists plan to catch 100 fish in the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers this fall to analyze them and the water and sediment in which they swim.
Jul 19, 2005
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World’s first commercial production of perpendicular-magnetic-recording-technology-based hard disk media
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) has started the world’s first commercial production of perpendicular-magnetic-recording-technology-based hard disk (HD) media, enabling a dramatic increase in media recording density
Jul 19, 2005
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Quantum decoys foil code-breaking attempts
Laser-lit encryption key has immediate commercial applications Computer code-makers may soon get the upper hand on code-breakers thanks to a new quantum cryptography method designed at the University of Toronto. Quantum ...
Jul 19, 2005
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Drilling set at Chesapeake Bay meteor site
Scientists will drill more than a mile under Chesapeake Bay this fall to study a 35-million-year-old meteorite impact, the Baltimore Sun reported Monday.
Jul 19, 2005
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NASA: July 26 Targeted as Earliest Launch Date
Space Shuttle Program managers have continued working through the weekend to determine the failure of an Engine Cut-Off sensor problem that delayed Discovery's first launch attempt.
Jul 19, 2005
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