NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-124, targeted for launch in February 2008. The flight will deliver the Pressurized Module and robotic arm of the Japanese Experiment Module, known as "Kibo" (hope), ...
Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2007
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For the first time, physicists have devised a way to make visible light travel in the opposite direction that it normally bends when passing from one material to another, like from air through water or glass. The phenomenon ...
General Physics
Mar 23, 2007
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A dynamic brake light system that enables rear lights on a leading vehicle to contract or expand during hard braking could help lessen how often rear-end automobile collisions occur, says new research from the University ...
Other
Mar 23, 2007
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Factoring in crustal strength changes along the San Andreas Fault would improve the predictive models that researchers use to understand the likelihood and intensity of earthquakes there. That's the conclusion from a study ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2007
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The SML standard proposed by a group of 11 major vendors is designed to streamline interoperability between management applications.
Internet
Mar 23, 2007
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Online players of the video game Omerta have more than the rival gangsters in the computer game to worry about. According to anti-spyware vendor Sunbelt Software, of Clearwater, Fla., cyber-thieves have been spreading spyware ...
Software
Mar 23, 2007
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A University of California, Berkeley, chemist has found a mother lode of new and unique gold-catalyzed reactions by applying Einstein's theory of relativity to the rare and precious metal.
Mar 23, 2007
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Identification of the oldest preserved pieces of Earth's crust in southern Greenland has provided evidence of active plate tectonics as early as 3.8 billion years ago, according to a report by an international team of geoscientists ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2007
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Craftsmen tile walls or floors by hand; but how can you get an ordered monolayer onto a substrate when the "tiles" are microscopically small instead of big and easy to handle? Previously, self-assembly processes have been ...
Mar 23, 2007
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A revolutionary processor package that changes its architecture to adapt to the demands of different computing tasks more than met design expectations in recent trials.
Computer Sciences
Mar 23, 2007
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