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Science by the Seat of the Pants

Sliding down a sand dune on your derriere might at first take seem a bit undignified for a professor from the California Institute of Technology. But for mechanical engineering professor Melany Hunt, it's all in the name of science.
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RNA could form building blocks for nanomachines

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Physical sciences news // 11 August, 2004 07:11:55
 Microscopic scaffolding to house the tiny components of nanotech devices could be built from RNA, the same substance that shuttles messages around a cell's nucleus, reports a Purdue University research group.

Intelligent glass blocks heat, not light

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Physical sciences news // 09 August, 2004 07:08:50
 Soaring air conditioning bills or suffering in the sweltering heat could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to British chemists.

Nanoprobe creates world of new possibilities

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Physical sciences news // 14 July, 2004 09:25:16
 A technology with proven environmental, forensics and medical applications has received a shot in the arm because of an invention by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

More to the universe than meets the eye

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Physical sciences news // 01 July, 2004 03:46:20
 Dark matter and dark energy may be different aspects of a single unknown force.

Brain sees, feels more than senses relay

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Physical sciences news // 12 June, 2004 08:08:12
 Seeing is believing, even when what we see is ambiguous or misleading.

Physics News Update No. 688

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Physical sciences news // 12 June, 2004 07:21:31
 A physics news bulletin covering the sensitivity of nerve cells, the secrets of biosonars, and microwave tissue welding.

Why Calcium Improves a High-Temperature Superconductor

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Physical sciences news // 06 June, 2004 10:53:08
 Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found evidence to prove why adding a small amount of calcium to a common high-temperature superconductor significantly increases the amount of electric current the material can carry.

Weird behavior of atoms improves precision

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Physical sciences news // 04 June, 2004 12:00:40
 By exploiting the weird quantum behavior of atoms, physicists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new technique that someday could be used to save weeks of measurements needed to operate ultraprecise atomic clocks.

Engineers visualize electric memory as it fades

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Physical sciences news // 02 June, 2004 06:34:57
 Why does electronic memory worsen over time, like in humans? Scientists may have found out why.

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