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Scientists have presented hope to our long-suffering people once again. The research team led by Dr.

One of the many complexities of the character of J. Robert Oppenheimer is apparent in his response to the discovery of nuclear fission in January 1939.2.7

I heard all the excitement about 'What the Bleep!?' when it was first released in the cinemas, but was unable to make a screening- the nearest one being two hours from me.2.7

Finding a fitness plans that works for you. By Gregory Joujon-Roche. ________________________ Quiz: Which 'Friend' had a surprise visitor? Predictions: Picks to key college football games Slide show: The month ...2.7

A Korean scientist has achieved a breakthrough in solid state physics by proving that insulators can switch to metals that conduct electricity when tiny electrical impulses are applied to them.2.7

Ramamurti Shankar, chair of the physics department, gave a public lecture in New Delhi, India last week before an audience that included Indian President Dr.

Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat, who died on Wednesday aged 96, was the only scientist during the Second World War to leave the Los Alamos atomic bomb development programme - the Manhattan Project - for reasons of ...2.7

Bats, which do some of their best work in the dark, can navigate through the air using sound.2.7

The U.S. technology community is lending its support to efforts to cleanup damage from Hurricane Katrina.2.7

The financial planning profession has been wrestling with the issue of life planning versus financial planning.2.1

Trying to make science come alive for the reading public can be an awkward proposition.2.7

YOUNG people interested in a career in space exploration will get help from the University of York to launch their first rocket on Saturday.3.1

Haverford College physics professor Walter Smith plays a baritone ukulele and sings a song about physics to his class.5

THE US astrophysicist John Bahcall was best known for his research into what makes the Sun shine ... Bahcall's other great contribution to science was his work on the Hubble Space Telescope.2.7

Mankind s thinking shows a most remarkable similarity between the way we think about God, and the way we think about Quantum physics.2.7

On August 30 in 1871, physicist Ernest Rutherford is born the second of twelve children of a wheelwright-farmer in Brightwater, New Zealand.2.7

As researchers at Pacifi c Northwest National Laboratory investigated the hydrogen storage ... More information: Further news items of the area Physics Astronomy 30.2.7

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Summary - What is the nature of the mysterious dark energy which is accelerating expansion of the Universe? In a recent study published in the Physical Review Letters, physicists are proposing two scenarios: ...5.1

I stopped keeping track of all the e-mails and phone calls the museum has received about the planet Mars appearing as large as the moon in the night sky this fall.2.7

Frustrated that terrorist kingpin Osama bin Laden is still on the loose nearly four years after the Sept.2.7

As someone who did a degree in sociology alongside a real science degree, I approached this book with some interest.2.7

ITX E-Globaledge Corporation, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Sharp Corporation and Waseda University have jointly developed IrSimple , a high-speed wireless communications protocol using infrared.2.7

Accused by a defense attorney of practicing junk science, biophysicist Saami Shaibani sent televised shock waves across the nation in 2003 when a judge declared he had perjured himself by exaggerating his ...3.1

Artwork: Terre Haute artist Peter Bruning's painting Physics Minds of the 20th Century will be unveiled at Rose-Hulman's celebration of physics Sept.2.9

Imagine a world in which you're Alan Lightman. You're 55 years old , and you're a respected and ... In Anchorage, fans of "Einstein's Dreams" -- a loose-knit group of artists and educators who recently created the Time Changes Project in your honor -- would like you to lead a public forum Saturday on "Science and Art in the New Millennium.2

An adult fly is in a rotten position, really, since it has no chewing or sucking mouthparts.

Studying Newton's laws of physics is one thing. Seeing flying golf balls, swinging pendulums and graceful arcs of light is quite another.

TimeLine Theatre opens its ninth season with Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning Copenhagen.2.7

Each February, USA WEEKEND Magazine launches the nation's single largest print celebration of ... Moderated by Kristal Brent Zook Go to top The Performers Modern dancers Judith Jamison, 60, and Clifton Brown, 23 Dance Legend Judith Jameson with her pupil Clifton Brown Losing an audition was the best thing that ever happened to Judith Jamison.2.9

Raleigh drug manufacturer Salix Pharmaceuticals announces positive results of a double-blind study that showed that its lead drug, Colazal, reduced inflammation in patients receiving radiation treatment for ...2.7

British scientists have completed an instrument which will track fragments of atoms moving at almost the speed of light, fit into the biggest machine on the planet and answer questions about the first ...2.7

Predicting the magnetic behavior of metallic compounds is a surprisingly difficult problem for theoretical physicists.4

A book that will surely appeal to physicians, physicists and engineers, The Physics of Coronary Blood Flow approaches the subject from a totally new perspective.