Geckos inspire ’super-adhesive’
UK scientists have developed an adhesive plastic based on the sticking power of the gecko’s foot.
July 2006
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Geckos inspire ’super-adhesive’ UK scientists have developed an adhesive plastic
Posted by sciencewatch on 31 Jul 2006 11:35 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Gyromagnetic ratio of a lone trapped electron is measured to
Posted by sciencewatch on 31 Jul 2006 12:00 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Gyromagnetic ratio of a lone trapped electron is measured to better than a part per trillion
The new measurement subjects quantum electrodynamics to its most stringent test yet. And the theory passes once again, thwarting hopes of a revealing discrepancy.
Twin Prime Conjecture New insight into a 2,300-year-old mystery surrounding
Posted by sciencewatch on 30 Jul 2006 11:50 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Twin Prime Conjecture
New insight into a 2,300-year-old mystery surrounding prime numbers inspires a song.
NOVA scienceNOW
Skeptic: Folk Science Why our intuitions about science are so
Posted by sciencewatch on 30 Jul 2006 12:01 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Skeptic: Folk Science
Why our intuitions about science are so often wrong
Michael Shermer
News: Planet-forming Disks Slow Down Spinning Stars Karen Schrock
Posted by sciencewatch on 30 Jul 2006 12:03 am. Filed under General Science News.
Tough questions about wind energy Responses to “World Wind Speeds
Posted by sciencewatch on 29 Jul 2006 11:48 am. Filed under General Science News.
Tough questions about wind energy
Responses to “World Wind Speeds Suggest Plentiful Energy” (PHYSICS TODAY, July 2005, page 34)
Earth Feature | Yellowstone: Monitoring the Fire Below Three of
Posted by sciencewatch on 28 Jul 2006 11:46 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Earth Feature | Yellowstone: Monitoring the Fire Below
Three of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions in geologic history occurred at a place now visited by over three million people a year.
Sustainable Developments: Virtuous Circles and Fragile States The care and
Posted by sciencewatch on 28 Jul 2006 12:12 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Sustainable Developments: Virtuous Circles and Fragile States
The care and feeding of unstable new democracies
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Profile: Brothers Chudnovsky The story of two brilliant mathematicians, a
Posted by sciencewatch on 27 Jul 2006 11:48 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Profile: Brothers Chudnovsky
The story of two brilliant mathematicians, a unicorn, and a homemade supercomputer
NOVA scienceNOW
Glaxo has bird flu ‘breakthrough’ GlaxoSmithKline believes it has a
Posted by sciencewatch on 27 Jul 2006 12:01 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Glaxo has bird flu ‘breakthrough’
GlaxoSmithKline believes it has a vaccine for the deadly H5N1 bird flu that may be capable of mass production by 2007.