 Indians predated Newton 'discovery' by 250 years August 13, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 224 vote(s)
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A little known school of scholars in southwest India discovered one of the founding principles of modern mathematics hundreds of years before Newton according to new research. | |
 Alternative theory of gravity explains large structure formation -- without dark matter December 14, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 188 vote(s)
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In the standard theory of gravity—general relativity—dark matter plays a vital role, explaining many observations that the standard theory cannot explain by itself. But for 70 years, cosmologists have never ... | |
Online library gives readers access to 1.5 million books November 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 146 vote(s)
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The Million Book Project, an international venture led by Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, Zhejiang University in China, the Indian Institute of Science in India and the Library at Alexandria in Egypt, has ... | |
 A Two-Time Universe? Physicist Explores How Second Dimension of Time Could Unify Physics Laws May 15, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 330 vote(s)
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For a long time, Itzhak Bars has been studying time. More than a decade ago, the USC College physicist began pondering the role time plays in the basic laws of physics — the equations describing matter, gravity ... | |
 Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion May 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 275 vote(s)
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To many people, cold fusion sounds too good to be true. The idea is that, by creating nuclear fusion at room temperature, researchers can generate a nearly unlimited source of power that uses water as fuel ... | |
Researchers discover gene that blocks HIV February 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 195 vote(s)
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A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has discovered a gene that is able to block HIV, and in turn prevent the onset of AIDS. | |
 Electron filmed for first time ever February 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 178 vote(s)
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Now it is possible to see a movie of an electron. The movie shows how an electron rides on a light wave after just having been pulled away from an atom. This is the first time an electron has ever been filmed, ... | |
Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners April 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 191 vote(s)
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Hairless, clawless, and largely weaponless, ancient humans used the unlikely combination of sweatiness and relentlessness to gain the upper hand over their faster, stronger, generally more dangerous animal prey, Harvard Anthropology ... | |
 Are We in the Peak of an Oil Bubble? July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 178 vote(s)
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Since 2003, worldwide oil prices have quadrupled. According to a new study, the price of oil is rising at a faster-than-exponential rate, and cannot be sustained. In other words, we’re in the midst of an oil ... | |
 Inventor Doesn't Dare Say 'Perpetual Motion Machine' February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 258 vote(s)
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Thane Heins knows the track record of inventors that claim to make breakthroughs in power generation methods, especially when they claim to defy the second law of thermodynamics. Every so often, a (usually ... | |
 Researchers develop inexpensive, easy process to produce solar panels July 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 217 vote(s)
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Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. | |
 Solar Cells with 60% Efficiency? January 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 156 vote(s)
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Nuclear Engineer Lonnie Johnson, best known for his invention of the super soaker squirt gun, has recently designed a new type of solar energy technology that he says can achieve a conversion efficiency rate ... | |
 Powerful Little Light: LED With 1,000 Lumens March 15, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 305 vote(s)
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Osram has developed a small light-emitting diode spotlight that achieves an output of more than 1,000 lumens for the first time. That’s brighter than a 50-watt halogen lamp, thereby making the device suitable ... | |
A dash of lime -- a new twist that may cut CO2 levels back to pre-industrial levels July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 135 vote(s)
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Scientists say they have found a workable way of reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere by adding lime to seawater. And they think it has the potential to dramatically reverse CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, reports Cath ... | |
Mounting evidence shows red wine antioxidant kills cancer March 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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Rochester researchers showed for the first time that a natural antioxidant found in grape skins and red wine can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells by reaching to the cell's core energy source, or mitochondria, and crippling ... | |
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