Whether plant or animal, new genetic model can predict its future
Rongling Wu is out to prove Mark Twain clearly didn’t know a darn thing about genetics.
Jul 18, 2007
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ASML Ships TWINSCAN XT:1900i Lithography System for Volume Production
ASML today announced that it has shipped its first TWINSCAN XT:1900i, the world’s only lithography system capable of imaging features down to 36.5 nanometers (nm) on chips manufactured in volume. Production of the XT:1900i ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jul 18, 2007
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A new dawn for climate prediction
Scientists must develop new, more adaptive approaches to predicting and monitoring climate, say climate modellers from the University of Exeter. In a 'perspectives' article published in leading journal Science, Professor ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 18, 2007
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Clay Studies Alter View of Early Mars Environment
A study of the thermodynamics of clays found on Mars suggests that little carbon dioxide could have been present during their formation, which contradicts a popular theory of the early Martian atmosphere and will send researchers ...
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2007
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Helicopter flight trials for EGNOS
Successful trials have recently been conducted at Lausanne, Switzerland, using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) to guide a helicopter as it approached and touched down at an emergency medical ...
Other
Jul 18, 2007
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Control of motorcycle steering instabilities
The Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge Professor Malcolm Smith has been working on steering compensation for high-performance motorcycles.
Engineering
Jul 18, 2007
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Assessing levies for by-catch could fund conservation measures
Fishing industry lines accidentally catch so many seabirds and turtles that their populations are being threatened. One solution offered by a Cornell researcher and an Australian government scientist is to assess fines when ...
Jul 18, 2007
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New research proves single origin of humans in Africa
New research published in the journal Nature (19 July) has proved the single origin of humans theory by combining studies of global genetic variations in humans with skull measurements across the world. The research, at the ...
Jul 18, 2007
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The future of biofuels is not in corn
The future of biofuels is not in corn, says a new report released today by Food & Water Watch, the Network for New Energy Choices, and the Vermont Law School Institute for Energy and the Environment. The corn ethanol refinery ...
Other
Jul 18, 2007
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Endeavour crew in pre-launch training
The seven-member space shuttle Endeavour crew is at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week for STS-118 pre-launch training.
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2007
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