Archive: 10/26/2005
Ice Beneath Mars Is Asking, 'Can You Hear Me Now?'
In August 2003, as the twin Mars Exploration Rovers were barreling toward Mars in their flying saucers, scientists and engineers sent a radio signal disguised as the rovers' "voice" to the Odyssey orbiter ...
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Cornell Finds Natural Selection in Humans
The most detailed analysis to date of how humans differ from one another at the DNA level shows strong evidence that natural selection has shaped the recent evolution of our species, according to researchers from Cornell ...
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Experimental Observation of 'Digital' Heat Flow
The first observation of "digital" or quantized heat flow in a nanostructure at ambient conditions has been made by Caltech researchers using carbon nanotubes suspended between two electrodes.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Electromechanical Imaging of Butterfly Wings and Other Biological Tissue
Applying state-of-the-art technology to a seldom-exploited electromechanical property in biomolecules, Sergei Kalinin and Brian Rodriguez of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Alexei Gruverman of North Carolina State University ...
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Russian Government Approves 2006-2015 Federal Space Program
The Russian government has approved the Federal Space Program for 2006-2015 (FSP 2015), the head of the Federal Space Agency said Tuesday, reports RIA Novosti.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Ban On Russian Rokot Launches Lifted
The ban on launches of Russian Rokot boosters, which were blamed for the recent loss of a 140-million euro satellite belonging to the European Space Agency, has been lifted, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces told RIA ...
Oct 26, 2005 |
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AAAS fights pending animal research bill
The American Association for the Advancement of Science says a pending animal law would threaten U.S. research.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Color perception: Not in beholder's eye
University of Rochester scientists say the first images of living human retinas have shown color perception differs dramatically among people.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Study: Heavy rains can produce more dust
A recent NASA study of some of Earth's dustiest areas indicates heavy downpours can eventually lead to more dust being released into the atmosphere.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Scientists track Siberian tiger cubs
U.S. Wildlife Conservation Society researchers and their Russian colleagues have fitted three 40-day-old Siberian tiger cubs with radio tracking collars.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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