06/04/2005

Nanobacteria in clouds could spread disease, scientists claim

'Micro-organisms could also prompt rainfall' Micro-organisms in clouds could play a crucial role in the spread of disease and in the formation of rain drops, scientists have claimed. The radical theories about nanobacteria ...

Era of galaxy and black hole growth spurt discovered

Distant galaxies undergoing intense bursts of star formation have been shown by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to be fertile growing grounds for the largest black holes in the Universe. Collisions between galaxies in the ...

Discovery Captures, Converts Heat

Your car's engine loses 70 percent of its energy as waste heat-but Australian and Oregon scientists may have figured out an efficient way not only to recover that lost energy, but to at long last capture the power-producing ...

Clever 'Clocky' Combats Oversleeping

A relatively simple product designed to combat a common problem is turning Media Arts and Science graduate student Gauri Nanda into a celebrity. Working to solve the main cause of oversleeping - the snooze bar - Nanda has ...

NASA Extended Mars Rovers Mission for Third Time

NASA has approved up to 18 more months of operations for Spirit and Opportunity, the twin Mars rovers that have already surprised engineers and scientists by continuing active exploration for more than 14 months. "The rovers ...

First PCs based on Intel Dual Core Processor Systems Appeared

Velocity Micro, a leading North American manufacturer of high performance PCs, announced recently that it has partnered with Intel to introduce a new line of systems based on Intel's new dual core processor technology. Featuring ...

Study finds Earth's auroras are not mirror images

Thanks to observations from the ground and satellites in space, scientists know that the North and South Poles light up at night with Auroras because a "solar wind" of electrified gas continually flows outward from the sun ...

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