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New Type Of Atomic Microscope On The Way
iddo genuth writes "researchers at the surface science laboratory at universidad autonoma de madrid have created an ultrasmooth mirror that could be used to create a revolutionary new atomic microscope within the next several years. the new atomic microscope — using helium atoms for imaging — has the potential to provide the same resolution as existing electron microscopes but without many of ...
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Senate To Vote On Financial Bailout Plan Wednesday - Minneapolis Star Tribune
thank you for a much more civil explanation of your beliefs. i found them informative. i am by no means stupid, actually i consider … read more myself to be fairly intelligent. however, most of my experience has been within the service sector. i ...
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Sounds Travel Farther Underwater As World's Oceans Become More Acidic - Science Daily
sciencedaily (sep. 30, 2008) — it is common knowledge that the world's oceans and atmosphere are warming as humans release more and more carbon dioxide into the earth's atmosphere. however, fewer people realize that the chemistry of the oceans is ...
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Nations Pour Billions Into Nanotechnology
by cheryl pellerin copenhagen: governments and industries in nations around the world are investing billions of dollars, euros, yen, yuan and rubles to position themselves as leaders in the emerging enterprise called nanotechnology - science on the scale of atoms and molecules.
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Nuclear Terrorism Is No. 1 Threat, Elbaradei Says (update1)
sept. 30 (bloomberg) -- the likelihood that terrorists will detonate a nuclear weapon poses the greatest risk to world security, surpassing proliferation threats from iran and north korea, united nations atomic chief mohamed elbaradei said.
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Engineering Industry 1991-2000 - Kommersant
about 90% of russian engineering enterprises have been turned into share holding companies; the state owns a controlling interest in only 15% of the companies. the engineering industry in russia is mainly oriented to the domestic market. industry ...
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atoms Abroad - Time
a new project for harnessing the atom to peaceful uses was laid before the 3,000 members of the national association of manufacturers, who gathered in manhattan last week for their annual convention. the plan, as laid down by general dynamics corp ...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
sandisk corporation, vendors of flash memory products, has announced it is bringing to market its 16gb* microsdhc™ and memory stick micro (m2)® mobile memory cards; said to be the world’s largest storage capacity for mobile phones.
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Noisy Oceans A Surprising Result Of Rising Co2: Scientists
an unanticipated consequence of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide has some marine chemists worried about how ocean creatures will manage in an increasingly noisy underwater world.
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Sept. 3, 1803: Dalton Introduces Atomic Symbols - Wired News
1803: english chemist-physicist john dalton starts using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. dalton, considered the father of modern atomic theory, made a logbook entry that day titled, "observations on the ultimate particles of ...
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John Smallwood: Family Values Endure For Philadelphia atoms - Philiy.com
they remember, even if it seems that with each passing year more and more of philadelphia forgets. what the philadelphia atoms did 35 years ago is an achievement that can never be surpassed. in 1973, the atoms joined the old north american soccer ...
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Local Expertise In Int'l Spotlight
when scientists in europe finally recreate the big bang, it will have a special echo here. assuming, of course, that the world will not have [...]
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Niowave Lands Fermilab Work
lansing-based niowave inc. has landed a $1.04 million contract to build equipment for fermilab in batavia, ill.
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Introduction :: Mining Uranium - Bbc News
it is extracted from either open-cast pits or by underground mining. although uranium occurs naturally all over the world, only a small fraction is found in concentrated ores. when certain atoms of uranium are split in a chain reaction, energy is ...
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Closest Look Ever At Graphene: Stunning Images Of Individual Carbon ... - Science Daily
sciencedaily (sep. 14, 2008) — hailed as the world’s most powerful transmission electron microscope, team 0.5 is living up to expectations. using team 0.5 (team stands for transmission electron aberration-corrected microscope), researchers with ...
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Space Scientists Set For Second Spacecraft Flyby Of Mercury
nasa's messenger spacecraft, which is toting an $8.7 million university of colorado at boulder instrument to measure mercury's wispy atmosphere and blistering surface, will make its second flyby of the mysterious, rocky planet oct. 6.
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Ohio State Lands Grant To Set Up Materials Research Center
armed with nearly $11 million in national science foundation funding, ohio state university will work over the next several years to develop a research center to explore the next step in high-tech electronics.
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This Article For Free. - Wired
work like this has attracted more than a thousand of the best scientific and technical minds from around the world. (whereas xerox parc, in its heyday, employed about 300 all told, nist's research staff alone totals about 1,700.) it has also meant ...
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Tunnel Vision: Scientists Smash atoms - Berkshire Eagle
geneva — scientists will launch an experiment in a tunnel deep beneath the french-swiss border wednesday, hoping to find evidence of extra dimensions, invisible "dark matter," and an elusive particle called the "higgs boson." and although leading ...
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Hawaii Judge Blows Chance To Save Earth
welcome to the tuesday lite notebook, where we rip the little tags off of life that say "do not remove under penalty of law" and fold, spindle and mutilate the issues of the day.
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