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Posted on December 02, 2011 at 09:09:53 am
Researchers have invented a new type of electronic switch that performs electronic logic functions within a single molecule. The incorporation of such single-molecule elements could enable smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient electronics.
Posted on December 01, 2011 at 10:41:42 am
Findings, which appear in the are the first direct evidence of what the ancient atmosphere of the planet was like soon after its formation and directly challenge years of research on the type of atmosphere out of which life arose on the planet.
Posted on December 01, 2011 at 10:35:48 am
The NASA Kepler Mission is designed to survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way Galaxy to discover Earth-size planets in or near the "habitable zone," the region in a planetary system where liquid water can exist
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 12:31:30 pm
Stonehenge may have been a place for sun worship long before the iconic stones were erected more than 5,000 years ago, according to archaeologists who are carrying out the biggest-ever virtual excavation
Posted on November 30, 2011 at 10:06:59 am
Pointing and holding up objects in order to attract attention has so far only been observed in humans and our closest living relatives, the great apes
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 09:23:31 am
The constellation Cygnus, now visible in the western sky as twilight deepens after sunset, hosts one of our galaxy's richest-known stellar construction zones
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 05:53:53 pm
Research conducted at the University of Michigan College of Engineering may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans.
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 05:50:53 pm
Chemists at Brown University have synthesized a new compound that makes drug-resistant bacteria susceptible again to antibiotics. The compound -- BU-005 -- blocks pumps that a bacterium employs to expel an antibacterial agent called chloramphenicol
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 08:41:15 pm
They say time heals all wounds, and new research from the University of California, Berkeley, indicates that time spent in dream sleep can help us overcome painful ordeals.
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 07:41:29 pm
NASA began a historic voyage to Mars with the Nov. 26 launch of the Mars Science Laboratory, which carries a car-sized rover named Curiosity. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V rocket occurred at 10:02 a.m. EST (7:02 a.m. PST)
