NASA's Phoenix Mars lander flexed its robotic arm Thursday in a successful test of the key element in the probe's mission to investigate the Red Planet's soil for conditions conducive to life, NASA said.
Space Exploration
May 29, 2008
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Uncontrolled reaction of organic compounds with oxygen is easy: we call it fire. But nature often needs to do oxidations very specifically, adding oxygen to a particular carbon atom in a complicated molecule without disturbing ...
May 29, 2008
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A critical enzyme used to prepare a powerful cancer-killing agent may be able to help drug makers better target the cells the natural product attacks, according to findings published in the May 23 edition of the Journal of ...
May 29, 2008
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Astronomers have unearthed secrets from the grave of a star that blasted apart in a supernova explosion long ago. By decoding ghostly echoes of light traveling away from the remains of a supernova called Cassiopeia A, the ...
Astronomy
May 29, 2008
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When a company improves its environmental performance, it is common to think that the accompanying economic improvements are based on the company's more efficient use of resources. However,
Other
May 29, 2008
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Where do you get your genes? If you are an animal, you inherit them from your parents at the moment of conception, and that's about it. No later incorporation of environmental DNA for you, unless you become host to a parasite ...
May 29, 2008
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In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and polluted groundwater, scientists at Rice University have shown how tiny, stick-shaped particles of metal and carbon can trap oil droplets ...
Nanomaterials
May 29, 2008
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University of Queensland researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that produces highly efficient miniature crystals which could revolutionise the way we harvest and use solar energy.
Nanomaterials
May 29, 2008
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Today Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. introduced the industry's first sub-40 nanometer NAND memory device, unveiling a 34nm 32 gigabit multi-level cell chip. This process technology was jointly developed by ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
May 29, 2008
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Experts in the field of nanoscience have discovered a way of controlling the motion and detecting the forces that move molecules within molecules.
Nanophysics
May 29, 2008
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