Archive: 08/25/2006
Reversed growth reveals secrets of carbon nanotubes
Researchers at the Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey have reversed the growth of carbon nanotubes from catalysts, using electron beam irradiation in an electron microscope. High resolution imaging of this ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Cardiff's bees calculation sets industry buzzing
Researchers at Cardiff University's Manufacturing Engineering Centre (MEC) developed the procedure, or algorithm, after observing the "waggle dance" of bees foraging for nectar. The algorithm enables companies to maximise ...
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Early-Warning Water Security System to be Tested
Colorado State engineering researchers have begun testing an early-warning security system designed to alert city utility officials when major pollutants are detected in water supplies.
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Planet Earth may have 'tilted' to keep its balance
Imagine a shift in the Earth so profound that it could force our entire planet to spin on its side after a few million years, tilting it so far that Alaska would sit at the equator. Princeton scientists have ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Nanoscience May Produce 'Perfect' Materials
Nanoscience may provide a way to engineer materials that are virtually defect-free – perfect, that is.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Early spring in Europe matches recent climate warming
Conclusive proof that spring is arriving earlier across Europe than it did 30 years ago is published today in the journal Global Change Biology.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Drainage of Subglacial Lakes Created Canyons of Antarctica 12-14 Million Years Ago
Researchers at Syracuse University and Boston University have discovered evidence for a warming climate change that occurred more than 14 million years ago. The result -- catastrophic drainage of subglacial ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Surf's Up -- And One Coastal Microbe Has Adapted
California beachgoers may look lazy. But just a few miles off shore, scientists have discovered that a common coastal strain of cyanobacteria works diligently to thrive in choppy, polluted waters.
Biology /
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Astronomers React to Pluto's Planetary 'Demotion'
Several Johns Hopkins University astronomers described a decision Thursday to strip Pluto of its planetary status as a "muddled" ruling that is unlikely to settle ongoing debates over how to define a planet and whether the ...
Aug 25, 2006 |
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Physiology Allows Crucian Carp to Survive without Oxygen
Cooling water temperature during the fall prompts the crucian carp to store vast amounts of glycogen in its brain to keep the brain functioning and healthy from February to April, when there is no oxygen left ...
Biology /
Aug 25, 2006 |
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