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Web site explains how climate change affects New York City

With over half the world's people now living in cities, it's important for us to better understand how climate changes might affect urban areas. Now, a new highly-researched Web site provides scientific answers to basic que ...

Space & Earth /

created May 20, 2005 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

East Antarctic Ice Sheet Gains Mass and Slows Sea Level Rise, Study Finds

Results Reported in Online Edition of Science Suggest Increasing Snowfall is Likely Cause Current estimates indicate that the global sea level is rising due to global warming and the shrinkage of terrestrial, or land-based, ice. R ...

Space & Earth /

created May 20, 2005 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 0

The electroluminescent Star Wars' light sabre

They are a big improvement on the day-glow plastic models sold at the time of the first Star Wars blockbuster, but a high-tech toy light sabre currently on the market is sensitive to sunlight and users are ...

Physics /

created May 20, 2005 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

'Cornell dots' replace quantum dots for biological tagging, imaging and optical computing

By surrounding fluorescent dyes with a protective silica shell, Cornell University researchers have created fluorescent nanoparticles with possible applications in displays, biological imaging, optical computing, ...

Nanotechnology /

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