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Cubesats: Tiny Spacecraft, Huge Payoffs - Space.com Experts say the big news in spacecraft building involves ultra-small CubeSats. These petite but powerful satellites are spearheading a hands-on revolution around the world. And what fist-sized CubeSats bring to space could mimic innovations sparked by the personal computer here on Earth. Peep inside a CubeSat and you’ll spot off-the-shelf circuitry in the familiar form of microprocessors and modem ports, and other microchip devices.. |
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Scientists See Exotic Matter In Neutron Star - Space.com Left: Close-up view of the neutron star in EXO 0748-676. Gas from its companion star crashes onto the surface of the neutron star close to the speed of light, creating thermonuclear bursts of X-rays that last from one to two minutes and can occur several times an hour. (Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Dana Berry) Scientists have obtained their best measurement yet of the size and contents of a neutron star, an ultra-dense object containing the strangest and rarest matter in the universe. The measurement may lead to a better understanding of nature's building blocks - protons, neutrons and their constituent quarks - as they are compressed inside the neutron star to a density trillions of times greater than on Earth. |
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Anti-cancer Compound In Vegetables Found To Block Late-stage Breast-cancer Cell Growth - Science Daily A well-known anti-cancer agent in certain vegetables has just had its reputation enhanced. The compound, in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, has been found to be effective in disrupting late stages of cell growth in breast cancer. "This is the first report to show how the naturally occurring plant chemical sulforaphane can block late stages of the cancer process by disrupting components of the cell called microtubules. We were surprised and pleased to find that SUL could block the growth of breast cells that were already cancerous." |
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Biosciences:
9/19/2004: Genetic engineering - a Boon to Science ... - FirstScience
9/19/2004: Europe urged to embrace GM foods -
BBC
Climate, Environment:
9/19/2004: Blair and Howard pledge action on climate change ... - FirstScience
9/19/2004: Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis Targets Southern Environment ... - FirstScience
9/19/2004: Statement of Idaho Conservation League and The Wilderness Society on the New Boulder-White Cloud Draft Legisla ... - FirstScience
9/19/2004: Opposition says carbon tax retreat will hit taxpayer ... - FirstScience
9/19/2004: Storm Orphans -
ABC
9/19/2004: Slideshow -
ABC
9/19/2004: Playing the Odds -
ABC
9/19/2004: Video -
ABC
9/19/2004: Scientists Say Mauna Loa May Soon Erupt -
ABC
9/19/2004: Groups Work on Schemes to Stop Hurricanes -
ABC -
ABC
9/19/2004: Are Polar Bears Suffering from Industry
Chemicals? -
ABC
9/19/2004: Group: Red Sea Pollution Hurts Coral Reef -
ABC
9/19/2004: Safety Tips for Life After a Big Hurricane -
ABC
9/19/2004: Arctic's toxic burden harms bears -
BBC
9/19/2004: 'UK must lead on climate change' -
BBC
9/19/2004: Winds of
change: Michael Howard steers Conservative policy onto a greener tack -
BBC
9/19/2004: Braced for
battle: Countryside campaigners ready to fight for Green Belt -
BBC
Computers:
Devices
9/19/2004: Crash and
burn: Jaw-dropping and addictive action in Burnout 3 game -
BBC
9/19/2004: Research In Motion vs. PalmOne- C/Net
9/19/2004: Fake football follies - Wired News
Communications
9/19/2004: Wireless, But Not
Free? -
ABC
9/19/2004: Fears for new digital radio system -
BBC
9/19/2004: Hurdles for digital TV's global reach -
BBC
9/19/2004: Briefly- Groups push on for TV on cell phones- C/Net
9/19/2004: Ring tones slow to rock U.S. market- C/Net
Technology
9/19/2004: Sun looks to chip performance to bring brighter days- C/Net
PC's
9/19/2004: People's Republic of Mac - Wired News
9/19/2004: Powerful demandsBeef up your hardware for the best possible game play -
BBC
Internet
9/19/2004: Beware of Bots Bearing Messages - Wired News
9/19/2004: Judge Dumps Child Porn Law - Wired News
9/19/2004: The Trojan
resume: MyDoom authors encode job plea- C/Net
Miscellaneous
9/19/2004: Cell Phone TV Is Coming - Wired News
9/19/2004: U.S. Open Puts Serve in Server - Wired News
9/19/2004: High-Tech School Daze -
ABC
9/19/2004: Review: MSN Music, Microsoft's Online Music Store -
ABC
9/19/2004: Review: Creative Zen Portable Media Center -
ABC
9/19/2004: A Look at Portable Media Centers -
ABC
9/19/2004: Breath of Life
9/19/2004: Video: Seasonal and Chronic Allergies
9/19/2004: Training Key to Defibrillator Success
9/19/2004: A Common Language for Penguins - Business
We - Business
Weekek
9/19/2004: Microsoft courts mainstream developers
9/19/2004: A market in motion- C/Net
9/19/2004: The long march to Longhorn- C/Net
9/19/2004: Longhorn to put squeeze on gadgets- C/Net
9/19/2004: Customers bemoan changes in Quicken 2005- C/Net
Energy:
Health:
Cardiovascular
9/19/2004: OutFoxed- New Research May Redefine Late-stage Cardiac Development - Science
Daily
9/19/2004: Bill Clinton Recovering After Heart Surgery -
ABC
Cancer
9/19/2004: Anti-cancer Compound In Vegetables Found To Block Late-stage Breast-cancer Cell Growth - Science
Daily
9/19/2004: Vegetables That Prevent May Ultimately Cure Some Cancers - Science
Daily
9/19/2004: Move Over Tomatoes! All Vegetables -- Especially The Cruciferous Kind -- May Prevent Prostate Cancer - Science
Daily
9/19/2004: University Of Pittsburgh Studies Broccoli-derived Chemicals To Prevent Prostate Cancer - Science
Daily
9/19/2004: Chemical In Broccoli Blocks Growth Of Prostate Cancer Cells, New Study Shows - Science
Daily
9/19/2004: The Search For A Kinder, Gentler Chemotherapy - Science
Daily
9/19/2004: How Should Doctors Treat a Pre-cancer-
9/19/2004: Oil treatment for cancer patients -
BBC
Infectious
9/19/2004: Japan Confirms Case of Mad Cow Disease -
ABC
Non-Infectious
9/19/2004: Diabetes sites too complicated -
BBC
9/19/2004: Deep-sea diving gas aids asthma -
BBC
Miscellaneous
9/19/2004: Serotonin Metabolites In Mollusks Suggest Pathways For Human Therapies - Science
Daily
9/19/2004: Black Organ Donations Lower Nationwide -
ABC
9/19/2004: Company Making Fake Urine for Research -
ABC
9/19/2004: FDA OKs Implanted Lens for Nearsightedness -
ABC
9/19/2004: WHO Regional Conference Opens in Shanghai -
ABC
9/19/2004: Some Wash. Schools Go Organic for Lunch -
ABC
9/19/2004: FDA Testing Limits of Medical Technology -
ABC
9/19/2004: Incontinence drug launched in UK -
BBC
9/19/2004: My
lifeline: How a diary helped a patient's husband cope with her battle for life -
BBC
9/19/2004: Eye disease early detection hope -
BBC
9/19/2004: Britons told to cut salt intake -
BBC
9/19/2004: Nurses called in to fight 'sickies' -
BBC
9/19/2004: Help to combat muscle wastage -
BBC
9/19/2004: First aid
course: Do you have the confidence to help save lives? -
BBC
History, Anthropology:
9/19/2004: TimeLine: 70 Years Ago in Science News ... - Science
News
9/19/2004: 1854
prescription: How a 19th century doctor changed the view of cholera -
BBC
Miscellaneous:
9/19/2004: Ghana Gets a Fab Lab - Wired News
9/19/2004: Kaiju Monsters Invade Hollywood - Wired News
9/19/2004: Fingerprinting Your Finances -
ABC
9/19/2004: Dutch Professor Gets Swedish Science Prize -
ABC
9/19/2004: Madness of 2001 computer Hal named 'top sci-fi moment' -
BBC
9/19/2004: Future
affection: How technology in the future will help us get more emotional -
BBC
9/19/2004: Store
wars: Retailers gear up for bumper Star Wars DVD box set sales -
BBC
9/19/2004: Site bolsters racism awareness -
BBC
9/19/2004: Teenagers' behaviour 'worsening' -
BBC
9/19/2004: Can politicians stop the
yobs? -
BBC
9/19/2004: Teen depression on the increase -
BBC
9/19/2004: Inquiry examines self-harm rates -
BBC
9/19/2004: India's software exports booming- C/Net
9/19/2004: Grading Bush on tech- C/Net
9/19/2004: Bloggers drive hoax probe into Bush memos- C/Net
9/19/2004: Can Mr. Chips transform
Intel?- C/Net
9/19/2004: PayPal to levy fines for gambling, porn- C/Net
9/19/2004: What Steve Wozniak learned from failure- C/Net
9/19/2004: China: new hotbed of research- C/Net
9/19/2004: Want video on
demand? Press pause - Wired News
Neurosciences:
9/19/2004: Inside the Mind of a Stalker -
ABC
9/19/2004: Man Accused of Hi-Tech Stalking -
ABC
Physics and Astronomy:
9/19/2004: Scientists See Exotic Matter In Neutron Star - Space.com
9/19/2004: Taking a close look at turbulence - PhysicsWeb
9/19/2004: Tiny writing heats up - PhysicsWeb
9/19/2004: Nanotechnology Leads To Discovery Of Super Superconductors - Science
Daily
9/19/2004: First Direct Image of An
Exoplanet? ... - FirstScience
9/19/2004: Tracking Rainfall, Just By its Gravity ... - FirstScience
Prolongevity
9/19/2004: Positive attitude delays ageing -
BBC
Robotics:
Space:
9/19/2004: Cubesats: Tiny Spacecraft, Huge Payoffs - Space.com
9/19/2004: His own space program ... - USA Today
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Technology:
9/19/2004: Lens does away with blurry snaps -
BBC
9/19/2004: Washing machine gets a voice -
BBC
9/19/2004: Speech code from IBM to become open source- C/Net
9/19/2004: A digital generation's analog chic- C/Net
9/19/2004: Nanotech's not-so-hot models- C/Net