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Ancient Climate Secrets Raised From Ocean Depths
Posted on February 06, 2008 at 10:50:04 am
Scientists aboard the research vessel, Southern Surveyor, return to Hobart today with a collection of coral samples and photographs taken in the Southern Ocean at greater depths than ever before.

3-D Holography Breakthrough: Erase And Rewrite In Minutes
Posted on February 07, 2008 at 11:21:52 am
University of Arizona optical scientists have broken a technological barrier by making three-dimensional holographic displays that can be erased and rewritten in a matter of minutes.

Pygmy Dinosaur Inhabited Tropical Islands In Britain's Prehistoric Past
Posted on February 08, 2008 at 10:36:22 am
The celebrated Bristol Dinosaur, Thecodontosaurus, has now been shown to live on subtropical islands around Bristol, instead of in a desert on the mainland as previously thought.

Birds, Bats And Insects Hold Secrets For Aerospace Engineers
Posted on February 09, 2008 at 11:29:20 pm
Natural flyers like birds, bats and insects outperform man-made aircraft in aerobatics and efficiency.

Supercomputer Will Help Scientists Listen For Black Holes
Posted on February 10, 2008 at 11:50:54 am
Scientists hope that a new supercomputer being built by Syracuse University's Department of Physics may help them identify the sound of a celestial black hole.

Organic Solar Cells: Electricity From A Thin Film
Posted on February 10, 2008 at 09:44:05 pm
Teams of researchers all over the world are working on the development of organic solar cells. Organic solar cells have good prospects for the future: They can be laid onto thin films, which makes them cheap to produce.

Computer Models to Provide Better Intelligence for Army
Posted on February 11, 2008 at 10:40:26 am
Scientists at The University of Alabama in Huntsville are developing computer models to identify trends in the behavior of terrorists. They hope this improved intelligence will reduce the threats to American military forces.

New Hybrid Vehicle Given Its First Test Drive In The Ocean
Posted on February 12, 2008 at 10:44:52 am
Taking a page out of a science fiction story, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Webb Research Corporation (Falmouth, Mass.) have successfully flown the first environmentally powered robotic vehicle through the ocean.

“Lab on a Chip” Mimics Brain Chemistry
Posted on February 12, 2008 at 09:20:33 pm
System should help scientists better understand how nerve cells in the brain work together to form the nervous system.

Archaeologists Bring Egyptian Excavation to the Web
Posted on February 12, 2008 at 09:34:15 pm
Egyptologist Betsy Bryan and her team are again sharing their work with the world through an online diary, a digital window into the day-to-day life on an archaeological expedition.


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