 New technique can detect biological, chemical and explosive agents March 16, 2007 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Airplane passengers and baggage might be screened one day by a machine under development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) that can detect explosive, chemical and biological agents all at the ... | |
 Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense December 11, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 404 vote(s)
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In a recent study, fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel explains that a hydrogen economy is a wasteful economy. The large amount of energy required to isolate hydrogen from natural compounds (water, natural gas, biomass), ... | |
 40% efficient solar cells to be used for solar electricity June 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 441 vote(s)
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Scientists from Spectrolab, Inc., a subsidiary of Boeing, have recently published their research on the fabrication of solar cells that surpass the 40% efficiency milestone—the highest efficiency achieved ... | |
 'Mach c'? Scientists observe sound traveling faster than the speed of light January 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 191 vote(s)
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For the first time, scientists have experimentally demonstrated that sound pulses can travel at velocities faster than the speed of light, c. William Robertson’s team from Middle Tennessee State University ... | |
 Interstellar Spaceflight: Is It Possible? December 07, 2005 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 284 vote(s)
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With current space travel limited to just a few robotic probes visiting nearby planets, how realistic is it to think about reaching the nearest stars? For the short term, not very – especially when we speak ... | |
 A Giant Trilobite on the Sun September 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 83 vote(s)
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"We've never seen anything quite like it," says solar physicist Lika Guhathakurta from NASA headquarters. | |
 3-D model shows big body of water in Earth's mantle February 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 273 vote(s)
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A seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis has made the first 3-D model of seismic wave damping — diminishing — deep in the Earth's mantle and has revealed the existence of an underground water reservoir ... | |
 Scientists build world's first single-molecule car October 20, 2005 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 131 vote(s)
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Rice University Scientists have done it. After BMW announced the possibility of producing a car that would utilize nanotechnology practically for all functions, Rice University scientists developed the world’s ... | |
 Lovers and liars: How many sex partners have you really had? February 13, 2006 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Lovers and public health officials want an answer to the following question: How many opposite-sex partners have you had in your lifetime? | |
Myth: Eating turkey makes you sleepy November 23, 2005 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 91 vote(s)
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There's reportedly good Thanksgiving news for turkey lovers: Contrary to popular belief, tryptophan in turkey doesn't cause drowsiness. | |
 Robot walks on water July 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 129 vote(s)
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Water striders, insects that walk on the surface of the water, may never set foot on land in their lives, and yet they’re not swimmers. Over the past million or so years, this insect—sometimes called a water ... | |
 The car that makes its own fuel October 24, 2005 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 192 vote(s)
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A unique system that can produce Hydrogen inside a car using common metals such as Magnesium and Aluminum was developed by an Israeli company. The system solves all of the obstacles associated with the manufacturing, ... | |
 South Pole Neutrino Detector Could Yield Evidences of String Theory January 26, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 275 vote(s)
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Researchers at Northeastern University and the University of California, Irvine say that scientists might soon have evidence for extra dimensions and other exotic predictions of string theory. Early results ... | |
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. | |
 Astronomers find gaping hole in the Universe August 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 241 vote(s)
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University of Minnesota astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies and gas, as well as the mysterious, ... | |
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