Spitzer Spies Monster Galaxy Pileup
Four galaxies are slamming into each other and kicking up billions of stars in one of the largest cosmic smash-ups ever observed.
Astronomy
Aug 6, 2007
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Glenn Experiments to Fly on Next Shuttle Mission
When space shuttle Endeavour blasts off from Cape Canaveral on its STS-118 mission, it will be carrying two experiments built at NASA's Glenn Research Center.
Space Exploration
Aug 6, 2007
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Nano-boric acid makes motor oil more slippery
One key to saving the environment, improving our economy and reducing our dependence on foreign oil might just be sitting in your mother's medicine cabinet.
Nanophysics
Aug 6, 2007
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Mine Collapse Was the Quake, not Vice Versa
Ambiguous, preliminary evidence indicates that a coal mine cave-in that trapped six miners early Monday in Utah generated seismic waves that were recorded as a magnitude-3.9 earthquake, according to the University of Utah ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 6, 2007
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94 percent of spam-advertised online scams are hosted on individual Web servers
Computer scientists from UC San Diego have found striking differences between the infrastructure used to distribute spam and the infrastructure used to host the online scams advertised in these unwanted email messages. This ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 6, 2007
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Largest transiting extrasolar planet found around a distant star
An international team of astronomers with the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey announce today the discovery of TrES-4, a new extrasolar planet in the constellation of Hercules. The new planet was identified by astronomers ...
Astronomy
Aug 6, 2007
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History shows degrees are worth more than a bigger pay packet
Ten years after the Dearing Report, which paved the way for tuition fees, a new University of Sussex study challenges the current 'market place' approach to higher education policy.
Other
Aug 6, 2007
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NASA Selects Astrophysics Projects for New Science on the Moon
NASA has selected four proposals focusing on astrophysics priorities in lunar science to facilitate the nation's exploration program. The proposed studies are part of a NASA effort to develop new opportunities to conduct ...
Space Exploration
Aug 6, 2007
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Researchers answer long-standing question in the field of condensed matter physics
Northeastern University Physics professor Sergey V. Kravchenko along with colleagues Svetlana Anissimova (Northeastern University), A Punnoose (City College if the City University of New York), AM Finkelstein (Weizmann Institute ...
General Physics
Aug 6, 2007
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Scientists discover dynamics of transcription in living mammalian cells
Transcription — the transfer of DNA’s genetic information through the synthesis of complementary molecules of messenger RNA — forms the basis of all cellular activities. Yet little is known about the dynamics of the ...
Aug 6, 2007
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