A virtual reality underground ride has been used by researchers to reveal the extent that…
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Flameless Combustion Could Allow Power Generation From Gas Without Pollution, Researchers Suggest
Could combustion without flames be used to build industrial gas turbines for power generation that…
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Diabetes Medication May Help Slow Plaque Build-up In Coronary Arteries
A comparison of two types of medications to treat type 2 diabetes finds that pioglitazone…
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Sandpile Models Useful To Model Earth Crust Movement, Stock Market And Traffic Jams
A Dutch mathematician has investigated probability calculations in mathematical sandpile models. Although the rules of…
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Remarkable Tool ‘Sees’ Internal Body Details 1,000 Times Smaller Than Ever Before
Medical scientists have developed a new type of imaging system that can illuminate tumors in…
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Discovery Of Oldest Known Traces Of Mineralization Caused By Micro-organisms
An old controversy has finally been laid to rest. Stromatolites, cauliflower-shaped carbonate rocks that are…
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AT&T Scratches Microsoft’s Surface in Retail Stores
Microsoft and AT&T have announced a collaborative alliance that aims to transform the way consumers…
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Congress Goes Virtual at Second Life Hearing
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is easily one of the most tech-savvy members of Congress. He…
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Intel Unveils Atom Processors for Mobile Devices
Intel took the wraps off five new Atom processors for pocket-sized Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs)…
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Stars Burst Into Life In The Early Universe
New measurements from some of the most distant galaxies bolster the evidence that the strongest…