Nano World: Rapidly scanning nano impacts
Scientists could rapidly track potential impacts nanoparticles could have on cells via a new technique employing infrared scans, experts told UPI's Nano World.
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Google to open R&D center in Israel
Internet search giant Google will open a research-and-development center in the northern Israeli city of Haifa -- its first R&D center in the Middle East, the company announced in a statement Tuesday.
Feb 28, 2006
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Largest ever galaxy portrait - stunning HD image of Pinwheel Galaxy
Giant galaxies weren't assembled in a day. Neither was this Hubble Space Telescope image of the face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 (the Pinwheel Galaxy). It is the largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy beyond ...
Feb 28, 2006
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Cepheids and their 'cocoons'
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at Cerro Paranal, Chile, and the CHARA Interferometer at Mount Wilson, California, a team of French and North American astronomers has discovered envelopes around three ...
Feb 28, 2006
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'Deep impact' of pulsar around companion star
Astronomers have witnessed a never-seen-before event in observations by ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft - a collision between a pulsar and a ring of gas around a neighbouring star.
Feb 28, 2006
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New class of compounds promise better drugs, clean energy
By combining a common organic compound with a rare metal, a team of Brown University chemists has created a new class of molecules that have potentially important applications for the pharmaceutical, chemical and energy industries.
Feb 28, 2006
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Rhea's Wisps in Color
Bright, wispy markings stretch across a region of darker terrain on Saturn's moon Rhea. In this extreme false-color view, the roughly north-south fractures occur within strips of material (which appear greenish here) that ...
Feb 28, 2006
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Stardust Finds A Gem Of A Space Particle
This image shows a comet particle collected by NASA's Stardust spacecraft. The particle consists of the silicate mineral forsterite, also known as peridot in its gem form. It is surrounded by a thin rim of melted aerogel, ...
Feb 28, 2006
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The Arctic And Global Warming
A warmer Arctic Ocean may mean less food for the birds, fish, and baleen whales and be a significant detriment to that fragile and interconnected polar ecosystem, and that doesn't bode well for other ocean ecosystems in the ...
Feb 28, 2006
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The Math Of Deadly Waves
When Walter Craig saw the images of the devastating 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami he felt compelled to act. So he grabbed a pencil and envelope and started calculating.
Feb 28, 2006
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