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Five Apps to Guide Your Green Life
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Colliding Galaxies, X-rays and Dark Matter
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Good Ozone and Bad Ozone: What is the Difference?
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Solar Heating With Aluminum Soda CansThere are many ways to use solar energy. Here is how one man does it with aluminum cans. A variation of this application may be just what you are looking for.
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How to Prepare an Entry-Level Scientific ResumeSeeking employment in the scientific industry? Be sure to include these often overlooked points in your resume to best market yourself to potential employers. -
Advances in the Technology of ProstheticsWe have come a long way from Ahab’s leg and Captain Hook’s hand. Today, with sufficient resources, limb and extremity prosthetics are remarkable and functional technological achievements.
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Dark Energy and Dark Matter ExplainedTwo of the newest, yet least understood concepts in astronomy and physics are dark energy and dark matter. But what are these strange forms of energy and matter? And are we sure that they even exist? -
A Few Things That Guided Me to My Career in Veterinary MedicineI am one of the few people who have the remarkable opportunity to have followed my dream of becoming a veterinarian. -
What Is a Quasar?Quasars are the most powerful sustained sources of energy in the known universe. What are quasars and why are there no quasars near us? -
What Is Space Debris?NASA estimates that there are more than half a million man-made bits of space debris bigger than 1 centimeter in diameter whizzing around the Earth. These objects pose an increasing threat to satellties and astronauts. -
Thinking of Becoming a Scientist? 5 Questions You Should Ask Yourself FirstIf you are thinking of working in science and aren't sure, there are 5 questions you should ask yourself before taking the plunge. -
Zookeeper: A Career of Many SciencesA zookeeper is a scientist, but we don't stick to just one field! -
Why I Became an Earth Systems ScientistEarth systems science seeks to transcend the boundaries that exist between scientific disciplines so that we can step back and get a “big picture” view of current, past and future conditions on our home planet. -
Jump to Light Speed?The European Organization for Nuclear Research discovered particles that traveled faster than the speed of light, breaking the law of physics as we know it. -
UARS Satellite Positioned for Reentry After 20 Years in SpaceNASA's UARS Satellite will reenter Earth's atmosphere sometime around Friday after 20 years orbiting the planet. -
What Are Implications of Measurable Dreams?Scientists at UC Berkley have constructed visual images from data recorded from test subjects' brains; your dreams may be next. -
Mathematical Mysteries: Uncountable InfinityWhat is bigger than infinity? According to some math, there are even bigger infinities than the ones you might imagine. Some can be counted, and others cannot. -
Celebrate U.S. National Metric Week in OctoberKids understand measurements only if they experience them first-hand. Pump up the excitement during National Metric Week by conducting your own Mini-Metric Olympics where every student is engaged. -
Ancient Technology: The PulleyPulleys are hardly thought of as critical technology, until you don't have one. With just a few pulleys, you can magnify your strength enough to lift cars, and they were understood as far back as the ancient Greeks. -
6 Mind-Blowing Facts About the UniverseThe universe is of much interest to everybody. Take a look at some mind blowing, crazy, amazing and fascinating facts and statistics about the universe, the Big Bang and more! -
God in a Space SuitA persuasive essay, (which earned an A grade.) in MLA format, making strong points in favor of 'the alien astronaut theory'- the idea that extraterrestrials greatly influenced human's existence on Earth.
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Chemists Alter Vancomycin Structure and Boost Antibacterial PowerResearchers from the United States have disclosed a vancomycin derivative that regains it’s usefulness against vancomycin-resistant bacteria. This gives doctors a medication to use in the most hopeless of cases.
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Permanent Dipoles Between Identical Atoms: Rydberg States Overturn TextbooksScientists from Harvard report that a permanent electric dipole has been detected between two rubidium atoms. This is in conflict with textbook theories, and has an interesting explanation.
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Chemists Synthesize New Hypoallergenic Sunscreen from Alkaloid HomodimerResearchers from Sweden have developed a new synthesis of scytonemin, which is promising for use in sunscreen formulations.
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Photonic Crystal Sensors for Measuring HazMat ExposureScientists from California have developed a cheap, effective sensor with no moving parts that monitors the performance of respirators. Exposure to hazardous vapors gradually changes the color of light reflecting off the sensor.
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Using Dry Rot to “Surgically Strike” Cellulose: Fungus Genome is SequencedNew research published in the journal Science outlines the genome of a brown rot fungus. This information details how cellulose can be degraded without harming lignin.
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Ultrathin Gold Conductive Layers for Transparent, Flexible Solar CellsBritish chemists have developed a technique that deposits extremely thin and partially transparent layers of gold metal onto both glass and plastic. This is useful for solar cell preparation.
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Making Petrochemicals from Wood Using a New CatalystScientists from Massachusetts have developed a new catalytic system that converts renewable resources into the starting materials for plastics and pharmaceuticals.
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The Most Basic Misconception About EvolutionWhether you personally believe in evolution or not, learn the truth about the theory's biggest misconception. It may just help you understand what everyone's been talking about.
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Navy Set to Begin Testing Electromagnet RailgunThe Navy has announced that it has finalized plans to being testing it's new railgun magnetic launcher, which it says will revolutionize maritime warfare.
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Stanford Researchers a Step Closer to All Electric Highway SystemA group of Stanford researchers have developed a way to transfer electricity from a coil by the side of the road to a moving car, giving them an unlimited driving range without ever having to recharge.
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Inventor Creates Haptic Weather Forecast CubeIn a true stroke of inspiration, a self-professed innovative inventor has created an entirely new way to give weather forecasts.
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NASA's Dr. Loftus Invents Medical Marvel, the BiocapsuleFew people have earned the chance to save millions of lives, but Dr. Loftus might be counting himself among those people. The NASA scientist wanted to protect astronauts while in space years at a time. What he created was medical genius.
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Aliens to Contact Who First?Should the day ever arrive and an alien species seeks to make first contact on earth, who would he seek, man or beast?
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Large Scale Thin Graphene Production Method is RevealedScientists from Pennsylvania have developed a high yielding synthesis of graphene, which is an extremely valuable material useful for electronics. Unlike previous methods, the new route is cheap and can make large amounts.
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How to Make a HovercraftThis article is a how-to guide for a homemade hovercraft
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Metal-Free Organic Phosphors: New Materials for Thin, Flexible DisplaysScientists from Michigan have developed a synthesis of purely organic light-emitting phosphors, which avoids the complication of added metals. These materials show great promise for LEDs.
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20122012 The year the world is supposed to end.
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The Discovery of Lake VostokThe world waits in awe and concern as the Russian researchers breach the 20 million year old Lake Vostok. Here is a look at how we knew about the ancient lake and how the curiosity of Andrei Kapitsa might have prevented this from being accidental.
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Breaking and Entering Lake VostokCelebration and cheer ignites... and immediately quiets again. The Russians have reported they have broken through to Lake Vostok. They say they have a sample of the ancient lake. They also say they can't take it home until next research season.
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Canadian Group Proposes New Type of Foldable Computer ScreenCanadian group develops virtual notebook that works like the old fashioned kind except it has touch screens on front, back and inside.
