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Single Nanotube Used to Make the World’s Smallest Radio

December 18th, 2007 at 5:34 pm » Comments (0)

Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have built the
smallest radio yet — a single carbon nanotube one ten-thousandth the
diameter of a human hair that requires only a battery and earphones to
tune in to your favorite station.



‘T-Rex of the Oceans’ Fossil Found

December 18th, 2007 at 12:20 pm » Comments (0)

Norwegian researchers have discovered a second rare fossil in the Arctic of a pliosaur, a giant reptile described by experts as the "T-Rex of the oceans", the project leader said on Tuesday.



Nanofabrication Finds New Mineral Property

December 18th, 2007 at 12:07 pm » Comments (0)

U.S. physicists have discovered a new electronic property in lodestone, also known as magnetite — one of the most studied magnetic minerals on Earth.



New Year’s Resolution: Shed Carbon

December 18th, 2007 at 11:52 am » Comments (0)

NEW YORK - Three-quarters of Americans, the world’s largest polluters, plan to be more environmentally responsible in 2008 by reducing household energy or recycling more, a survey showed on Monday.



New Phone Device Lets You ‘Speak’ Through Your Ear

December 18th, 2007 at 10:14 am » Comments (0)

A Japanese company Tuesday unveiled a new device that will allow people "speak" through their ear so they can use their mobile telephones in noisy places.



Short Legs Linked to Liver Disease

December 18th, 2007 at 10:10 am » Comments (0)

Women with short legs may have a higher risk of liver disease, with both probably caused by diet or other factors early in life, British researchers reported on Monday.



ADHD Adults Have More Money, Sex Problems

December 18th, 2007 at 9:48 am » Comments (0)

Adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, face more financial crises, a U.S. expert warns.



Jet From Supermassive Black Hole Seen Blasting Neighboring Galaxy

December 18th, 2007 at 7:40 am » Comments (0)

A jet of highly charged radiation from a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy is blasting another galaxy nearby — an act of galactic violence that astronomers said yesterday they have never seen before.



Indonesia’s ‘Lost World’ Yields Two New Species

December 18th, 2007 at 7:37 am » Comments (0)

Two mammals believed new to science have been found on the latest expedition to a virtual lost world found in Indonesia’s Papua in 2005, Conservation International (CI) said Monday.



Asteroids Key to Biodiversity Boom?

December 18th, 2007 at 7:33 am » Comments (0)

A shattered asteroid may have sprayed Earth with high-speed debris 470 million years ago and spurred one of the biggest bursts of biodiversity in Earth’s history, rather than wiping life out.



Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter… and Umami

December 18th, 2007 at 7:18 am » Comments (0)

So here’s a question you don’t hear every day: How many tastes can a person taste?