A new method for assessing environmental contamination after oil spills is in danger of being applied in situations where it doesn't work and might produce false conclusions, a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...
Environment
May 28, 2008
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One of the most powerful eruptions in the universe might have spun an infrared ring around a rare and exotic star known as a magnetar, a highly magnetized neutron star and the remnant of a brilliant supernova explosion signaling ...
Astronomy
May 28, 2008
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An award-winning visual illusion developed by university psychologists will be shown as part of this year’s Glasgow Science Festival on 15 June.
Other
May 28, 2008
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"Close your eyes," engineering graduate student Bryan Bai called out from his Prius at the far end of the Tresidder parking lot, before the car began moving forward. A Toyota Prius runs silently on electric power until its ...
Other
May 28, 2008
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The northern polar plains of Mars can be seen in approximate true color in this image taken by NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander.
Space Exploration
May 28, 2008
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With a click and a hum, the sleek Porsche 914 pulled away from the curb while onlookers watched anxiously and the passenger gazed down at a laptop plugged into the dashboard.
Engineering
May 28, 2008
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Millions of people exchange electronic messages every day, but users of different systems often can’t reach each other. New European research promises to put them all in touch.
Telecom
May 28, 2008
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A device to help some of the most impoverished farmers in Africa maximise their crop yields is being tested at London’s Kew Gardens.
Other
May 28, 2008
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The world of physics is on fire about a new kind of superconductor, and a group of researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory led by physicist Pengcheng Dai are in the middle ...
General Physics
May 28, 2008
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Once considered a barren plain with the odd hydrothermal vent, the seafloor appears to be teeming with microbial life, according to a paper being published May 29 in Nature. “A 60,000 kilometer seam of basalt is exposed ...
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