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March 30, 2005

• Rutgers researchers have found a potential way to create hydrogen on demand for a fuel cell. Nano tuned metal iridium could extract the fuel from ammonia. EurekAlert!

March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... General Name, Symbol, Number hydrogen, H, 1 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 1, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 1. ... A fuel cell is an electrochemical device similar to a battery, but differing from the latter in that it is designed for continuous replenishment of the reactants consumed; i. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Iridium, Ir, 77 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 9, 6, d Density, Hardness 22650 kg/m3, 6. ... Ammonia is a chemical compound consisting of nitrogen and hydrogen atoms with the formula NH3. ...

March 29, 2005

• A study on Canadian fish farms, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, has found that incidence of sea lice in salmon are 30,000 times more likely in fish farms than in the wild. (Guardian)

March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... A demonstration aquaculture facility Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture. ... The Proceedings of the Royal Society of London are a scientific journal published by the Royal Society of London. ... The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ... A demonstration aquaculture facility Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture. ...

March 28, 2005

• Ric Pashley of the Australian National University in Canberra found that oil and water do mix if the gas dissolved in the liquids is removed. This could lead to faster testing of new drugs; and simpler less expensive formulations with fewer side-effects of current drugs. (NewScientist)
• Luxtera has announced a new type of silicon chip which could blend the low-cost manufacturing prowess of the semiconductor with laser optical networking. By April 2006 Luxtera expect to have an inexpensive chip that can handle 10-gigabit office networks. (InfoWorld)
• Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology show that plant hemoglobins act like animal hemoglobin, removing oxygen and thus assisting in fixation of nitrogen in the root nodules of legumes. (EurekAlert!)

March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The Australian National University (ANU), is a university located in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. ... Canberra is the capital of the Commonwealth of Australia, and its largest inland city, with a population of just over 320,000. ... General Name, Symbol, Number silicon, Si, 14 Chemical series metalloids Group, Period, Block 14, 3, p Appearance dark gray, bluish tinge Atomic mass 28. ... A semiconductor is a material with an electrical conductance that is intermediate to those of an insulator and a conductor. ... Laser (US Air Force) A LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an optical device which uses a quantum mechanical effect called stimulated emission (discovered by Einstein while researching the photoelectric effect) in order to generate a coherent beam of light from a lasing medium of controlled purity... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A gigabit is a unit of information or computer storage, abbreviated Gbit or sometimes Gb. ... It has been suggested that networking be merged into this article or section. ... The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. ... 3-dimensional structure of hemoglobin Hemoglobin or haemoglobin (frequently abbreviated as Hb, PDB 1A3N) is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red cells of the blood in mammals and other animals. ... General Name, Symbol, Number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless Atomic mass 15. ... Nitrogen fixation is the process by which nitrogen is taken from its relatively inert molecular form (N2) in the atmosphere and converted into nitrogen compounds useful for other chemical processes (such as, notably, ammonia, nitrate and nitrogen dioxide). ... Root nodules occur on the roots of plants that associate with symbiotic bacteria. ... Varieties of soybean seeds, a popular legume A flowering legume The term legume has two closely related meanings in botany, a situation encountered with many botanical common names of useful plants whereby an applied name can refer to either the plant itself, or to the edible fruit (or useful part). ...

March 27, 2005

• Scientists have developed a new variety of Golden Rice, Golden Rice 2, that produces 23 times more beta-carotene than the original variety. It is hoped that the new variety will provide sufficient provitamin A to supplement the diet of people at risk of vitamin A deficiency. (BBC)

March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... White rice and golden rice Golden rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) produced through genetic modification to biosynthesise of the precursors of beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A) in the edible parts of rice. ... Carotene is a terpene, an orange photosynthetic pigment, important for photosynthesis. ... Retinol, the dietary form of vitamin A, is a fat-soluble, antioxidant vitamin important in vision and bone growth. ...

March 25, 2005

• A new High-resolution Ultrasonic Transmission Tomography (HUTT) system made at the University of Southern California could offer resolutions of 0.4mm for soft tissue scan. This is an order of magnitude better than the best X-Ray or MRI alternatives and it safe. (USC)
• Blue Gene/L the world's fastest supercomputer completed a trillion calculations a second, beating its own record. (BBC)

March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... The University of Southern California (also known as USC, SC, Southern Cal, and Southern California), Southern Californias oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ... In the NATO phonetic alphabet, X-ray represents the letter X. An X-ray picture (radiograph) taken by Röntgen An X-ray is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength approximately in the range of 5 pm to 10 nanometers (corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 PHz... For other meanings see Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). ... Blue Gene/L Blue Gene is computer architecture project designed to produce several next generation super computers, operating in the PFLOPS range. ... A supercomputer is a computer that leads the world in terms of processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation, at the time of its introduction. ...

March 24, 2005

• Paleontologists from North Carolina State University announce the discovery of what appears to be soft tissue inside the fossilised bone of a Tyrannosaurus rex. (Science Magazine) (BBC).

March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... A paleontologist carefully chips rock from a column of dinosaur vertebrae. ... North Carolina State University is an institution of higher learning located in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... Biological tissue is a group of cells that perform a similar function. ... For other uses of the term, see Fossil (disambiguation) Fossils are the mineralized remains of animals or plants or other artifacts such as footprints. ... Binomial name Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 Tyrannosaurus rex (tyrant lizard king) was a giant carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Upper Maastrichtian, the last stage of the Cretaceous period, 65 – 66 million years ago. ...

March 23, 2005

• For the first time light from planets outside the solar system has been directly observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Up until now all extrasolar planets have been found using the "wobble" and "transit" techniques. (PhysOrg)
• Researches show that the plant Arabidopsis can change the DNA sequences that were inherited from their parents, reverting to that of their grandparents. The findings challange the understanding of inheritence first described by Mendel. (Nature)

March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... A planet in common parlance is a large object in orbit around a star that is not a star itself. ... Presentation of the solar system (not to scale). ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. ... The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST) (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF)) is an infrared space observatory, the fourth and final of NASAs Great Observatories. ... Binomial name Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. ... Space-filling model of a section of DNA molecule Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life (and many viruses). ... For the scientific journal Heredity see Heredity (journal) Heredity (the adjective is hereditary) is the transfer of characters from parent to offspring, either through their genes or through the social institution called inheritance (for example, a title of nobility is passed from individual to individual according to relevant customs and... Gregor Johann Mendel Gregor Johann Mendel (July 22, 1822 – January 6, 1884) was an Austrian monk who is often called the father of genetics for his study of the inheritance of traits in pea plants. ...

March 22, 2005

• Reseachers at Griffith University discover a source of stem cells in the human nose. (ABC)
• A group of cosmologists announce a new possible explanation for the observation of an accelerating universe, which does not involve dark energy but instead invokes after-effects of the "inflationary period" of the early Universe. The paper will be published in Physical Review Letters. (YahooNews)

March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Griffith University Griffith University is an Australian public university with five campuses in Brisbane and one at the Gold Coast. ... Mouse embryonic stem cells. ... Human nose Anatomically, a nose is a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which admit and expel air for respiration. ... Cosmology, from the Greek: κοσμολογία (cosmologia, κόσμος (cosmos) world + λογια (logia) discourse) is the study of the universe in its totality and by extension mans place in it. ... Accelerating universe is a term for the idea that our universe is undergoing divergent rapid expansion. ... In cosmology, dark energy is a hypothetical form of energy which permeates all of space and has strong negative pressure. ... The inflationary epoch is the term used in cosmology to describe the brief time in the very early universe when, according to inflation theory, the universe was expanding exponentially. ... The deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. ... Physical Review Letters is one of the most prestigious journals in physics. ...

March 17, 2005

• A simpler way to model plasmons is created by Mark Brongersma, at Stanford University. Plasmons in computer chips could operate at frequencies 100,000 times faster than Pentium chips. (NewScientist)
• The Cassini probe reveals that Saturn's moon Enceladus has an atmosphere. (BBC)

March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... In physics, the plasmon is the quasiparticle resulting from the quantization of plasma oscillations, which are density waves of the charge carriers in a conducting medium such as a metal, semiconductor, or plasma. ... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... An integrated circuit (IC) is a thin chip consisting of at least two interconnected semiconductor devices, mainly transistors, as well as passive components like resistors. ... Pentium logo, with MMX enhancement The Pentium is a fifth-generation x86 architecture microprocessor by Intel which first shipped on March 22, 1993. ... This is an artists concept of Cassini during the Saturn Orbit Insertion (SOI) maneuver, just after the main engine has begun firing. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 140 kPa Hydrogen >93% Helium >5% Methane 0. ... [4]; [5] Atmospheric characteristics Pressure trace, signficant spatial variability [6] Water Vapor 65% [7] Hydrogen 20% [8] Other CO2, CO, N2 [9] Enceladus (en-sel-a-dus, Greek Εγκέλαδος) is a moon of Saturn discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. ... Atmosphere may refer to: a celestial body atmosphere, e. ...

March 16, 2005

• Hitachi unveils its robot Emiew which will compete with the engineering prowess of Honda's Asimo and Sony's Qrio robots. Emiew's use of wheels instead of feet makes it the fastest robot yet; and its focus is Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate. (BBC)
• The sequencing of the human X chromosome is published in Nature and there are matching segments in chromosomes of animals. This supports the theory that when genes are transferred from "non-sex" chromosomes, they stay there. (New Scientist)
• Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, California have developed an artificial fifth base for DNA. The fifth base is called 3-fluorobenzene (3FB), 3FB pairs with itself, and it is hoped that this new tool can be used to learn about DNA evolution. (Nature)

March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Hitachi (Japanese: 日立製作所) is a global company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ... A humanoid robot playing the trumpet In practical usage, a robot is a mechanical device which performs automated physical tasks, either according to direct human supervision, a pre-defined program, or a set of general guidelines using artificial intelligence techniques. ... Honda Motor Co. ... ASIMO is a humanoid robot created in 2000 by Honda. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... QRIO QRIO is a bipedal humanoid robot from Sony. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. ... The human X chromosome, is is one of the two chromosomes involved in the XY sex-determination system. ... Nature is one of the oldest and most reputable general-purpose scientific journals, first published on November 4, 1869. ... One of the beaches at La Jolla Cove. ... Space-filling model of a section of DNA molecule Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life (and many viruses). ... Space-filling model of a section of DNA molecule Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life (and many viruses). ...

March 15, 2005

• Researchers at Stanford University have created a photonic crystal that slows light by a factor of 100. Possible applications include optical data switches and high power lasers. (PhysicsWeb)

March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... Prism splitting light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye or, in a technical or scientific setting, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength. ... Laser (US Air Force) A LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is an optical device which uses a quantum mechanical effect called stimulated emission (discovered by Einstein while researching the photoelectric effect) in order to generate a coherent beam of light from a lasing medium of controlled purity...

March 14, 2005

• The 2003 winners of the National Medal of Science were announced. Eight medals were awarded honouring lifelong and individual achievements. (NSF)

March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science, also called the Presidential Medal of Science, is an honor given by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social...

March 12, 2005

• Mission members monitoring the Spirit rover on Mars report that a lucky encounter with a dust devil has cleaned the solar panels of that robot. Power levels have dramatically increased and daily science work is anticipated to be expanded. (space.com)

March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Spirit (official designation: MER-A) is the first of the two Mars Exploration Rover Missions. ... Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ... Dust Devil in Johnsonville, South Carolina A dust devil is a rotating updraft, 1000 meters high or more and tens of meters in diameter. ... Solar Panel (photovoltaic array) The solar panels on this small yacht at sea can charge the 12 V batteries at up to 9 Amps in full, direct sunlight. ...

March 11, 2005

• Apple Computer backs the Blu-Ray optical disc format in the next generation DVD format war. (Slashdot)

11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... Blu-ray discs Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by a group of leading consumer electronics and PC companies called the Blu_ray Disc Association (BDA), which succeeds the Blu_ray Disc Founders (BDF). ... In computing, sound reproduction, and video, an optical disc is flat, circular, usually polycarbonate disc whereon data is stored. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... A format war describes competition between competing, and typically mutually incompatible, media formats, usually very costly to the format-owning parties involved. ...

March 10, 2005

• The Inmarsat 4 was launched successfully today covering Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as the Indian Ocean. The first of three satellites that will be offering 3G (third-generation) compatible broadband (up to 432 kbit/s) data services to mobile users. (PC World)

March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... INMARSAT, is an international telecommunications company founded in 1979, originally as an intergovernmental organisation. ... A satellite composite image of Europe World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and second most populous. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... World map showing location of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, defined by subtracting Europe from Eurasia. ... A satellite is an object that orbits another object (known as its primary). ... Broadband in general refers to data transmission where multiple pieces of data are sent simultaneously to increase the effective rate of transmission. ...

March 8, 2005

• A very high plume of ash and steam is seen coming from the direction of active volcano Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington. The plume is visible as far away as Portland, Oregon. (Wikinews) (ABCnews)
• A CT scan of King Tutankhamun revealed that he may have died of complications from a broken leg. (BBC)
• Bone protein osteocalcin extracted from a Neanderthal from Shanidar Cave, Iraq dating to approximately 75,000 years old, was sequenced. This is the oldest fossil human protein ever sequenced. (EurekAlert!)

March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Mount St. ... ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ... Portland skyline. ... CAT apparatus in a hospital Computed axial tomography (CAT), computer-assisted tomography, computed tomography, CT, or body section roentgenography is the process of using digital processing to generate a three-dimensional image of the internals of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around... Tutankhamuns funeral mask - which is probably the face of Smenkhare. ... Binomial name Homo neanderthalensis King, 1864 The Neanderthal or Neandertal was a species of genus Homo (Homo neanderthalensis) that inhabited Europe and parts of western Asia from about 230,000 to 29,000 years ago (the Middle Palaeolithic and Lower Paleolithic, in the Pleistocene epoch). ... Peptide sequence or amino acid sequence is the order in which amino acid residues, connected by peptide bonds, lie in the chain. ...

March 7, 2005

• The first superconducting dipole magnet for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was lowered into place at the CERN lab, near Geneva. Physicists hope to recreate the conditions that followed just after the big bang using the LHC. (BBC)

March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Superconductivity is a phenomenon occurring in certain materials at low temperatures, characterised by the complete absence of electrical resistance and the damping of the interior magnetic field (the Meissner effect. ... A dipole magnet, in particle accelerators, is a magnet constructed to create a homogeneous magnetic field over some distance. ... CMS detector for LHC at CERN The Large Hadron Collider (short LHC) is a particle accelerator and collider located at CERN. It is currently under construction and scheduled to start operation in 2007. ... CERN logo CERN is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the worlds largest particle physics laboratory, situated on the border between France and Switzerland, just west of Geneva. ... Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the Rhône River. ... According to the Big Bang theory, the universe originated in an extremely dense and hot state (bottom). ...

March 6, 2005

• Stanford University will create a chimera mouse with some brain cells derived from stem cells that are 100% human. If the mice show significant increases in cognitive ability the experiment will stop. (Telegraph)

March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ... In zoology, a chimera is an animal which has two or more different populations of cells, which are genetically distinct and which originated in different zygotes (fertilized eggs). ... Feral mouse A mouse is a mammal that belongs to one of numerous species of small rodents in the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ (Old World Mice). ... Mouse embryonic stem cells. ...

March 5, 2005

• The world's oldest early bipedal human skeleton has been found in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. The skeleton is between 3.8 and 4 million years old, which means that it predates the fossil Lucy. (Voice of America) (ABC News)
• Scientists flock to an area about 300 miles off the coast of U.S. state of Washington to study what appears to be an ongoing undersea volcanic eruption. Accompanying earthquakes measuring up to magnitude 4.0 have numbered thousands per day. (Seattle Times)

March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... A biped is an animal that travels across surfaces supported by two legs. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. ... In biology, the skeleton or skeletal system is the biological system providing support in living organisms. ... Map of Ethiopia highlighting the Afar region. ... Binomial name Australopithecus afarensis Johanson & White, 1978 Lucy is a 3. ... This article is about the profession. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ... A volcano is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the Earths interior made molten or liquid by extremely high temperatures along with a reduction in pressure and/or the introduction of water or other volatiles) erupts through the surface of the planet. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the Earths surface. ... The Richter magnitude test scale (or more correctly local magnitude ML scale) assigns a single number to quantify the size of an earthquake. ...

March 4, 2005

• The Rosetta space probe executes its first Earth flyby of a total of three on its way to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This one comes closest to the Earth's surface with an altitude of 1954.7 km. (ESA)
• Hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic, named Lost City, support different types of microorganisms than black-smoker vents. Black smoker vents release carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and metals that are metabolised by lifeforms, the Lost City vents release methane and hydrogen. (EurekAlert!) (Nature)
• The smallest star to emit light has been discovered in the Carina constellation. The star named OGLE-TR-122B is the size of Jupiter. (BBC)

March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Conceptual drawing of the Rosetta orbiter and Philae lander Rosetta is a European Space Agency-led unmanned space mission launched in 2004 intended to study the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ... Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ... Comet Hale-Bopp, showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997) A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the sun and (at least occasionally) exhibits a coma (or atmosphere) and/or a tail -- both due primarily to the effects of solar radiation... 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is the designation of a comet with a current orbital period of 6. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... Hydrothermal vents are fissures in a planets surface from which geothermally heated water issues. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... An actively venting calcium carbonate chimney in the Lost City hydrothermal field Lost City is a field of hydrothermal vents in in the mid-Atlantic ocean that differ significanly from the black smoker vents described in the late 1970s. ... A black smoker in the Atlantic Ocean Black smokers are a type of hydrothermal vent found on the ocean floor. ... Carbon dioxide is an atmospheric gas composed of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. ... Hydrogen sulfide (hydrogen sulphide in British English), H2S, is a colorless, toxic, flammable gas that is responsible for the foul odor of rotten eggs. ... The simplest hydrocarbon, methane, is a gas with a chemical formula of CH4. ... General Name, Symbol, Number hydrogen, H, 1 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 1, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 1. ... The Pleiades star cluster A star is any massive gaseous body in outer space. ... Carina (Latin for keel) is a southern constellation which forms part of the old constellation of Argo Navis. ... Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 70 kPa Hydrogen ~86% Helium ~14% Methane 0. ...

March 3, 2005

• Pilot Steve Fossett successfully landed the round-the-world jet aircraft GlobalFlyer, becoming the first person to fly solo, non-stop around the world, without refuelling. (BBC)
• A recreation of the brain cavity of Homo floresiensis the miniature human (or "hobbit") found on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2004 shows that the skeleton was not a pygmy or a microcephalic human. This analysis carried out at Florida State University provides more evidence that H. floresiensis is a new species. (BBC) (Nature)
• Scientists have recovered 100 000 atoms of solar wind from the crashed NASA spacecraft Genesis. (ABC News)

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Steve Fossett (born April 22, 1944, Tennessee) is a United States millionaire and adventurer. ... The aircraft in its hangar in Mojave. ... In the anatomy of animals, the brain, or encephalon, is the supervisory center of the nervous system. ... Binomial name Homo floresiensis P. Brown , 2004 Homo floresiensis (Man of Flores) is a species in the genus Homo, remarkable for its small body, small brain, and survival until relatively recent times. ... Map of Flores Island Flores (Portuguese for flowers) is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Generally speaking, pygmy (from Greek pygmaios, fist sized, a kind of dwarf in Greek mythology) can refer to any human or animal of unusually small size, for example, the pygmy hippopotamus. ... Cephalic disorders are congenital conditions that stem from damage to, or abnormal development of, the budding nervous system. ... Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. ... Florida State University State University System of Florida FAMU FAU FGCU FIU FSU NCF UCF UF UNF USF UWF Florida State University, also commonly referred to as FSU or Florida State, is a comprehensive, graduate-national research university founded and located in Tallahassee, Florida in 1851. ... A solar wind is a stream of charged particles (i. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. ... In its collecting configuration, the Genesis spacecraft exposed collecting wafers to the solar wind. ...

March 1, 2005

• Yahoo! celebrates its tenth Birthday. (BBC)

March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Yahoo! Inc. ...

Past science and technology events by month

2005 in science: January February
2004 in science: November December See also: Other events of 2005 List of years in science . ... Featured articles Tsunami. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Todays featured article Tsunami. ... See also: Other events of 2004 List of years in science . ... Science and technology news. ... Featured articles Hydrogen car. ...

(For earlier science and technology events, see October 2004 and preceding months) 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: October 2004 in sports Deaths in October • 29 HRH Princess Alice • 25 John Peel • 24 James Cardinal Hickey • 23 Robert Merrill • 19 Paul Nitze • 18 K. M. Veerappan • 16 Pierre Salinger • 10 Christopher Reeve • 9...

News collections and sources

See: Wikipedia:Current science and technology events sources.

See also

• Science and technology at Wikinews