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Science: Quantum communication: atoms talk long distance
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Thursday, September 27, 2007. Quantum communication: atoms talk long distance. US physicists have coaxed tiny artificial atoms into communicating in an advance that may lead to super-fast quantum computers, the researchers said on Wednesday. Quantum computers hold the promise of being enormously powerful, capable of solving in seconds problems that take today's fastest machines years to crack. In the past, the best qubits could do was talk to neighboring qubits, much like the childhood game of telephone.
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Science: NASA asteroid probe launched from Florida
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Thursday, September 27, 2007. NASA asteroid probe launched from Florida. A pioneering spacecraft that could serve as a blueprint for future interplanetary transport blasted off aboard an unmanned Delta rocket on Thursday on a mission to explore two giant asteroids between Mars and Jupiter. The probe, called Dawn, will be the first to travel to and orbit two different celestial bodies, a maneuver that previously would have required far too much fuel to be possible. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Science: New plant and animal species found in Vietnam
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Thursday, September 27, 2007. New plant and animal species found in Vietnam. Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the World Wildlife Fund said Wednesday. The new species were found in a remote region known as the "Green Corridor" in Thua Thien Hue province in central Vietnam, the international conservation group said. It's great news for Vietnam," said Bernard O'Callaghan, Vietnam program coordinator for ...
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Science: FPL and PG&E team with Ausra on solar projects
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Thursday, September 27, 2007. FPL and PG&E team with Ausra on solar projects. Two of the nation's biggest power companies are teaming up with a solar start-up to create one of the world's largest solar power projects, which they say could make electricity at a competitive price. PG&E Corp, FPL Corp and solar thermal power generator Ausra Inc unveiled plans on Thursday for utility-scale solar plants which they claim will produce electricity at a price comparable with conventional fossil-fuel power plants.
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Science: Genome deciphered for elephantiasis worm
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Sunday, September 23, 2007. Genome deciphered for elephantiasis worm. Scientists have mapped the genome of a worm that causes elephantiasis in what they called on Thursday an important step toward developing new drugs or vaccines to fight the mosquito-borne disfiguring disease. Elephantiasis is marked by hideous swelling of the arms, legs, head, genitals or breasts. It is caused by small, thread-like parasitic worms that can live for years inside the human body and thrive in the human lymphatic system.
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Science: 'Mechatronics' engineers in high demand
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Friday, September 21, 2007. Mechatronics' engineers in high demand. When wet clothes bunch up on one side of the washing machine tub, an electronic braking system senses the problem and stops the machine before it's damaged. In a car accident, a sensor triggers the deployment of the vehicle's airbags. A digital camera uses electrical, mechanical and electronic components to take photographs. Even toys have computer-like devices that talk back to kids. Vancouver's Simon Fraser University offers a stand-al...
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Science: Migrating birds may "see" Earth's magnetic field
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Thursday, September 27, 2007. Migrating birds may "see" Earth's magnetic field. Migrating birds, it seems, can "see" the Earth's magnetic field which they use as a compass to guide them around the globe. Specialized neurons in the eye, sensitive to magnetic direction, have been shown for the first time to connect via a specific brain pathway to an area in the forebrain of birds responsible for vision, German researchers said on Wednesday. The German team, which published their findings in the online Publ...
