Mini MIT satellites rocketing to space station
Source: MIT Posted: 4/27/2006 A Russian rocket launched Monday, April 24, is carrying the first of three small, spherical satellites developed at MIT to the International Space Station. Full story...
Frictionless Motion Observed in Water
Source: USC Posted: 4/9/2006 Researchers at USC and Brown University said they have achieved near-frictionless motion in water by using lasers to spin a molecule like a propeller. Full story...
New Evidence on Disappearing Neutrinos
Source: Caltech Posted: 4/9/2006 Physicists have observed the disappearance of muon neutrinos traveling from the lab's site in Illinois to a particle detector in Minnesota. The observation is consistent with an effect known as neutrino oscillation. Full story...
Quantum Dot Method Rapidly Identifies Bacteria
Source: NIST Posted: 4/9/2006 A rapid method for detecting and identifying very small numbers of diverse bacteria, from anthrax to E. coli, using a quantum dot sensor, has been developed by scientists. Full story...
