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Scientists Levitate Heaviest Elements With Help From Cold Oxygen
May 11, 2005 Scientists at the University of Nottingham have successfully levitated diamond and some of the heaviest elements, including lead and platinum. Using liquid oxygen to increase the buoyancy created by ... > full story -
Idaho National Laboratory Scientist Securing Highly Enriched Uranium Abroad
May 4, 2005 For five years, Idaho National Laboratory senior scientist Igor Bolshinsky has assisted the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration in its efforts to recover and ... > full story -
Survey Finds Silver Contamination In North Pacific Waters
March 29, 2005 The highest levels of silver contamination ever observed in the open ocean turned up in samples collected during a survey of the North Pacific in 2002. Researchers from the University of California, ... > full story -
British Academics To Benefit From World's First National Text Mining Service
March 29, 2005 Search engines return thousands of documents, but the difficulty for the user is to find those which are most personally relevant. Most of these searches have little concept of the meaning of words ... > full story -
New Device Will Help Stroke Victims' Recovery
February 24, 2005 Engineers at Cardiff University, UK, are using their expertise to help create a device which could greatly increase the rate of recovery for stroke victims. The device, known as Alladin, will ... > full story -
Controversial Dates Of Biblical Edom Reassessed In Results From New Archeological Research
February 22, 2005 New archeological research from modern-day Jordan indicates the existence of the biblical nation of Edom at least as early as the 10th Century B.C., the era of kings David and Solomon, and adds to ... > full story -
Oiled Birds Prompt Study By UCSB Experts
January 31, 2005 Oil-coated birds turning up on southern California beaches in recent weeks have raised concern about potential oil sources. The Coal Oil Point seep field, located offshore and adjacent to the ... > full story -
Risk Of Tuberculosis Doubles In First Year Of HIV Infection
December 19, 2004 The risk of tuberculosis infection doubles within one year of HIV infection, according to a study published in the Jan. 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online. ... > full story -
Tumbleweeds Good For Uranium Clean-Up
November 8, 2004 The lowly, ill-regarded tumbleweed might be good for something after all. A preliminary study reveals that tumbleweeds, a.k.a. Russian thistle, and some other weeds common to dry Western lands have a ... > full story -
Researchers Unlock Mysteries Of Toxic Metals In The Largest Contaminated Site In United States
November 4, 2004 Copper mining in Butte and Anaconda, Montana, starting in 1860's, poisoned the air, the land, and the water; well over 100 years later, contaminants are still found as far as 300 miles down the ... > full story
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