 |  Theoretical Physicists Develop Test for String Theory
For decades, many scientists have criticized string theory, pointing out that it does not make predictions by which it can be tested. Now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University; the University of California, San Diego; and The University of Texas at Austin have developed a test of...  |
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01-26-2007
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| | Paleontologists discover most primitive primate skeleton
The origins and earliest branches of primate evolution are clearer and more ancient by 10 million years than previous studies estimated, according to a study published today.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/5/2948_web_thumb.jpgThe paper by researchers at Yale, the University of... |
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01-24-2007
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| | Probing the secrets of 'junk' DNA
Two hundred years ago, Jean-Fran ois Champollion and his colleagues used the Rosetta Stone to help them translate previously undecipherable bits of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/ovcharenko_thumb.jpgToday, half a dozen years after the release of the... |
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01-23-2007
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| | Diamonds from Outer Space
If indeed "a diamond is forever," the most primitive origins of Earth's so-called black diamonds were in deep, universal time, geologists have discovered. Black diamonds came from none other than interstellar space.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/carbonado_thumb.jpgIn a... |
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01-10-2007
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| | Why a spider hanging from a thread does not rotate
The extraordinary properties of spider's thread are like a blessing for researchers working on polymers. However, the amazing twisting properties it displays are still not very well understood. How can one explain the fact that a spider suspended by a thread remains completely motionless,... |
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12-31-2006
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| | Researchers Observe Rare Light-emitting Decay of Neutrons
Neutrons -- the tiny particles that match with protons to form the innards of nearly every atom in the universe -- decay when left to fend for themselves outside an atomic nucleus. For decades, researchers have predicted but never proved that roughly 1 in 1,000 of those decays will produce... |
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12-29-2006
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| | Top Exploration and Discovery Stories of the Year
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/logo_nasa.jpgNASA moved forward in 2006 to extend humanity's exploration of the solar system and learn more about the universe and our home planet. The space shuttle got back to work building the International Space Station, and the agency... |
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12-29-2006
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| | The Mathematics of Cloaking
The theorists who first created the mathematics that describe the behavior of the recently announced "invisibility cloak" have revealed a new analysis that may extend the current cloak's powers, enabling it to hide even actively radiating objects like a flashlight or cell phone.
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12-28-2006
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| | DZero finds evidence of rare single top quark
Scientists of the DZero collaboration at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced in a seminar at Fermilab on December 8, 2006 the first evidence of single top quarks produced in a rare subatomic process involving the weak nuclear force.
The result is... |
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12-21-2006
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| | NASA and Google to Bring Space Exploration Down to Earth
NASA Ames Research Center and Google have signed a Space Act Agreement that formally establishes a relationship to work together on a variety of challenging technical problems ranging from large-scale data management and massively distributed computing, to human-computer interfaces.
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12-20-2006
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12-13-2006
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| | Climate experts search for answers in the oceans
By absorbing half of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere, the oceans have a profound influence on climate. However, their ability to take up this carbon dioxide might be impaired as a result of climate change.
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12-12-2006
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| | Long the Fixation of Physicists Worldwide, a Tiny Particle Is Found
After decades of intensive effort by both experimental and theoretical physicists worldwide, a tiny particle with no charge, a very low mass and a lifetime much shorter than a nanosecond, dubbed the "axion," has now been detected by the University at Buffalo physicist who first suggested... |
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12-10-2006
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| | New Clues to How Sex Evolves
Sex is a boon to evolution; it allows genetic material from parents to recombine, giving rise to a unique new genome. But how did sex itself evolve?
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/him_zim_genes_proteins_thumb.jpgResearchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley... |
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12-10-2006
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| | Explore planet Earth in near-real time
Have you ever wanted to track natural events in progress, such as fires, floods and volcanic eruptions, or simply explore the planet through the eyes of a satellite? ESA has created a website, MIRAVI, which gives access to the most recently acquired images from the world's largest... |
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12-09-2006
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| | Global Warming Increases Species Extinctions Worldwide
Global warming has already caused extinctions in the most sensitive habitats and will continue to cause more species to go extinct over the next 50 to 100 years, confirms the most comprehensive study since 2003 on the effects of climate change on wild species worldwide by a University of Texas... |
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12-07-2006
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| | Neandertal Genome to be Deciphered
The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and 454 Life Sciences Corporation, in Branford, Connecticut, have announced an ambitious plan to complete a first draft of the Neandertal genome within the next two years. ... |
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| | Detecting explosives with honeybees
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a method for training the common honey bee to detect the explosives used in bombs. Based on knowledge of bee biology, the new techniques could become a leading tool in the fight against the use of improvised explosive devices, or... |
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11-28-2006
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| | Thanksgiving Skies
Thanksgiving is the biggest travel holiday of the year in the United States. Millions of people board airplanes and fly long hours to visit friends and family.
http://hypography.com/gallery/files/9/9/8/glory_thumb.jpgDreading the trip? Think of it as a sky watching opportunity. There... |
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11-22-2006
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11-19-2006
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