Study: Cell phones are hazardous waste
U.S. scientists have determined cellular telephones consumers discard by the millions each year qualify as hazardous waste.
U.S. scientists have determined cellular telephones consumers discard by the millions each year qualify as hazardous waste.
Environment
Apr 11, 2007
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U.S. agricultural experts expect the past several years of mild winters to increase the populations of many insect species, including alfalfa weevils.
Other
Apr 11, 2007
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An international team of astronomers led by Fritz Benedict and Barbara McArthur of The University of Texas at Austin has used Hubble Space Telescope to solve one of the biggest problems in measuring the universe's expansion. ...
Astronomy
Apr 11, 2007
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University have manipulated the internal, structural components of cells, creating a set of simulated cellular structures with novel mechanical properties, including ...
General Physics
Apr 11, 2007
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Monitoring radiation from solar flares to ensuring that fellow crew members on the surface receive ample warning is only one of the tasks for Irene Schneider Puente, graduate student in geosciences at Penn State, as a member ...
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2007
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Say you’re an aspiring statistician who has just spent hours trying to figure out the answer to a particularly thorny problem. As you plug the final numbers into the computer program you’re running in order to confirm ...
Mathematics
Apr 11, 2007
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For the first time ever, NASA researchers have successfully demonstrated in the laboratory that a space telescope rigged with special masks and mirrors could snap a photo of an Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star. This ...
Astronomy
Apr 11, 2007
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NASA's next major space observatory, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), is one step closer to unveiling the mysteries of the high-energy universe. Almost all the components have been assembled onto the spacecraft, ...
Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2007
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Researchers from Siemens have developed a new type of propulsion motor for all-electric ships (AES). The synchronous machine is part of an electric propulsion system based on high temperature superconducting technology (HTS). ...
Engineering
Apr 11, 2007
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Samsung Electronics today announced its new 160GB hard drive using 2.5" disks. Capacity of the single-disk platform ranges between 60 and 160GB, while a dual-disk model is under development that will provide up to 250GB of ...
Hardware
Apr 11, 2007
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