Archive: 06/20/2006
First global bird map provides new clues to future extinctions
The first global survey of bird diversity could play a key role in identifying species most vulnerable to extinction, researchers report today in the journal PLoS Biology.
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Evidence for ultra-energetic particles in jet from black hole
An international team of astronomers led by researchers at Yale has obtained key infrared observations that reveal the nature of quasar particle jets that originate just outside super-massive black holes at ...
Jun 20, 2006 |
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Seismic shock absorbers for woodframe houses
As part of a major international project to design more earthquake-resistant woodframe buildings, an engineer from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will be testing a damping system designed to act as a seismic ...
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Finding a short circuit before it finds you
A preemptive spark lasting for nanoseconds that helps find potentially dangerous short circuits hidden in the miles of wiring behind the panels of aging commercial airliners has been patented by Sandia National ...
Jun 20, 2006 |
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Human activities can affect rainfall
U.S. researchers say they've determined human activities in arid urban environments can affect the rainfall and water cycle.
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Researchers discover which organs in Antarctic fish produce antifreeze
Thirty-five years ago Arthur DeVries of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign first documented antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs) in Antarctic notothenioid fishes. This month three colleagues report ...
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Researchers Set Speed Record for Silicon-Based Chips
A research team from IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology has demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 GHz. Though the record performance was attained ...
Jun 20, 2006 |
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DALSA Semiconductor Delivers World’s First 100+ Million Pixel CCD Image Sensor
DALSA Semiconductor, a division of DALSA Corporation, announced that it has successfully fabricated and delivered the world’s highest resolution image sensor chip to its customer, Semiconductor Technology Associates ...
Jun 20, 2006 |
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Appalachians more likely to be obese
U.S. scientists say members of rural Appalachian households who lack access to good food or experience hunger are more likely to be obese and have diabetes.
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