Purdue scientists fly high to test plants
Purdue University agriculture researchers will fly aboard a NASA aircraft known as the "vomit comet" this week to study how plants detect gravity.
Purdue University agriculture researchers will fly aboard a NASA aircraft known as the "vomit comet" this week to study how plants detect gravity.
Apr 17, 2006
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U.S. scientists say they've developed a technology for implants that might improve construction or repair of facial, skull and jaw bones.
Apr 17, 2006
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a laser that could help save the $200-billion dollar computer chip industry from a looming crisis dubbed the "interconnect bottleneck." But this isn't a laser in the stereotypical ...
Apr 17, 2006
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What's up with the mist? When the Niagara Parks Commission posed that question back in 2004, the concern was that high-rise hotels on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls were contributing to the creation of more mist, obscuring ...
Apr 17, 2006
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University of Arkansas researcher studying the thermodynamics of the oldest present-day clays on Mars found a surprising result in his calculations. Although evidence suggests that liquid water once flowed on the planet's ...
Apr 17, 2006
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Most self-respecting starships in science fiction stories use antimatter as fuel for a good reason – it’s the most potent fuel known. While tons of chemical fuel are needed to propel a human mission to Mars, just tens ...
Apr 17, 2006
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A Telkonet subsidiary has purchased five wireless fiber links from GigaBeam that will provide "quadruple play" broadband service in New York City.
Apr 17, 2006
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U.S. researchers say they have discovered a novel quorum-sensing pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as baker's yeast.
Apr 17, 2006
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Mad cow disease has been found in a dairy cow in British Columbia, Canadian authorities say.
Apr 17, 2006
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Digital media services company RealNetworks Inc. announced Friday it has won a patent infringement suit brought against them by Ethos Technologies Inc.
Apr 17, 2006
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