The University of Central Florida has signed a licensing agreement with Holochip Corp. for a portfolio of technologies that will allow zoom lenses, such as those used in digital cameras and camera phones, to be manufactured ...
Other
Jul 20, 2007
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A team of anthropologists that studied chimpanzees trained to use treadmills has gathered new evidence suggesting that our earliest apelike ancestors started walking on two legs because it required less energy than getting ...
Jul 20, 2007
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The University of Arizona-based High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) group this week released a good look at a dust devil on Mars. This is not the storm bedeviling NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. ...
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2007
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Mars rover scientists have launched a new long-term study on the Martian atmosphere with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, an instrument that was originally developed at the University of Chicago.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2007
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Thanks to the work of a team of physicists at SLAC, a technique used for years in physics experiments such as BaBar will soon help researchers monitor the performance of the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) in ...
General Physics
Jul 20, 2007
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Imagine an electric car with the same acceleration capability as a gas-powered sports car, or ultrafast rechargeable “batteries” that can be recharged a thousand times more than existing conventional batteries. According ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 20, 2007
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The pentimento of a flying fist, just visible beneath layers of paint, triggered an investigation of N.C. Wyeth's "Family Portrait" at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pa. A simple X-ray revealed that a 1919 magazine ...
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Jul 20, 2007
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Superlatticed or “striped" nanorods – crystalline materials only a few molecules in thickness and made up of two or more semiconductors – are highly valued for their potential to serve in a variety of nanodevices, including ...
Nanophysics
Jul 20, 2007
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A California executive appeared before a Congressional committee in Washington to defend his unusual carbon dioxide reduction plans.
Environment
Jul 20, 2007
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Officials at the U.S. Department of Energy have ordered an in-depth environmental review of California's Santa Susana Field Lab.
Environment
Jul 20, 2007
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