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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:04:30 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: U.S. Antarctic Stations Celebrate Midwinter's Day 2010
U.S. Antarctic Stations Celebrate Midwinter's Day 2010
Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:40:00 -0500
June 21st, the austral winter solstice, was Midwinter's Day in Antarctica. Throughout Antarctic, wintering personnel celebrated the longest night of the year. We have posted greetings from the personnel at the three U.S. stations — McMurdo, Amundsen-Scott South Pole, and Palmer — on the U.S. Antarctic
Program web portal, USAP.gov. See the URL at ...
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:40:32 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Physicists Get an Up-close Look at Synthetic Quantum Materials
Physicists Get an Up-close Look at Synthetic Quantum Materials
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:09:00 -0500
Physicists at Harvard University
have, for the first time, tracked individual atoms in a gas cooled to extreme temperatures as the particles reorganized into a crystal, a process driven by quantum mechanics. The research, described this week in the journal Science, opens new possibilities for particle-by-particle study and engineering of artificial quantum materials.
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Harvard University
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:40:32 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: University of Minnesota Researchers Clear Major Hurdle in Road to High-efficiency Solar Cells
University of Minnesota Researchers Clear Major Hurdle in Road to High-efficiency Solar Cells
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:09:00 -0500
A team of University of
Minnesota-led researchers has cleared a major hurdle in the drive to build solar cells with potential efficiencies up to twice as high as current levels.
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University of Minnesota
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:40:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Using Carbon Nanotubes in Lithium Batteries Can Dramatically Improve Energy Capacity
Using Carbon Nanotubes in Lithium Batteries Can Dramatically Improve Energy Capacity
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:09:00 -0500
Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of a new finding from researchers at MIT. They found that using carbon nanotubes for one of the battery's electrodes produced a significant increase--up to tenfold--in the amount of power it could deliver from a given weight of material, compared to a conventional lithium-ion battery.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-update@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:40:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: No Longer Anchored, Antarctic Ice Stream Surges to Sea
No Longer Anchored, Antarctic Ice Stream Surges to Sea
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:09:00 -0500
The Pine Island Glacier, one of Antarctica's largest ice streams, is accelerating and thus contributing a growing share of the meltwater, raising sea levels worldwide.
Source
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:01:33 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Scientists Discover Source of Essential Nutrients for Open-Ocean Algae
Scientists Discover Source of Essential Nutrients for Open-Ocean Algae
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:54:00 -0500
For almost three decades, oceanographers have been puzzled by the ability of microscopic algae ("microalgae") to grow in open-ocean areas where there is very little nitrate, an essential nutrient for the algae.
In this week's issue of the journal Nature, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) chemical oceanographer Ken Johnson, along with co-authors Stephen Riser at the University of Washington and David Karl at the University of Hawaii, show that ...
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