Archive: 09/19/2006
Ceramic microreactors developed for on-site hydrogen production
Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have designed and built ceramic microreactors for the on-site reforming of hydrocarbon fuels, such as propane, into hydrogen for use in fuel cells and other portable ...
Sep 19, 2006 |
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UF survey: State’s insurance crisis tops list of real estate trends
Florida’s vast real estate market and ultimately the economy of the state are threatened by spiraling insurance rates, says a University of Florida researcher.
Sep 19, 2006 |
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You don't need a big lottery win for long term happiness… but a few thousand helps
Researchers at the University of Warwick and Watson Wyatt have been examining just how much money one needs to win in the lottery to have a long term impact on personal happiness. Unsurprisingly the researchers found that ...
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Better Grades And Greater Incentives Help Explain Why Women Outpace Men In College Degrees
Girls have long gotten better grades than boys in all levels of school. But while at one time few women used those academic skills to get degrees, new research suggests that growing incentives are helping draw women to college ...
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Mouse Strain With Gene Stutter Will Help Leukemia Research
Cancer researchers have developed a new strain of mice that should help reveal how an unusual change in a certain gene contributes to a particularly deadly form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).
Sep 19, 2006 |
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A wolf in sheep’s clothing: plague bacteria reveal one of their virulence tricks
The bacterium that causes the plague belongs to a virulent family of bacteria called Yersinia, a group that also includes a pathogen responsible for food poisoning. These bacteria insert into their host cells ...
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A New Kind of Quantum Pump
“We hope to apply quantum pumping to quantum computing architecture,” Ari Mizel, a professor at Penn State tells PhysOrg.com. In a world where scientists are striving to build quantum computing mechanisms and processes, variou ...
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Growth in Amazon Cropland May Impact Climate and Deforestation Patterns
Scientists using NASA satellite data have found that clearing for mechanized cropland has recently become a significant force in Brazilian Amazon deforestation. This change in land use may alter the region's ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2006 |
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New tool aids cost estimates for complex projects
Consider the following scenario: A project manager at a major aerospace company is about to bid on the development of a new air fighter for the U.S. Air Force.
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Life without a mouth, stomach, or gut
All living organisms are inhabited by a complex community of beneficial microorganisms that are essential for their development, health, and interactions with the environment. Often these microorganisms protect ...
Biology /
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Arctic summer ice anomaly shocks scientists
Satellite images acquired from 23 to 25 August 2006 have shown for the first time dramatic openings – over a geographic extent larger than the size of the British Isles – in the Arctic’s perennial sea ice pack ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 19, 2006 |
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Engine on a chip promises to best the battery
MIT researchers are putting a tiny gas-turbine engine inside a silicon chip about the size of a quarter. The resulting device could run 10 times longer than a battery of the same weight can, powering laptops, ...
Sep 19, 2006 |
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MetOp launch campaign resumed
With the launch of MetOp now set for 7 October at 18:28 CEST, the MetOp satellite is out of storage and preparations for launch are well underway at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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