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Theorists claim dark energy does not exist - PhysicsWeb Most cosmologists believe that the universe is dominated by "dark energy" -- a mysterious form of energy that could explain why the universe is expanding and accelerating at the same time. Now, however, theoretical physicists have studied a new model of gravity that can, they claim, account for the acceleration of the universe without any need for dark energy. Their model relies instead on modifications to the way that gravity behaves at ultra-large cosmological distances (Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 041103). |
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The Growing Habitable Zone: Locations for Life Abound - Space.com Traditionally, this zone has been defined as a narrow disk around a star where temperatures are moderate enough that water on the surface of a planet can exist in a liquid form. The idea is that where liquid water exists, life might arise. Beginning in the latter half of the 20th century, new information began to emerge that challenged the traditional view. Scientists on Earth began finding rugged organisms thriving in harsh conditions that were off-limits to most other creatures. |
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Sperm cells from male fish turned into eggs - MSNBC Left: Rainbow trout hatchlings, 8 months old, were produced from spermatogonia stem cells. Scientists have tricked male fish cells that were destined to become sperm into switching sex and becoming eggs instead. The technique could one day be used to quickly produce animals with desired traits, speed up breeding programs and help repopulate dwindling populations of endangered species or creating sushi on demand, the researchers said. "Even if the species is extinct, we can restore them by transplanting them into closely related species," Goro said. |
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Alzheimer's Disease: :
2/15/2005: Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Study Launched Nationwide By National Institutes Of Health - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: Neuronal Receptor Response May Help Explain Alzheimer's Memory Loss - Science
Daily
Biosciences:
2/15/2005: Sperm cells from male fish turned into eggs
- MSNBC
2/15/2005: France adopts EU regulations on GM crop trials ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Researchers assemble second non-human primate genome ...
- Physics Org
Climate, Environment:
2/15/2005: Climate 'warmest for millennium' -
BBC
2/15/2005: Climate 'makes oil profit vanish' -
BBC
2/15/2005: Oil's hidden cost: Do oil taxes make it hard for the West to curb climate
change? -
BBC
2/15/2005: Third Kyoto pollution scheme close to launch ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: UK seen split on key climate change proposal ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Climate change threat to reef not overstated- Institute ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Global warming a major health risk - scientists ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Evangelicals urge action on global warming ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Bush Budget Slashes Environmental Programs Across-the-Board; Clean Water, Clean Air, Toxic Clean-Ups Suffer Bi ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Water quality restrictions ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Treasury urged to promote eco-friendly lifestyles ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Volcanic Signatures Persist In Oceans - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: Medieval Diaries Aid Scientists Ascertain Increase In Hot Spots Due To Global Warming - Science
Daily
Computers:
Devices
2/15/2005: Toy cos. to push high-tech items at fair - Seattle
Times
2/15/2005: Yes, Videogames Are Addictive... - Technology
Review
2/15/2005: [7 Comments] - Technology
Review
2/15/2005: Wonders Never Cease at Demo - Wired News
2/15/2005: Wired News Launches Podcasts - Wired News
2/15/2005: Promising Pitches at Demo 2006 - Business
Week
2/15/2005: 'Resident Evil 4' nabs game-of-year award- C/Net
2/15/2005: Games that stick it to 'The Man' - C/Net
Communications
2/15/2005: Wi-Fi Wonks Fon Home - Wired News
2/15/2005: Inside the BlackBerry "Workaround" - Business
Week
2/15/2005: Rupert Wants to Out-Cable Cable - Business
Week
2/15/2005: BlackBerry brinkmanship- C/Net
Technology
2/15/2005: Powerful video-game chip to run IBM computer servers - Seattle
Times
PC's
2/15/2005: Think Different for Rad Tablet PC - Wired News
2/15/2005: Travels with My Mac
Internet
2/15/2005: Craigslist accused of running biased ads - Seattle
Times
2/15/2005: Google's new feature with a catch - Seattle
Times
2/15/2005: Group says Yahoo gave China information used to jail government critic - Seattle
Times
2/15/2005: Influx of visitors to Zillow.com crashes Web site - Seattle
Times
2/15/2005: The Net Effect of Neutrality - Technology
Review
2/15/2005: What's the Matter with
Yahoo? - Technology
Review
2/15/2005: They Saved the Internet's Soul - Wired News
2/15/2005: Webmonkey First
Look: IE7 Preview - Wired News
2/15/2005: Transfer Your Data, for a Price - Wired News
2/15/2005: Outrunning China's Web Cops - Business
Week
2/15/2005: Advertisers may face public humiliation over adware- C/Net
2/15/2005: New service updates photo sites remotely- C/Net
2/15/2005: Warriors unite Angry anti-spyware campaigners issue a call to arms -
BBC
2/15/2005: Privacy fears hit Google search -
BBC
2/15/2005: Spyware warriors call for action
Miscellaneous
2/15/2005: Antitrust concerns over Vista are raised - Seattle
Times
2/15/2005: EU denies Microsoft request for e-mails in antitrust case - Seattle
Times
2/15/2005: Can MTV Stay
Cool? - Business
Week
2/15/2005: Musical taste 'swayed by peers' -
BBC
Energy:
2/15/2005: Energy reshapes China's priorities - Seattle
Times
2/15/2005: Alt-Energy Workers Bushwhacked - Wired News
Health:
Cardiovascular
2/15/2005: Scientists Testing Stem Cells For Peripheral Artery Disease - Science
Daily
Cancer
2/15/2005: Veggies Contain Chemicals That Boost DNA Repair And Protect Against Cancer - Science
Daily
Infectious
2/15/2005: Scientists Image Viruses as They Infect - Live Science
2/15/2005: Intimate Kissing Quadruples Risk Of Meningitis In Teenagers - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: Anti-HIV Drug Has Potential To Prevent Transmission In Women - Science
Daily
Non-Infectious
2/15/2005: Girls Equal, Exceed Boys in Substance Abuse - Live Science
Miscellaneous
2/15/2005: Snogging many 'risks meningitis' -
BBC
2/15/2005: No evidence jet lag remedy works -
BBC
2/15/2005: Call to let doctors have work nap -
BBC
2/15/2005: Many New Immigrants To U.S. Change Diet -- And Not For The Better - Science
Daily
History, Anthropology:
2/15/2005: Science losing war over evolution ...
- Physics Org
2/15/2005: Pharaonic tomb find stuns Egypt -
BBC
Miscellaneous:
2/15/2005: Stopping Roadside Bombs - Technology
Review
2/15/2005: Coders Bare Invasion Death Count - Wired News
2/15/2005: Fighting Fat-Wallet Syndrome - Wired News
2/15/2005: Takeoff Delay Slows Secure Flight - Wired News
2/15/2005: Rants 'n'
Raves: Pods and Domes - Wired News
2/15/2005: China seeks great leap forward in science ... - MSNBC
2/15/2005: Cosmic
Log: Dismal science at the Games ... - MSNBC
2/15/2005: China aims to be one of science powers in world ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: China sets goal for developing science, technology in 15 years ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: China to remarkably increase investment in science, technology ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: China to boost science, tech spending to 2.5 percent of GDP ...
- Physics Org
2/15/2005: DVD
Review: Dune - Extended Edition ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Rich Returns in Chip Equipment - Business
Week
2/15/2005: Police
blotter: Patriot Act e-mail spying approved- C/Net
2/15/2005: Science: NASA ramps up research challenges- C/Net
2/15/2005: Halfway point passed by Fossett -
BBC
2/15/2005: Who on
earth...: Why making 'wanted' posters is such a subtle art -
BBC
2/15/2005: Vonage: An IPO filing like it's 1999 - C/Net
2/15/2005: The anti-control freak at IBM - C/Net
2/15/2005: Fresh U.S. outrage ahead of China Internet hearings - C/Net
2/15/2005: Perspective: A vaporware battle royale - C/Net
2/15/2005: If food smells good, its good for you - MSNBC
2/15/2005: The Lover's
Moon: Go Ahead and Swoon - Space.com
2/15/2005: Pilot Steve Fossett Breaks Flight Record - Space.com
Neurosciences:
2/15/2005: Altruistic Love Related to Happier Marriages - Live Science
2/15/2005: Depressed mice recover with molecular therapy- C/Net
2/15/2005: It's In The
Genes: Study Opens Door To New Treatment Of The Blues - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: Late Pregnancy Use Of SSRI Antidepressant Medication May Affect Fetus - Science
Daily
Physics and Astronomy:
2/15/2005: Theorists claim dark energy does not exist - PhysicsWeb
2/15/2005: Chinese scientists forecast colorful astronomical phenomena in 2006 ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: World's Fastest Image Processor Aids Search For Elusive Form Of Matter - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: Rutgers Researchers 'Rewrite The Book' In Quantum Statistical Physics - Science
Daily
Prolongevity
Robotics:
2/15/2005: An Ibsen Classic ... With Robots! - Wired News
Space:
2/15/2005: The Growing Habitable
Zone: Locations for Life Abound - Space.com
2/15/2005: Young Enceladus ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Mineta: Space Tourism May Come in 2008 ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Kaboom! Ancient Impacts Scarred Moon To Its Core, May Have Created 'Man In The Moon' - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: Stardust Mission Succeeds in Returning Comet
Dust; Star Systems Hint at Possibility of Sun's Nemesis ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: Mars Rover At 'Home Plate' ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity Update 10 February 2006 ... - FirstScience
2/15/2005: NASA Mars Picture of the
Day: Tithonium Landslide ... - FirstScience
Technology:
2/15/2005:
2/15/2005: Plastic Logic joins publishers' 'e-reader' project - El.
Engr. Times
2/15/2005: The why of wine
- MSNBC
2/15/2005: NASA unveils its toughest challenges yet - New
Scientist
2/15/2005: Georgia Tech Develops Technology For More Compact, Inexpensive Spectrometers - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: Chemists Cook Up New Strain Of Carbon Nanotubes - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: Lenses of Liquid - Technology
Review
2/15/2005: Kodak tops U.S. digital-camera market - Business
Week
2/15/2005: A New Way Of Looking At Molecular Motors - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: Radiologic Signs More Than Double Sensitivity Of MRIs - Science
Daily
2/15/2005: New Georgia Tech Probe Revolutionizes Nano Imaging - Science
Daily