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Astronomers find a mixed-up solar system - PhysicsWeb Astronomers in the US have discovered that the inner and outer parts of a gas disk orbiting a young star in our galaxy are rotating in opposite directions. This unexpected result means that some of the planets that will form around the star will orbit in one direction, while the other planets will orbit in the opposite direction, implying that star and planet formation could be more complicated than thought.. |
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X PRIZE Foundation And The $2M Lunar Lander Challenge - SpaceDaily Left: On October 4, 2004, the Ansari X PRIZE proved that offering a prize for a radical breakthrough in research and development is an extremely effective catalyst towards accelerating technological growth. Based on that success, the X PRIZE Foundation is now widely recognized as the premiere prize institute in the world. The X PRIZE Foundation is moving forward with plans to offer a $2 million Lunar Lander Challenge by releasing draft rules of the competition today, making them available for public comment. The LLC was originally introduced in a Letter of Intent executed between XPF and NASA's Centennial Challenges manager, Brant Sponberg, at the 2005 X PRIZE Cup. |
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The Invisible Galaxies That Could Not Hide - PhysicsWeb Astronomers, using the unique capabilities offered by the high-resolution spectrograph UVES on ESO's Very Large Telescope, have found a metal-rich hydrogen cloud in the distant universe. The result may help to solve the missing metal problem and provides insight on how galaxies form. "Our discovery shows that significant quantities of metals are to be found in very remote galaxies that are too faint to be directly seen", said Céline Péroux (ESO), lead-author of the paper presenting the results [1]. The analysis of the spectrum shows that this galaxy has four times more metals than the Sun. This is the first time one finds such a large amount of 'metals' [2] in a very distant object. |
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Biosciences:
3/4/2005: Fish beach themselves in N.C. - MSNBC
3/4/2005: Butterflies poke holes in DNA barcodes
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Nature
3/4/2005: Demo backs animal lab in Oxford
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Nature
3/4/2005: In
Court: Calif. Stem-Cell Law - Wired News
3/4/2005: Caliper Life Sciences ... - FirstScience
3/4/2005: ESA Biosciences ... - FirstScience
Climate, Environment:
3/4/2005: Climate killing africa's crops - New
Scientist
3/4/2005: The Critical Importance Of Mangroves To Ocean Life - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: SOA Fosters Ecosystem, Partnerships ... - FirstScience
3/4/2005: Canada, U.S. in new clash over water ... - MSNBC
3/4/2005: City chiefs redouble efforts on recycling ... - FirstScience
3/4/2005: New 60% recycling target unveiled ... - FirstScience
3/4/2005: Sydney climate change ... - FirstScience
3/4/2005: Environmental Firm Says Peru Amazon Pipeline Project Could Face New Leaks ... - FirstScience
Computers:
Devices
3/4/2005: Matsushita to debut digital SLR camera - C/Net
3/4/2005: He helped build the iPod; now he has built a rival - C/Net
3/4/2005: Video: Samsung introduces flash-based MP3 player - C/Net
3/4/2005: 10 strangest iPod accessories - C/Net
3/4/2005: Little scanner a giant among gadgets - Seattle
Times
3/4/2005: Forget Film, Games Do Sci-Fi Best - Wired News
3/4/2005: Games That Get Your Groove On - Wired News
3/4/2005: Putting Your DVDs on a Video iPod - Wired News
3/4/2005: Warcraft game makers look to grow -
BBC
3/4/2005: Reflex action for camera makers - C/Net
3/4/2005: CNET
videos: High-end gear - C/Net
3/4/2005: Photos: New digital cameras - C/Net
Communications
3/4/2005: The world's a cell-phone stage - C/Net
3/4/2005: Survey: Rural broadband use up - CNN
3/4/2005: Broadband use grows in rural areas - Seattle
Times
3/4/2005: Municipal Mesh Network - Technology
Review
3/4/2005: Light at End of Fiber Slump - Wired News
Technology
3/4/2005: IBM's chip-shrinking secret - Technology
Review
PC's
Internet
3/4/2005: Kits help phishing sites proliferate - C/Net
3/4/2005: Cyberthieves silently copy keystrokes - C/Net
3/4/2005: Feds: Google's privacy concerns unfounded - C/Net
3/4/2005: 35 comments - C/Net
3/4/2005: With search site relaunch, Jeeves loses top billing - C/Net
3/4/2005: Joys of messaging are beyond words - L. A. Times
3/4/2005: Adventures with a Nigerian e-mail con artist - C/Net
3/4/2005: Tolls could dot the Internet highway - CNN
3/4/2005: Scenes From the MySpace Backlash - Wired News
3/4/2005: A MySpace Cheat Sheet for Parents - Wired News
3/4/2005: Bye Bye
Butler: Ask Dumps Jeeves - Wired News
3/4/2005: PC viruses top list of hi-tech threats to British business -
BBC
Miscellaneous
3/4/2005: Microsoft boxes up Vista - C/Net
3/4/2005: MPAA expands fight against piracy - C/Net
3/4/2005: FAQ: File-swap fracas hits newsgroups - C/Net
3/4/2005: Microsoft's InfoCard draws open-source response - C/Net
3/4/2005: What will Apple pull out of its
hat? - CNN
3/4/2005: Vista sneak preview was right on - Seattle
Times
3/4/2005: Microsoft plans new Windows products - Seattle
Times
3/4/2005: Being DadHow will your life change when you bring your baby
home? -
BBC
3/4/2005: Getting a read on Origami - C/Net
Energy:
3/4/2005: Learn how you can cut those energy bills - CNN
3/4/2005: Greenpeace Anti-Nuclear Action Hits Sizewell ... - FirstScience
Health:
Cardiovascular
3/4/2005: Operate on a heart without missing a beat - New
Scientist
3/4/2005: Chocolate Does a Man's Heart Good -
Google
3/4/2005: all 215 related » -
Google
3/4/2005: How stress triggers heart attack -
BBC
Cancer
3/4/2005: Older Men With Early Prostate Cancer Survived Longer With Treatment Vs. Observation - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: Common Osteoporosis Treatment May Help Men With Prostate Cancer Suffering From Bone Loss - Science
Daily
Infectious
Non-Infectious
3/4/2005: Mystery Solved- Gold's Power Against Autoimmune Diseases Defined - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: New Insights Into The Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis And Cancer - Science
Daily
Miscellaneous
3/4/2005: Teenage hamsters on steroids - New
Scientist
3/4/2005: New 'Implanted Contacts' Designed To Fix
Nearsightedness - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: Mom's Genetics Could Produce Gay Sons - Space.com
3/4/2005: Warning over child obesity push -
BBC
History, Anthropology:
3/4/2005: Ancient sun temple uncovered in Cairo - MSNBC
3/4/2005: Dinosaur 'crime scenes' submit to forensic scrutiny - New
Scientist
3/4/2005: Scientists Rally For Evolution At Meeting - Space.com
3/4/2005: 'Pompeii of the East' discovered -
BBC
Miscellaneous:
3/4/2005: Test scores not lowered by television - C/Net
3/4/2005: You're
accepted:-UC Berkeley’s e-mail error - C/Net
3/4/2005: Telecommuting offers hope for region choking on traffic backups - Seattle
Times
3/4/2005: Sales pitch apes CEO Ballmer - Seattle
Times
3/4/2005: A Better DNA Detector - Technology
Review
3/4/2005: Toyota Raises the Roof on Sound - Wired News
Neurosciences:
3/4/2005: Brain Processing Of Speech Sounds Is Different In Some Southern English Speakers - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: The Keys to Happiness, and Why We Don't Use Them - Space.com
3/4/2005: Neuro-Tech Shows Medical Promise - Wired News
Physics and Astronomy:
3/4/2005: Astronomers find a mixed-up solar system - PhysicsWeb
3/4/2005: The Invisible Galaxies That Could Not Hide - PhysicsWeb
3/4/2005: Supernova Bursts with Opportunity for Astronomers ... - FirstScience
3/4/2005: Thermo Electron (X-ray) ... - FirstScience
3/4/2005: Advanced Chemistry Development ... - FirstScience
Prolongevity
Robotics:
3/4/2005: Send in my android twin - New
Scientist
Space:
3/4/2005: X PRIZE Foundation And The $2M Lunar Lander Challenge - SpaceDaily
3/4/2005: Profits set to soar in outer space - CNN
3/4/2005: Out-of-this-world opportunities - CNN
3/4/2005: The Silicon Valley of spaceflight - CNN
3/4/2005: Cashing in on Mars - CNN
3/4/2005: Millionaires on the launchpad - CNN
3/4/2005: The 62,000-mile elevator ride - CNN
3/4/2005: Building zero-G boomtowns - CNN
3/4/2005: Why space needs you - CNN
3/4/2005: Mars probe poised for 'hair-raising' orbit entry - New
Scientist
3/4/2005: Tracking the space station's Moon shadow - New
Scientist
3/4/2005: Space is running out of space - New
Scientist
3/4/2005: NASA's Next Leap In Mars Exploration Nears Arrival - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: Ausonia Mensa Massif on Mars ... - FirstScience
3/4/2005: China plans space walk, docking ... - FirstScience
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Technology:
3/4/2005: Gadgets: Brush-on microdots tag your valuables - C/Net
3/4/2005: Tricycles for
grownups? Maybe - Business
Week
3/4/2005: MIT Thinks Small To Find Safer
Metals: Technique Could Replace Chromium - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: Rochester Scientists Develop Fast-working Biosensor - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: Devices Tease Out Individual Sounds From Underwater Racket - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: Software Helps Military Aircraft Techncians Centralize Maintenance - Science
Daily
3/4/2005: Software creates surgical reality - Seattle
Times
3/4/2005: You Do
It: Make Your Own Light Bulb - Space.com
3/4/2005: Dragnet, Reinvented - Wired News