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Craters on the Moon: Pre-Existing Mineralogy May Survive Lunar Impacts
April 2, 2013 Large impacts on the Moon can form wide craters and turn surface rock liquid. Geophysicists once assumed that liquid rock would be homogenous when it cooled. Now researchers have found evidence that ... > full story -
Symbiotic Bacteria Program Circadian-Like Rhythms in Squid Using Light and Chemicals
April 2, 2013 Glowing bacteria inside squid use light and chemical signals to control circadian-like rhythms in the animals, according to a new study. The results of the study show that, in addition to acting as a ... > full story -
Surveying Roads at 100 Km/h
April 2, 2013 Germany's road network has a hard time dealing with wind and weather, tires and steel. Until now, however, surveying the damage caused to asphalt and concrete was laborious and expensive. A new laser ... > full story -
Supernova Remnant 1987A Continues to Reveal Its Secrets
April 1, 2013 A team of astronomers has succeeded in observing the death throes of a giant star in unprecedented detail. In February of 1987, astronomers observing the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf ... > full story -
After Newtown: A New Use for a Weapons-Detecting Radar?
April 1, 2013 In the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting, an engineering professor envisions a new use for a weapons-detecting radar system he's been developing for the past few ... > full story -
Quantum Dot Commands Light: A Solid State Ultrafast Logic Gate on a Photon
April 1, 2013 If you could peek at the inner workings of a computer processor you would see billions of transistors switching back and forth between two states. In optical communications, information from the ... > full story -
'OK' Contact Lenses: New Technique Shows Promise in Restoring Near Vision Without Glasses
April 1, 2013 By middle age, most people have age-related declines in near vision requiring bifocals or reading glasses. An emerging technique called hyperopic orthokeratology may provide a new alternative for ... > full story -
Radar Advance: Acoustic Time Delay Device Could Reduce Size and Cost of Phased Array Systems
March 29, 2013 Researchers have developed an ultra-compact passive true time delay device that could help reduce the size, complexity, power requirements and cost of phased array designs. The device uses the ... > full story -
Robotic Ants Successfully Mimic Real Colony Behavior
March 29, 2013 Scientists have successfully replicated the behavior of a colony of ants on the move with the use of miniature ... > full story -
Light May Recast Copper as Chemical Industry 'Holy Grail'
March 28, 2013 Wouldn't it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out that this concept works for undoing oxidation on copper nanoparticles, and it ... > full story
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