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A Day In The Lives Of Galaxies - SpaceDaily Left: Click here for full caption and image files at Hubble Like a photographer clicking random snapshots of a crowd of people, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken a view of an eclectic mix of galaxies. The jumble of galaxies in this image, taken in September 2003, includes a yellow spiral whose arms have been stretched by a possible collision [lower right]; a young, blue galaxy [top] bursting with star birth; and several smaller, red galaxies. But the most peculiar-looking galaxy of the bunch - the dramatic blue arc in the center of the photo - is actually an optical illusion. The blue arc is an image of a distant galaxy that has been smeared into the odd shape by a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. This "funhouse- mirror effect" occurs when light from a distant object is bent and stretched by the mass of an intervening object. |
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Tech Researchers Funded To Smooth Out Kinks In Electromagnetic Propulsion - SpaceDaily Electromagnetic propulsion, which can send an aircraft, satellite, shuttle, bullet or train zooming through the air or along a track, produces extreme temperatures and wear that create quite a challenge for researchers working to make devices that can be used consistently without becoming seriouslydamaged. Electromagnetic propulsion severely damages the guns and launchers that use it. However, with a $5 million grant from the Department of Defense, scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and several partnering institutions are helping to bring the technology from research to practical use. |
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Biosciences:
8/4/2004: Pigeons 'may have followed roads since Roman times' - New
Scientist
8/4/2004: Coalition-Building
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Phenomenon: The Roach That Failed
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Ogre?
Octopus? Blobologists Solve an Ancient Mystery - NY
Times
8/4/2004: North Carolina Island Takes Animal Census
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Double-segment Periodicity Underlies 'Odd' Segment Generation In Centipedes - Science
Daily
8/4/2004: Springtime Blooms Seen Earlier Now Than In The Past, Say Boston University Biologists - Science
Daily
8/4/2004: Plant Respiration Not Just An Evolutionary Leftover - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: Venter's Epic DNA Expedition - Wired
New
Climate, Environment:
8/4/2004: Blackout clears the air - Nature
8/4/2004: Space images show relentless floods in Bangladesh - New
Scientist
8/4/2004: A Far-Reaching Fire Makes a Point About Pollution
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Study Examines Health of Gulf's Floor
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Government May Face Lawsuit Over Salmon
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Caulking Found To Be Unrecognized Source Of PCB Contamination In Schools And Other Buildings - Science
Daily
Computers:
Devices
8/4/2004: Timid Tokyoites Delay IPod Frenzy - Wired
New
Communications
8/4/2004: Skype Unveils New Version That Enables Computer Users to Dial Cell Phones, Landlines for a Fee - Technology
Review
Technology
8/4/2004: Elpida moves DDR2 DRAM on to 0.10-micron process - Silicon
Strategies
8/4/2004: Particle Chains Make Quantum Wires - Technology
Review
PC's
Internet
8/4/2004: Email harvesting virus crashes Google - New
Scientist
Miscellaneous
Energy:
8/4/2004: Coal - To - Diesel Plant Closer to Reality
8/4/2004: Unlocking The Secrets Of Titanium, A 'Key' That Assists Hydrogen Storage - Science
Daily
Health:
Cardiovascular
8/4/2004: Resuscitation by Mistake
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Fluid Derived From Aloe Plant Prolongs Life After Hemorrhagic Shock In Animal Study - Science
Daily
Cancer
8/4/2004: Optical Probe Might Find Missed Breast Cancers - Science
Daily
8/4/2004: Physical Symptoms Appear To Predict Cancer Prognosis - Science
Daily
8/4/2004: Location Of Potential Familial Lung Cancer Gene Discovered
Infectious
8/4/2004: Vital
Signs: Remedies: Tough Policies Against Infection - NY
Times
Non-Infectious
8/4/2004: Gene Therapy Reaches Muscles Throughout The Body And Reverses Muscular Dystrophy In Animal Model - Science
Daily
Miscellaneous
8/4/2004: Babies saved by operation in womb - New
Scientist
8/4/2004: Books on
Health: Can This Diet Be Saved? - NY
Times
8/4/2004: Books on
Health: Tending Well-Worn Knees - NY
Times
8/4/2004: Vital
Signs: Patterns: Preventing Women's Migraines - NY
Times
8/4/2004: Vital Signs- Nutrition- Reading Tea Leaves for Health
8/4/2004: Exercise: A Workout Without the Gym
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Prenatal Tests- More Information, Less Risk
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Anesthesia, Without a Knockout Punch
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: How Tightly Do Ties Between Doctor and Drug Company
Bind? - NY
Times
8/4/2004: All in a (Scientifically Monitored) Night's Sleep
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Graphic: Restless Nights
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Pain Management Plagues Dying Patients
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Brown And Harvard Team Identifies Potential Target For Obesity Drugs - Science
Daily
History, Anthropology:
8/4/2004: African
Pastoral: Archaeologists Rewrite History of Farming - NY
Times
8/4/2004: Observatory: Some Erosion, and Voilą!
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: From Depths, Alaskan Ship Gives Up Secrets
- NY
Times
Miscellaneous:
8/4/2004: Letters
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: After Triumph and Disillusionment, Wonder Re-enters the Story
- NY
Times
8/4/2004: Younger firms capture bigger cut of venture capital pie - Seattle
Times
8/4/2004: Google's market value expected to rival McDonald's - Seattle
Times
8/4/2004: Taiwan deploys missiles off China - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: Linking research rules to money - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: High cost of Uni education hurts US - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: Pointed talk of Mideast missiles - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: US-Funded Alhurra Television Wins Over Viewers In Iraq - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: Electronic Voting
Outcome: Too Close to Call - Technology
Review
8/4/2004: Techies
Reshape 9/11 History - Wired
New
Neurosciences:
8/4/2004: Strange movements may signal autism - New
Scientist
8/4/2004: Payback
Time: Why Revenge Tastes So Sweet - NY
Times
8/4/2004: Forum: Does Revenge Have Social
Benefits? - NY
Times
8/4/2004: Scientists Pinpoint Molecules That Generate Synapses - Science
Daily
8/4/2004: Migraines More Likely To Occur Around Menstruation, Medication May Prevent More Than Half - Science
Daily
Physics and Astronomy:
8/4/2004: A Day In The Lives Of Galaxies - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: Stray star may have jolted Sedna - New
Scientist
Prolongevity
Robotics:
Space:
8/4/2004: Nemitz Sues US Govt For His Space Rights - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: Free As The Air - Except For Beefjerky.Com - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: NASA Approves New Design For Shuttle External Tank Fitting - Science
Daily
8/4/2004: SpaceShipOne Countdown Starts - Wired
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Technology:
8/4/2004: Tech Researchers Funded To Smooth Out Kinks In Electromagnetic Propulsion - SpaceDaily
8/4/2004: 3D audio system developed by MP3 pioneer - New
Scientist
8/4/2004: Growing Tiny Totally Tubular Formations - Science
Daily
8/4/2004: MP3 Pioneer Debuts Spatial Sound - Wired
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