Archive: 06/22/2005
Study shows how granular materials get themselves out of a jam
Scientists probe complicated issues of seemingly simple phenomena University of Chicago physicists have made careful measurements of flowing sand that can help resolve longstanding questions regarding how glasses ...
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Jun 22, 2005 |
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Physicists create new form of matter
MIT scientists have brought a supercool end to a heated race among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of matter, a gas of atoms that shows high-temperature superfluidity. Their wor ...
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Jun 22, 2005 |
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Mars Express radar ready to work
MARSIS, the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding on board ESA’s Mars Express orbiter, is now fully deployed, has undergone its first check-out and is ready to start operations around ...
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Deep sea algae connect ancient climate, carbon dioxide and vegetation
Assistant Professor Mark Pagani in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale and his colleagues mapped the first detailed history of atmospheric carbon dioxide between 45 - 25 million years ago based on stable isotopes of ca ...
Jun 22, 2005 |
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UF builds record-setting 105 GHz chip
Researchers have built a world-record high frequency chip using a common type of semiconductor, an advance that could lead to inexpensive systems for detecting hidden weapons, and chemical and biological agents. Engineers at ...
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Harmless virus kills some cancers
Six days is all it takes for a common, non-disease-causing virus to kill cervical, breast, prostate and squamous cell cancer cells in laboratory cultures, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Researchers find evidence of photosynthesis deep within the ocean
The discovery of green sulfur bacteria living near hydrothermal vents has major implications for where photosynthesis happens and where life may reside A team of researchers, including a photosynthesis expert from Arizona S ...
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Russia To Remain On Baikonur Launching Site Until 2050
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law on the ratification of the Russian-Kazakh agreement to use the Baikonur launching site, a spokesman for the presidential press-service said.
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Helping Make The Right Decisions
Decisions . . . Decisions . . . Decisions . . . everyone at one point has to make them and NASA's leader makes them everyday. Decisions made by the NASA Administrator affect many lives not only in space, but right here on ...
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Mobile phone to facilitate consumers' wholesome food choices
The Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), together with the University of Kuopio and the Helsinki School of Economics, has developed a prototype for a service that can help consumers in their food choices. Consumers ...
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Japanese get a chance to chat up Cleopatra with DVD-powered mannequin
TOKYO, June 22 (AFP) - Fantasies about chatting up legendary figures have come closer to reality in Japan where researchers have developed a mannequin with a built-in projector that can resemble a face of one's choice.
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Cosmos-1 solar-sail craft's fate unclear
The fate of the Cosmos-1 solar-sail was unclear Wednesday, with Russian officials calling it a failure and U.S. scientists reporting weak contact.
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Sandia develops secure wireless technology
Project considered milestone for next generation of secure wireless networks Sandia National Laboratories in cooperation with Time Domain Corporation and KoolSpan Inc. has developed a secure wireless Ultra Wideband (UWB) ...
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Cosmos 1 Solar Sail Spacecraft: Update
Cosmos 1 the first solar sail was launched as scheduled at 19:46 UTC today from the nuclear submarine Borisoglebsk. The three stage separations occurred normally, and 15 minutes after launch a doppler signal was received ...
Jun 22, 2005 |
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First solar-sail-powered spacecraft launched
The world's first solar-sail-powered spacecraft, Cosmos 1, was launched Tuesday from a Russian submarine in the Barents Sea on a ballistic missile, a spokeswoman for the Planetary Society said.
Jun 22, 2005 |
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