For the first time, NASA scientists using space-based measurements have directly monitored and measured the complete cycle of water movement for an entire continent.
Earth Sciences
Jul 6, 2006
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Composers often speak of fitting chords and melodies together, as though sounds were physical objects with geometric shape -- and now a Princeton University musician has shown that advanced geometry actually does offer a ...
Mathematics
Jul 6, 2006
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Pile-ups, bad on the freeway, also are a hazard for the makers of high-performance strained-silicon semiconductor devices. A sensitive X-ray diffraction imaging technique developed by researchers at the National Institute ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 6, 2006
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Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have designed and built a novel electromagnetic trap for ions that could be easily mass produced to potentially make quantum computers large enough for practical ...
General Physics
Jul 6, 2006
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered new ways that ions interact with mineral surfaces in water, opening a door to new knowledge on how contaminants travel in the environment. ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 6, 2006
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Scientists have discovered something new about exotic particles called solitons. Since the 1980s, scientists have known that solitons can carry an electrical charge when traveling through certain organic polymers. A new study ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 6, 2006
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Eutelsat's latest telecommunications satellite arrived Thursday at the site in Kazakhstan where it will be readied for launch early next month.
Telecom
Jul 6, 2006
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As YouTube, Google Video and other video Web sites continue to explode in popularity, a lot of content production is being asked of users with nothing in return. Enter Kevin Flynn.
Internet
Jul 6, 2006
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A study by Italy's Environmental Research Institute has named two Italian cities, Naples and Milan, as the least eco-friendly towns in Europe.
Environment
Jul 6, 2006
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Independent programmers have made available a program that downgrades PlayStation Portable security software to a more tinkering-friendly version.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 6, 2006
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