Canada-India RFID project looks to improve traffic flow, reduce pollution
RFID technology may provide the key to better traffic management and improved pollution control in Canada, India and worldwide.
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Air travelers, astronomers stand to benefit from research on atmospheric turbulence
Anyone who frequently travels by airplane has likely experienced clear-air turbulence. It's the kind of jarring turbulence that can quickly turn a smooth flight into a bumpy ride, often causing aircraft to drop anywhere from ...
Environment
Jun 19, 2008
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Lost in the supermarket?
[B]Why the 'cheap food revolution' hasn't reached poor countries[/B] Most people don't think twice as they pass spring apples from the southern hemisphere as they enter the supermarket, but they are participating in a cheap ...
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Jun 19, 2008
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Looking for New Light
In many ways, astronomers are in the dark about asteroids. In the dark depths of the Kuiper Asteroid Belt beyond Neptune's orbit, and even in the nearby Main Belt between Jupiter and Mars, most asteroids are too small to ...
Astronomy
Jun 19, 2008
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Study provides a first look at ammonia volatilized from surface applied urea
The question of how much nitrogen is lost from fertilizer urea when it is applied to the soil surface comes up with growers and fertilizer dealers every season and is the focus of a Montana Agricultural Experiment Station ...
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Jun 19, 2008
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Flexible design in airports essential for courting low-cost airlines
The leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and operations, who said that airport ...
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Jun 19, 2008
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Gallons per mile would help car shoppers make better decisions
Posting a vehicle's fuel efficiency in "gallons per mile" rather than "miles per gallon" would help consumers make better decisions about car purchases and environmental impact, researchers from Duke University's Fuqua School ...
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Jun 19, 2008
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Exciton-based circuits eliminate a 'speed trap' between computing and communication signals
Particles called excitons that emit a flash of light as they decay could be used for a new form of computing better suited to fast communication, physicists at UC San Diego have demonstrated.
Condensed Matter
Jun 19, 2008
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Ice cores map dynamics of sudden climate changes
New, extremely detailed data from investigations of ice cores from Greenland show that the climate shifted very suddenly and changed fundamentally during quite few years when the ice age ended. Researchers from the Niels ...
Environment
Jun 19, 2008
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Scientists fix bugs in our understanding of evolution
[B]A new computational tool allows the most accurate insights into evolution ever[/B] What makes a human different from a chimp? Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute ...
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