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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Kenya plans nuclear plant in next five years: PM

NAIROBI (AFP) Kenya hopes to build its first nuclear power plant in the next five years with help from France, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Saturday. 'We want to establish a nuclear plant. We want to start with a plant of the average of between
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:30:00 GMT

Large Hadron Collider Hit By French Bread Bomb

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:28:00 GMT

Moscow warns of new Iran sanctions over nuclear dispute

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, seen here has warned that new sanctions against Iran cannot be excluded if there is no movement forward in the standoff over its nuclear drive. AFP - New sanctions against Iran cannot be excluded if there is no movement
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:22:00 GMT

Large Hadron Collider breakdown caused by bird

By John Kelly 7/11/2009 The �4.4billion has broken down again - all because of a passing bird. The machine - nicknamed the God Machine - overheated after a piece of bread was dropped on to electrics powering a cooling unit. Scientists investigating a
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:17:00 GMT

The influence of alkaline earth ions on the structural organization of acetone probed by the noncoincidence effect of the [small nu](C[double bond, length as m-dash]O) band: experimental and quantum chemical results

Maria Grazia Giorgini, Hajime Torii, Maurizio Musso (Paper from Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.) Maria Grazia Giorgini, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/b912164a To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:16:00 GMT

Towards understanding of shape formation mechanism of mesoporous silica particles

Dmytro O. Volkov, James Benson, Yaroslav Y. Kievsky, Igor Sokolov (Paper from Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.) Dmytro O. Volkov, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/b917424a To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:16:00 GMT

Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which is expected to throw light on the Big Bang Theory and the birth of the universe, will restart within the next several weeks

The existence of higher dimensions will be evident and the extraterrestrial origin of ours will be revealed. . 'The machine will start up in the next couple of weeks. The first collider beams would be injected around the end of this year. Scientific
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

Govt in push for new nuclear plants

LONDON (AFP) The country could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy secretary revealed in an interview Saturday. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband told The Daily
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 09:24:00 GMT

Quantum computing: Rise of machines

Armed with the silicon chip, humans are generating an enormous amount of data every second. Monthly internet traffic is about 8 billion gigabytes and the size of the whole Internet is about 500 billion gigabytes. Scientific research itself is flooded
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:37:00 GMT

LHC forms body to probe Queens Road closure

LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Friday formed a three-member committee to probe the barricading of Queens Road – outside the Central Police Office (CPO). The CJ was hearing a petition moved by Plaza Cinema
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:34:00 GMT

New path for DNA damage from nano-particles: study

1:50 pm TWN, By Marlowe Hood, AFP PARIS -- Scientists reported Thursday that nano-particles used in medical applications can indirectly damage DNA inside cells by transmitting signals through a protective barrier of human tissue. The stunning discovery
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:24:00 GMT

LHC Shut Down Again — By Baguette-Dropping Bird

Philip K Dickhead writes 'Is Douglas Adams scripting the saga of sorrows facing the LHC? These time-traveling Higgs-Boson particles certainly exhibit the sign of his absurd sense of humor! Perhaps it is the Universe itself, conspiring against the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:08:00 GMT

A bit of bread dropped by a bird grinds ‘Big Bang Machine’ to a halt

London, November 7 : Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) found their plans to emulate the big bang postponed this week when a passing bird dropped a “bit of baguette” into the machine, causing it to overheat. According to a report in the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:43:00 GMT

Gov't in push for new nuclear plants (AFP)

LONDON (AFP) The country could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new are implemented, the energy secretary revealed in an interview Saturday. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband told The Daily Telegraph that new planning
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:14:00 GMT

A bit of bread dropped by a bird grinds ‘Big Bang Machine’ to a halt

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) found their plans to emulate the big bang postponed this week when a passing bird dropped a “bit of baguette” into the machine, causing it to overheat. According to a report in the Guardian, a CERN
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:32:00 GMT

Bread Dropped By Bird Causes Problems for LHC

Yes, this headline appears to be true. A bird dropping a piece of bread onto outdoor machinery has been blamed for a technical fault at the (LHC) this week which saw significant overheating on parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 05:16:00 GMT

Lasers Put A Shine On Metals

Jobs are in short supply, and yet some sectors have difficulty in finding suitable trainees for specialist tasks, such as polishing injection molds. The work is time-consuming and monotonous but requires highest levels of concentration, because any
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:55:00 GMT

Nothing But Net: The Physics Of Basketball Free Throws

Pay attention, Shaq: Two North Carolina State University engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw -- a frequently underappreciated skill that gets more important as the game clock winds down. To get a swish rather than a brick, you
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:54:00 GMT

LHC stops Frenchman's repatriation

RAWALPINDI - Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench Friday issued stay orders regarding the repatriation of a French national J. Luck. The court also directed the Ministry of Interior not to repatriate the French national for as long as the petition,
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:35:00 GMT

LHC CJ provided bulletproof car

LAHORE: The Punjab government has provided a bulletproof car to Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif. Sources said the step has been taken in the wake of country’s deteriorating security situation. staff report
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 03:59:00 GMT

New nuclear on UK horizon

RWE npower and E.ON UK have revealed their nuclear joint-venture company – to be called Horizon Nuclear Power – will begin operation this month. The firms also said they expect to make a choice on reactor technology by early next year. Horizon
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:54:00 GMT

Magnetic Nanoparticles To Simultaneously Diagnose, Monitor And Treat

Whether it's magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) giving an army of 'therapeutically armed' white blood cells direction to invade a deadly tumour's territory, or the use of mNPs to target specific nerve channels and induce nerve-led behaviour (such as the
Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:52:00 GMT

Mary Beth Monroe Recognized for Creative Leadership in Physics Education

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:06:00 GMT

Eugene Commins Named First AAPT J.D. Jackson Excellence in Graduate Physics Teaching Award

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Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:05:00 GMT

LHC moved to disarm US diplomats, marines

By Our Correspondent LAHORE The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Interior Ministry and the Inspector General Police, Islamabad, to file reply until November 20 on a petition seeking to disarm the US diplomats, marines and other officials in
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:53:00 GMT

Sharper and Faster “Nano Darts” Kill More Bacteria: A Study of Antibacterial Activity of Individually Dispersed Pristine Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube

ACS Nano, Volume 0, Issue 0, Articles ASAP (As Soon As Publishable).
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:28:00 GMT

A mystery, a gerund and a Higgs boson walk into a bar ...

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Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:31:00 GMT

Large Hadron Collider scuttled by baguette

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Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:10:00 GMT

Carbon nanotubes offer radical new fertilizer

For reasons that are not entirely clear to scientists, exposing seeds to carbon nanotubes -- a tiny cylinder of carbon atoms -- make seedlings grow stronger and faster. Scientists are discovering nanoparticles capable of breaching a plant's cellular
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT

Fundamental studies on the ablation behaviour of Pb/U in NIST 610 and zircon 91500 using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry with respect to geochronology

Barbara K. Kuhn, Karin Birbaum, Yan Luo, Detlef Gunther (Paper from J. Anal. At. Spectrom.) Barbara K. Kuhn, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2010, DOI: 10.1039/b917261k To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:53:00 GMT