Whether you’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo or just having another relaxing day in Margaritaville, you might one day thank a chemist for assuring the authenticity of your tequila. New tests developed by scientists in Mexico ...
May 3, 2006
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Measuring the rotation period of a rocky planet like the Earth is easy, but similar measurements for planets made of gas, such as Saturn, pose problems. Researchers from JPL, Imperial College London and UCLA present new results ...
Space Exploration
May 3, 2006
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For the past four years, while ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory has been slewing between different targets ready for the next observation, it has kept its cameras open and used this spare time to quietly look at the heavens. ...
Astronomy
May 3, 2006
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While Earth's ozone layer is slowly being replenished following an international 1987 agreement banning CFCs, the recovery is occurring in a changing atmosphere and is unlikely to stabilize at pre-1980 levels, says a new ...
Environment
May 3, 2006
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SanDisk and Philips are working on a chip that will allow travelers to pay for train and bus tickets using their cell phones.
Hardware
May 3, 2006
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A Russian college student convicted of creating the Chernobyl computer virus received a two-year suspended sentence Tuesday.
Internet
May 3, 2006
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A European research project has developed a prototype infrared-camera system that substantially enhances human visual perception in poor visibility conditions such as fog, heavy rain and at night.
Engineering
May 3, 2006
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Science is all about quantitative measurement, so it should come as no surprise that scientists have a long tradition of measuring their influence on each other. Traditionally, the most important measure of scientific impact ...
The sounding rocket Maxus 7 was successfully launched from the Swedish Space Corporation's (SSC) launch facility at Esrange Space Center this morning at 06:16 UT and reached an apogee of 702 km which enabled 12 minutes of ...
May 3, 2006
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The Alliance for Taxpayer Access announced its support Tuesday for a Senate bill that broadens access to federal scientific research.
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May 3, 2006
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