Scientists plan Amazon forest fire
Woods Hole Research Center scientists are planning to burn a one and one-half square-mile area of Amazon forest to study the effects of fires in that area.
Jul 20, 2005
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Fingernails may someday store information
Japanese scientists are working to place microscopic information on fingernails with the goal of one day replacing credit cards, Nature.com reported. The team has only managed the feat on nail clippings so far, but they hope ...
Jul 20, 2005
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NASA wants to smooth bumpy plane rides
Most airline passengers and even flight crews don't like turbulence, so NASA researchers have developed an automatic turbulence reporting system.
Jul 20, 2005
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Florida Tech team invents restuarant pager
A Florida Tech student design team won an advanced E-team grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance for a restaurant pager.
Jul 20, 2005
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Hunger hormone linked to memory
Scottish scientists say they've determined the hormone that controls the body's hunger pangs may also boost one's memory.
Jul 20, 2005
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Rare astronomical alignment observed
In a feat of astronomical and terrestrial alignment, a group of scientists from MIT (Cambridge, Mass.) and Williams College (Williamstown, Mass.) recently succeeded in observing distant Pluto's tiny moon, Charon, hide a star. ...
Jul 20, 2005
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