Scientists Discover Mineral Comes from Ancient Supernova
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NASA and University of Arizona researchers have discovered pristine mineral grains that formed in an ancient supernova explosion. The grains were among other extraterrestrial dust plucked by high-flying NAS ...
Planet With Largest Solid Core Ever Discovered
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NASA researchers recently discovered the largest solid core ever found in an extrasolar planet, and their discovery confirms a planet formation theory. "For theorists, the discovery of a planet with such a l ...
Physicists observed new interaction in elementary particle physics
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Jul 01, 2005 |
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Physics researchers working at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) Laboratory in Japan have observed a new type of interaction among the most fundamental of particles, the quark. The scientists reported ...
New design developed for silicon nanowire transistors
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In an advance for nanoscale electronics, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new design for silicon nanowire transistors that both simplifies processing ...
Higher Precision Analysis Doesn’t Yield Pentaquark
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New, higher precision data that could only have been gathered at the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) shows the Theta-plus pentaquark doesn’t appear in ...
Bacteria Take the Path of Least Resistance
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Findings may lead to new nano-devices and understanding of infection Researchers have reported new information about how certain bacteria propel themselves from one place to another. Insight into bacteria ...
July 13 set for Discovery space launch
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NASA has set July 13 as the Discovery shuttle launch date, the first U.S. space flight since the 2003 Columbia disaster. Commander Eileen Collins and her crew are scheduled for a 3:51 p.m. EDT liftoff. ...
The World Year of Physics: 2005
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Exactly 100 years ago (on June 30, 1905), a 26-year-old patent clerk named Albert Einstein published an strange research paper about a principle he called relativity -- and gave us a whole new way to think ...
Deep Impact data won't make a dent, scientist says
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NASA's Deep Impact mission will only prove what scientists think they already know about the birth of the solar system, says one University of Missouri-Rolla researcher.
Green tea unlikely to reduce cancer risk
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The evidence that green tea may reduce risk of some cancers is weak and its unlikely to cut cancer risk, U.S. Federal Drug Administration officials said.
