February 4, 2012

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Berkeley Close To Providing Speech For The Speechless

UC Berkeley scientists have created software that can interpret electric brain signals associated with human speech. The experiment used 15 volunteers that were receiving brain surgery. Using electrodes, each patient's brain ... more

Posted by allan nosworthy  |  February 1, 2012  |   0 Comments
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Large Galaxy Cluster Found 7 Billion Light Years Away

The Chandra X-ray Observatory in space and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) located in Chile have found what NASA described as an "exceptional galaxy cluster, the largest seen in the distant universe."
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Posted by allan nosworthy  |  January 20, 2012  |   3 Comments
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Failed Mars Probe Finds New Home In Pacific Ocean

On Sunday (January 15), the Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt fell into the Pacific Ocean.
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, told The BBC, "According to information from mission control of the space forces, the ... more

Posted by allan nosworthy  |  January 19, 2012  |   3 Comments
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Major Break Through In Invisibility Research

Scientists at Cornell University have found a way to make an event in time invisible. The AP reported the experiment, "hid an event for 40 trillionths of a second, according to a study appearing in Thursday's edition of the ... more

Posted by allan nosworthy  |  January 10, 2012  |   0 Comments
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Russian Spacecraft Will Soon Crash Back To Earth

Phobos-Grunt, a Russian spacecraft stuck in Earth orbit, is expected to fall back to the planet within a few weeks. MNN reported, "The spacecraft is expected to crash back to Earth sometime around January 16."
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Posted by allan nosworthy  |  January 10, 2012  |   0 Comments
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Science Closer To Solving Mayan Disappearance

For many years, archeologists have guessed the Mayan empire fell due to extended drought. Now there may be proof for that theory.
io9.com reported, "the Mayan empire fell largely because of a 200-year drought that struck the region ... more

Posted by allan nosworthy  |  December 20, 2011  |   0 Comments
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