The tangle of cables and plugs needed to recharge today's electronic gadgets could soon be a thing of the past. US researchers have outlined a relatively simple system that could deliver power to devices such as laptop computers or MP3 players with
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Does the desire to consume alcohol and tobacco come from our genetic makeup? Alcohol and smoking can be harmful, if not deadly. While the desire for these substances can be due to environmental cues, genomic factors also play an important role. The
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Astronomers Discover Supergiant Star Spews Molecules Needed for Life Jets of molecules, indicated by red and blue arrows, flow from the supergiant star VY Canis Majoris photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. The blue arrow (lower right) shows
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Study Sheds Light on Why Humans Walk on Two Legs This trained chimp works out to help answer why humans walk on two legs. The face mask measures oxygen consumption. The paint spots on the chimp's joints aid in video-assisted biomechanical analysis.
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=REEMEeySLVU Scientists have recently discovered that the planet Saturn is turning 60 - not years, but moons. "We detected the 60th moon orbiting Saturn using the Cassini spacecraft's powerful wide-angle camera," said Carl
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X-ray satellites discover the biggest collisions in the Universe This is a composite image of the Bullet Cluster. The Bullet Cluster is a much-studied pair of galaxy clusters, which have collided head on. One has passed through t
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Understanding light at the nanoscale: a nano-sized double-slit experiment Experimental configuration of the SPP double-slit experiment. SPPs excite the polariton modes on the metal waveguides (“slits”). The probe taps into the SPP wa
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The brain predicts our perception of the outside world Activity measured in the anterior cingular cortex and the insula predict three seconds in advance whether we will perceive laser stimulation as more or less painful. © ULg-CRC The human brain
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Many lives in many worlds.. Accepting quantum physics to be universally true, argues Max Tegmark, means that you should also believe in parallel universes. . that you should also believe in parallel universes. Is it only in fiction that we can expe
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Understanding how today's universe of galaxies, stars, and planets came to be. Stars began to form even before the first galaxies, and what had been a calm, near-formless sea began to surge with the froth of complex forms of matter and energetic pr
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Universe mostly forgets its past during cosmic rebirth.. Some cosmologists think that our universe has been cycling through an endless series of big bangs and big crunches. If so, it implies the universe is doomed to repeat the same thing over an
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elegant universe : ) something awe inspiring
The elegant universe Although I found this page - actually, I stumbled on it today, it is a site i visit often and happily sits in my favs : ) There is ju
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seee universe here
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What Happened Before the Big Bang? Spreading through a bounce: A state that initially has small fluctuations (left) bounces and develops larger fluctuations (right). Time proceeds along the horizontal axis, with the volume plotted vertically. Cre
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Graphic Organizer: Comparison of comets and asteroids Comets Asteroids Comet Hyakutake Artist's concept of an asteroid Made up of ice and dust Made up of rocks and metals Form tails when they pass through the inner solar system Do not form tails
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A new satellite has captured its first views of enigmatic glowing clouds whose proliferation may be linked to climate change. NASA launched the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite on 25 April on a mission to investigate "night-shini
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Pioneering 3D view of near-Earth magnetic 'dance' A diagram illustrating the null-null line observed by Cluster’s four spacecraft in the Earth’s magnetotail on 1 October 2001. Credits: Inset: Chinese Academy of Sciences (C. Xiao), background: NA
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Neutron stars join the black hole j