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Rocketplane's Majority Owner Buys Kistler - Space.com
The
majority owner of Rocketplane Limited, Inc., an Oklahoma City,
Okla.-based company building a reusable space plane for the suborbital
tourism market, is adding Kistler Aerospace to his portfolio and
initially intends to use its design for a reusable orbital vehicle to
compete for business from NASA such as delivering
supplies to the international space station. |
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Modeling The Giant Cores Of Extrasolar Planets - SpaceDaily University of Minnesota researchers Renata Wentzcovitch and Koichiro Umemoto and Philip B. Allen of Stony Brook University have modeled the properties of rocks at the temperatures and pressures likely to exist at the cores of Jupiter, Saturn and two exoplanets far from the solar system. They show that rocks in these environments are different from those on Earth and have metallic-like electric and thermal conductivity. These properties can produce different terrestrial-type planets, with longer-lasting magnetic fields, enhanced heat flow to the planetary surfaces and, consequently, more intense "planetquake" and volcanic activity. |
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Smash the event horizon - New Scientist Sci-fi writers have long imagined what being swallowed by a black hole might be like – now physics, supercomputers and computer gaming graphics have combined in an attempt to create a realistic simulation. And it’s a pretty wild ride. The "Black Hole Flight Simulator" was created by Andrew Hamilton, an astrophysicist at the University of Colorado, for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The 23-minute show contains segments that required 90 hours of supercomputer calculation for each on-screen second. You can see the trailer here (and look out for the guy in the canoe). Entering a black hole might sound like a certain death sentence, but not so if it has five dimensions. If you don’t fancy the gamble, astronomers can now detect the event horizon of black holes, as well as witness their brutal birth and messy feeding. (Image: Denver Museum of Nature and Science) |
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Biosciences:
3/8/2005: Stealth sharks to patrol the high seas - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: New Predation Management Methods Reduce Conflict Between Humans And Carnivores - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Why We Have
Sex: It's Cleansing - Live Science
3/8/2005: Korean cloning expert questioned -
BBC
3/8/2005: US 'plans stealth shark spies' -
BBC
3/8/2005: High antics: TV series Planet Earth follows mountaineering grizzly bears -
BBC
3/8/2005: Mexican student finds new shark species - MSNBC
3/8/2005: Chimps show sensitive side
-
Nature
3/8/2005: Surprise organ discovered in mice
-
Nature
3/8/2005: Chimpanzees show hints of higher human traits - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Panda playtime - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Stem cells help horses over injury hurdle - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Boston University Scientists Develop New Application To Characterize Structure Of DNA Molecules - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Researchers Design Chip That Can Improve Citrus Varieties - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Computer Simulation And Lab Synthesis Sift Through Vast Universe Of Possible Molecules For The Best - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Study Reveals Mass Migration Of Mormon Crickets Driven By Hunger, Fear - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Bone Marrow Cells Can Become Functional Gut Lining Cells - Science
Daily
Climate, Environment:
3/8/2005: Fantastic images of Earth's upheavals - CNN
3/8/2005: Tsunami study sparks new quake worries - MSNBC
3/8/2005: Global warming bubbles up from the ocean - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Fossil Wood Gives Vital Clues To Ancient Climates - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Antarctica losing ice to oceans -
BBC
3/8/2005: Antarctica's ice bottom exposed -
BBC
3/8/2005: ST vows to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions - El.
Engr. Times
3/8/2005: Antarctica is shrinking
-
Nature
3/8/2005: Huge, Wet And
Mysterious: New Climate Study Probes The World's Largest Ocean Current - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Study Of Latina Women And Children Finds Large Variation In Susceptibility To Pesticides - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Antarctic Ice Sheet Losing Mass, Says University Of Colorado Study - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Yellowstone Volcano Grows as Geysers Reawaken - Live Science
3/8/2005: ESA Satellite Program Monitors Dangerous Ocean Eddies - SpaceDaily
Computers:
Devices
3/8/2005: • From Russia with Games - Business
Week
3/8/2005: • Tomb
Raider: Restoration of an Icon - Business
Week
3/8/2005: iPod
Hi-Fi has big-sounding ambitions - C/Net
3/8/2005: Deal of the
day: Sony DVD Camcorder for $409 - C/Net
3/8/2005: Game makers testing online distribution - C/Net
3/8/2005: Review: Xbox 360 diving into living rooms - Seattle
Times
Communications
3/8/2005: • In Korea, Cell Phones Get a New Charge - Business
Week
3/8/2005: Philly Wi-Fi network to pay for computers - Business
Week
3/8/2005: Fujitsu, Yokogawa ally on next-gen optical network - El.
Engr. Times
3/8/2005: Cell: A novel by Stephen King - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Tests show cell phone air safety risk - CNN
3/8/2005: Mobile TV for you and me - CNN
3/8/2005: Mobile TV comes home, literally - El.
Engr. Times
3/8/2005: Philadelphia to offer $20 monthly Wi-Fi access - El.
Engr. Times
3/8/2005: Philly Wi-Fi network to pay for computers - Seattle
Times
3/8/2005: Voice over Internet use soaring - Seattle
Times
Technology
3/8/2005: AMD Plays Offense - Business
Week
3/8/2005: Google switches from Intel to AMD - El.
Engr. Times
PC's
3/8/2005: HP rolls out new entertainment notebooks - C/Net
Internet
3/8/2005: Putting pen to paper - CNN
3/8/2005: E-revolution forces Danes online -
BBC
3/8/2005: Deal done on .com domain future -
BBC
3/8/2005: Yahoo says it's backing away from TV-style Web shows - C/Net
3/8/2005: Student suspended for viewing MySpace posting - CNN
3/8/2005: Handwritten note special in age of e-mail - CNN
Miscellaneous
3/8/2005: Torrent talk: Newsnight defends its coverage of the file-sharing phenomenon -
BBC
3/8/2005: Acupuncture 'like migraine pill' -
BBC
3/8/2005: Microsoft aims to stamp out spam -
BBC
3/8/2005: Ideas on display at Microsoft's TechFest - C/Net
3/8/2005: Apple patches serious Mac OS flaws - C/Net
3/8/2005: Microsoft says European Commission held back papers - C/Net
3/8/2005: U.K. to probe 'patent thickets' - C/Net
3/8/2005: Wikipedia racks up 1 million articles - C/Net
3/8/2005: Microsoft hints at Origami date - CNN
Energy:
3/8/2005: Nuclear
waste: Its final resting place - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Giant wind farm plan thrown out -
BBC
3/8/2005: Cleaning up its
act: New hope for the coal industry -
BBC
3/8/2005: Going green: Carmakers go the extra mile to burnish their green credentials -
BBC
3/8/2005: Cleaning up its
act: New hope for the coal industry -
BBC
Health:
Cardiovascular
Cancer
3/8/2005: Cancer chemical found in drinks -
BBC
3/8/2005: Proteins Stop Blood-vessel And Tumor Growth In Mice - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Amifostine Makes Radiation More Effective, Eases Side Effects - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Dash of bleach boosts cancer vaccine - New
Scientist
Infectious
3/8/2005: 'Military-style' flu network call -
BBC
3/8/2005: Superbug 'hit list' highlights hazard
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Nature
3/8/2005: Methicillin
Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus "hiding in hospital sinks and vases"
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Nature
3/8/2005: Chemotherapy may help human bird flu victims - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: UK travellers get bird flu advice -
BBC
Non-Infectious
3/8/2005: Delayed-release Stimulant Used To Treat ADHD May Be Less Subject To Abuse - Science
Daily
Miscellaneous
3/8/2005: 'Healthy food at school' call -
BBC
3/8/2005: Surgery For Child Apnea Leads To Weight Gain - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Spot-check boost for care homes -
BBC
3/8/2005: Why older mums expect more twins - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Einstein Scientists Discover Cause And Possible Treatments For Hereditary Movement Disorder - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Chocolate Milk Could Be Key To Longer, Healthier Life - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Combined, Genes And Environment Affect Health More Than They Do Alone - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Fat and
Happy: Why Most People Don't Diet - Space.com
3/8/2005: Fact vs. Fiction on Obesity
3/8/2005: Surgeon
General: Obesity Epidemic will Dwarf Terrorism Threat
3/8/2005: Potential New Diet
Trick: False Memories - Space.com
3/8/2005: Obesity May Be
Contagious: Scientists Say - Space.com
History, Anthropology:
3/8/2005: Ancient corn found in Peruvian Andes - MSNBC
3/8/2005: Amber Reveals Ecology Of 30 Million Year Old Spiders - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Queen's life on the web for her 80th birthday celebration -
BBC
Miscellaneous:
3/8/2005: Q&A: Martin Rees Britain's 'top scientist' warns UK science musn't get complacent -
BBC
3/8/2005: In pictures: Photographer of the
year: Winner's gallery -
BBC
3/8/2005: Online amateurs crack Nazi codes -
BBC
3/8/2005: Irish language skills lure Amazon -
BBC
3/8/2005: Flat-screen war heats up, LCD catching up - C/Net
3/8/2005: Software helps the illiterate find work - CNN
3/8/2005: Home workers more productive, liberated - El.
Engr. Times
3/8/2005: First anti-depressant patch is approved - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: When aliens rained over India - New
Scientist
Neurosciences:
3/8/2005: The Evolution Of Right- And Left-handedness - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Rochester Researchers Delve Into Concussions; Better Tests Needed For Fuller View Of Head Injuries, Study Says - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: When Seeing Is Misleading- Clutter Leads To High-confidence Errors - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Hit-and-run Injury To The Brain- New Evidence On Chronic Fatigue Causation - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: 'Flawed' system Knife killing highlights need for new mental health law -
BBC
3/8/2005: Scientists study altruism in babies, chimps - MSNBC
3/8/2005: Potential risks of powerful MS drug are weighed - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Latest Research Shows How Mantrams Can Even Tackle Post-traumatic Stress Disorder - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Nature, Nurture And The Risk Of Depression - Science
Daily
Physics and Astronomy:
3/8/2005: Smash the event horizon - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Cepheids And Their 'Cocoons' - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Complicating In Order To
Simplify: New Twist In Classical Mechanics Finds Way Around 225-year-old Paradox - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Telescopes 'worthless' by 2050 -
BBC
3/8/2005: Dusty shroud surrounds the Pole Star - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Retreiving data from a black hole - PhysicsWeb
3/8/2005: Milky Way X-ray mystery solved - PhysicsWeb
Prolongevity
Robotics:
3/8/2005: Why timing is crucial in the botnet wars - New
Scientist
Space:
3/8/2005: Rocketplane's Majority Owner Buys Kistler - Space.com
3/8/2005: Cosmic Log: Visions of Venus - MSNBC
3/8/2005: Cosmic
Log: Round-the-moon rescue? - MSNBC
3/8/2005: New model tackles Titan's methane - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Does Titan's Methane Originate From
Underground? - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Discovery's Main Tank Arrives At The Cape - SpaceDaily
3/8/2005: Hitch As Russian Rocket Launches Arab Telecoms Satellite - SpaceDaily
3/8/2005: NASA Sets Media Rollout Of CEV Model - SpaceDaily
3/8/2005: Mars Rover Team Plays It Safes With Spirit - SpaceDaily
3/8/2005: Russian Space Industry Still Optimistic And Creative - SpaceDaily
3/8/2005: SETI Optical Telescope Nears Completion - SpaceDaily
3/8/2005: Titan's Methane Mystery May Be Solved - SpaceDaily
Technology:
3/8/2005: Crop your photos with just a glance - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Flatscreen TVs to lose bad image - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Is DC the power to solve heat
problems? - C/Net
3/8/2005: Technology makes Caller ID spoofing a snap - C/Net
3/8/2005: Israeli reseachers build a new class of nanotubes - El.
Engr. Times
3/8/2005: DVB ponders next-gen terrestrial DTV standard - El.
Engr. Times
3/8/2005: The Wonkavator - New
Scientist
3/8/2005: Case School Of Engineering Professor Applies Virtual Reality To Train Brain And Heart Surgeons - Science
Daily
3/8/2005: Japanese cars sweep magazine picks - Seattle
Times
3/8/2005: When techies start to tinker ... - Seattle
Times