Device Created for 'Red Wine Headache'
A device first developed by chemistry professor Rich Mathies to look for signs of life on Mars could help avoid the dreaded “red wine headache.”
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Vacation photos create 3-D models of world landmarks
More than 10 million members of the photo-sharing Web site Flickr snap pictures of their surroundings and then post those photos on the Internet. One group at the University of Washington is doing the reverse – downloading ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 1, 2007
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Researchers Discover Fast-Growing Metal Deposits in a New Hampshire Lake
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered metal-rich sedimentary deposits in a New Hampshire lake that grow faster than any other deposits found in the United States. Understanding the environmental ...
Environment
Nov 1, 2007
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Coral Reefs: Ever Closer to Cliff's Edge
A study in the Nov. 1 issue of the journal Nature uses a novel analytical approach to assess the health of failing Caribbean coral reefs and offer suggestions for saving them.
Nov 1, 2007
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NASA Data May Help Improve Estimates of a Hurricane's Punch
As Tropical Storm Noel churns off Florida's east coast, NASA and university scientists have announced they have developed a promising new technique for estimating the intensity of tropical cyclones from space. The method ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2007
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Mars Express Probes Red Planet's Unusual Deposits
The radar system on the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has uncovered new details about some of the most mysterious deposits on Mars: the Medusae Fossae Formation. It has provided the first direct measurement ...
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2007
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Mars makes a special appearance
All five of the planets visible with the unaided eye will be on display during November nights, but the special attraction will be Mars. The red planet is approaching Earth in its orbit, and it won't appear as large again ...
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2007
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'Heftier' atoms reduce friction at the nanoscale
A research team led by a University of Pennsylvania mechanical engineer has discovered that friction between two sliding bodies can be reduced at the molecular, or nanoscale, level by changing the mass of the atoms at the ...
Nanophysics
Nov 1, 2007
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New technique makes atomic-level microscopy 100 times faster
Using an existing technique in a novel way, Cornell physicist Keith Schwab and colleagues at Cornell and Boston University have made the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) -- which can image individual atoms on a surface ...
Nanophysics
Nov 1, 2007
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Engineers Teach Nature to 'Grow' Computer Components
Computers don't grow on trees, but with a little prodding from engineers, nature can produce computer components.
Nanophysics
Nov 1, 2007
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