01/09/2009
Texas has lost influence in Washington (The Facts)
For the first time in decades, Texas has almost no stroke in Washington, which means no muscle in the federal government and no bailouts. We have suffered a hit below the Beltway.
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01/08/2009
Super New Zealand science on display (Scoop.co.nz)
Holidaymakers passing through Wellington International Airport have a chance to view some super science and technologies developed in New Zealand and now being commercialised here.
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01/06/2009
The year in science: 'God particles' and the cloak of invisibility? (Belleville News-Democrat)
Like a modern tower of Babel story, a new quest to find the "God particle" got off to an all-too-human start in 2008.
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01/05/2009
New life for buried-utilities ordinance (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
Since the devastation of the Dec. 19 ice storm, a proposal to bury electric utilities in Allen County has been resurrected.
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01/05/2009
"Noiseless" Amplifier Offers Quantum Communications Potential (CommunicationsDirect)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and JILA, a joint institute operated by NIST and the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder, say they have made the first tunable "noiseless" amplifier. By significantly reducing the uncertainty in delicate measurements of microwave signals, the new ...
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01/02/2009
The Universe Today Top 10 Scientific Endeavours of 2008 (Universe Today)
The nominations are in, the votes have been counted and the Universe Today writers have been consulted; the Top 10 Scientific Endeavours of 2008 are decided! After much consideration by the readers of the Universe Today, it became quickly apparent what the popular choice would be, and some of the Top 10 may not come [...]
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12/31/2008
India reaches the moon in 2008 (The Times of India)
NEW DELHI: India demonstrated its scientific prowess in the year gone by with the launch of its maiden moon mission and created a niche for itself by validating the indigenous design of an advanced nuclear power reactor fired by a mix of thorium and uranium.
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12/28/2008
The great 2008 quiz A year with lots of questions (Montreal Gazette)
1. Sept. 10 was switch-on day for the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator, spanning the Swiss-French border. Sept. 19 was switch-off day after the failure of two superconducting magnets. The search for the elusive Higgs Boson (an elementary particle) is on hold until the spring -
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12/28/2008
Crystallographers Use Computers To Find New Superconductor (Science Daily)
New calculations predict that germanium hydride will be superconducting at relatively high temperatures, but will be easier to process than the high-temperature superconductors known up to now.
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12/30/2008
How Small Can Computers Get? Computing in a Molecule (Slashdot)
ScienceDaily on what the future might bring for atomic-scale computing: "Joachim, the head of the CEMES Nanoscience and Picotechnology Group (GNS), is currently coordinating a team of researchers from 15 academic and industrial research institutes in Europe whose groundbreaking work on developing a molecular replacement for transistors has brought the vision of atomic-scale computing a step ...
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