Catching the Gravitational Wave
For nearly a century, scientists searched to uncover the tremors Einstein believed were produced by waves in the fabric of space and time.
General Physics
Jul 17, 2007
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Throttling Back to the Moon
Accelerating from 0 to 60 then slowing down for a stop light is no problem for an ordinary automobile. But if you were piloting a rocketship, it wouldn't be so easy. Most rocket engines are designed to burn full-on (liftoff!) ...
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2007
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NTT DoCoMo to Start Marketing Japanese Support for BlackBerry
NTT DoCoMo announced today that it will begin marketing Research In Motion's BlackBerry 8707h with Japanese-language support on July 23.
Telecom
Jul 17, 2007
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Case closed: MIT gumshoes solve 'throbbing' oil mystery
Hey kids! Try this at home. Pour clean water onto a small plate. Wait for all the ripples to stop. Then mix a small amount of mineral oil with an even smaller amount of detergent. Squeeze a tiny drop of that mixture onto ...
General Physics
Jul 17, 2007
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Foxes get frisky in the far north
Bees do it, chimps do it… Now it seems Arctic foxes do it, too. New research looking at the DNA fingerprints of canids in the Far North has revealed that foxes once thought to be monogamous are in fact quite frisky.
Jul 17, 2007
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Sequencing method yields fuller picture
University of Southern California biologists have developed a method for sequencing both chromosomes of an organism.
Jul 17, 2007
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Monkeys don't go for easy pickings
Animals' natural foraging decisions give an insight into their cognitive abilities, and primates do not automatically choose the easy option. Instead, they appear to decide where to feed based on the quality of the resources ...
Jul 17, 2007
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Device helps physically disabled turn on computer
More than 14 million Americans under age 64 have a physical disability, according to the 2005 American Community Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. A large percentage of these persons have little or no use of their hands to ...
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Jul 17, 2007
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University of Pennsylvania engineers discover natural 'workbench' for nanoscale construction
Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have taken a step toward simplifying the creation of nanostructures by identifying the first inorganic material to phase separate with near-perfect order at the nanometer scale. ...
Nanophysics
Jul 17, 2007
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Understanding light at the nanoscale: a nano-sized double-slit experiment
Before nanotechnology can reach its full potential, researchers must understand the way things work on the nanoscale—which is often very different from the macroscopic world. One of these areas is light, and how light interacts ...
