Scientists May Not Be Very Religious, but Science May Not Be to Blame
Did God make scientists? Most of them don't think so.
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Jul 3, 2007
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Silicon chip beams light through a liquid-core waveguide to detect one particle at a time
By guiding light through liquid-filled channels smaller than a human hair, researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Brigham Young University have succeeded in building a silicon chip that can detect tiny ...
General Physics
Jul 3, 2007
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ILC's High-Energy Collisions Require Accurate Energy Measurements
The International Linear Collider (ILC) collaboration proposes to crash electron and positron beams together with a total energy of 500 GeV (billion electron volts). The actual energy of each beam will vary slightly from ...
General Physics
Jul 3, 2007
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Fujitsu Introduces World's Highest Capacity 2.5'' External HDD
Fujitsu today launched its new travel-ready and world’s highest capacity 2.5” External Hard Disk Drive (HDD) for the U.S. market. Featuring up to 300GB of storage space in a sleek, compact design, the new External HDDs ...
Hardware
Jul 3, 2007
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How to Manage Floating Fluids in Space
Six months is a long time to be away from home. But Astronaut Sunita Williams had plenty of work to keep her busy during her stay on the International Space Station, including a group of experiments she dubbed "lava lamp."
Space Exploration
Jul 3, 2007
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Original or fake?
Even for art historians, it can be difficult to distinguish original works of art from fakes. Research scientists now screen the pictures with infrared radiation. This shows up the watermarks of the paper mills, which allows ...
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Jul 3, 2007
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Happy, sad, angry or astonished?
How do people respond when they walk past an advertising poster? Do they stop and turn around to look at it with interest or march angrily past? A new system of detailed facial analysis can recognize a person’s mood in ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 3, 2007
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ASUS Announces World's First Hardware Based Real-time Overclocking Device
ASUS today introduced the new OC gear as the world's first hardware based real-time overclocking device for graphics cards. The ASUS OC gear will be bundled with the ASUS EN8600GT OC GEAR/HTDP/256M which is upgraded with ...
Hardware
Jul 3, 2007
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Researchers Hope to Unlock Capabilities of Carbon Nanotubes
In a three-year project that researchers say could revolutionize the electronics industry, engineers at The University of Texas at Dallas are attempting to establish a standard means for tapping the potential of carbon nanotubes.
Nanomaterials
Jul 3, 2007
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Device could put disease detection in the palm of a hand
Lydia Sohn, associate professor of mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley, took her show on the road last week with a demonstration of her handheld nanocytometer at a "science fair" for leaders of Congress and the National ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 3, 2007
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