News tagged with glass container
Putin receives 'prehistoric' water from Antarctic lake
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was given a water sample Friday taken from a pristine lake hidden under Antarctic ice for over a million years, after Russian scientists drilled down to its surface.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Study finds breast milk has longer shelf life than previously thought
Breast milk can be safely stored in a refrigerator for four days without the threat of bacterial contamination or loss of nutritional value, Long Island scientists have found in a groundbreaking study.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 02, 2010 |
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Maine garbage study shows 60 percent of trash could be diverted
A recently updated 2011 study by the University of Maine School of Economics that sorted and assessed the contents of trash in a representative sample of 17 Maine communities concludes that as much as 60 percent ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
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Nanotechnology breakthrough could dramatically improve medical tests
A laboratory test used to detect disease and perform biological research could be made more than 3 million times more sensitive, according to researchers who combined standard biological tools with a breakthrough ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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Discovery of historical photos sheds light on Greenland ice loss
A chance discovery of 80-year-old photo plates in a Danish basement is providing new insight into how Greenland glaciers are melting today.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 29, 2012 |
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Irish mathematicians explain why Guinness bubbles sink (w/ video)
(Phys.org) -- Why do the bubbles in a glass of stout beer such as Guinness sink while the beer is settling, even though the bubbles are lighter than the surrounding liquid? Thats been a puzzling question ...
Thousands of invisibility cloaks trap a rainbow
Many people anticipating the creation of an invisibility cloak might be surprised to learn that a group of American researchers has created 25 000 individual cloaks.
May 24, 2012 |
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Making microscopic machines using metallic glass
Researchers in Ireland have developed a new technology using materials called bulk metallic glasses to produce high-precision molds for making tiny plastic components. The components, with detailed microscopically patterned ...
May 22, 2012 |
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French team demonstrates paramagnetic properties of liquid oxygen drops
(Phys.org) -- A team of French scientists studying the properties of Leidenfrost drops has found that liquid oxygen drops can be manipulated and controlled using a magnetic field at room temperature. They describe their work ...
Lunar boom: Why we'll soon be mining the moon
As history has repeatedly shown, where there are valuable minerals to be unearthed, adventurous humans will arrive in droves even if it means battling extreme conditions and risking life and limb.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 16, 2012 |
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The new world of gamma-ray optics
Scientists discover that certain materials like silicon or gold exhibit a surprisingly large refractive index for extremely high energetic gamma-rays.
May 14, 2012 |
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Gamma ray optics: A viable tool for a new branch of scientific discovery
Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) have demonstrated for the first time that gamma rays, a highly energetic form of light produced by radioactive decay of atomic nuclei and amongst other used to ...
May 09, 2012 |
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