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Ohio companies work to boost electric car battery
General Motors Corp.'s new electric car won't be in showrooms for another two years, but already two sister companies based in this western Ohio community are working to make the Chevrolet Volt better. GM has said a lithium ion battery will power the...Tags: Chevrolet, Research and Development, Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, General Motors Corp.
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'Einstein's Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius' by Hans C. Ohanian
Einstein's Mistakes
The Human Failings of Genius
Hans C. Ohanian
W.W. Norton: 394 pp., $24.95
WHEN Donald Crowhurst's abandoned sailboat was found adrift in the Atlantic in 1969, his captain's log recorded the ravings of a man whose mind had snapped....Tags: Books and Magazines, Albert Einstein, Indiana, Applied Physics, Fraud
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"Grey's Anatomy:" Week One Winner
The TV ZoneWe've got our first winner out of the 2008-9 season gate: "Grey's Anatomy," which squeaked out an 18-49 win over "Desperate Housewives." Its rating? A 7.4 in this demo, which is a very solid number. Please go to the......Tags: How I Met Your Mother, Ugly Betty, Television Industry, Fringe, Physiology
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Physicists studying 'broken symmetry' win Nobel Prize
WASHINGTON - A Japan-born American and two Japanese physicists won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics today for their discovery of tiny asymmetries in nature's fundamental particles that help explain why our universe exists. Yoichiro Nambu, of the Enrico...Tags: Enrico Fermi, University of Chicago, Applied Physics, Awards and Prizes
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2 Japanese, 1 American share 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for subatomic findings
AP Science WriterTwo Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for theoretical advances that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter. The American, Yoichiro Nambu, 87, of the University of Chicago, won half...Tags: Enrico Fermi, University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Karl Ritter, Applied Physics
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St. Louis science festival offers a 'potpourri for the intellectually stimulated'
Associated Press WriterST. LOUIS (AP) _ From medicine cabinets to the fermented beer in the fridge, Americans are surrounded by science all the time. The St. Louis Science Center is launching a festival this week to help people better understand, and enjoy, the ways that...Tags: Kansas, Applied Physics, Fiction, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Motor Racing
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University of Chicago physicist Yoichiro Nambu wins Nobel Prize
Chicago Tribune reporterAfter emerging as a young man from the chaos of World War II in Japan, University of Chicago physicist Yoichiro Nambu found order in the idea that our imperfect world contains deep and hidden symmetries, which await only the right mind to reveal them....Tags: University of Chicago, Family, Applied Physics, Awards and Prizes, Batavia
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'Nature works in strange ways' -- winners explain it
The associated pressTwo Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for theoretical advances that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter. The American, Yoichiro Nambu, 87, of the University of Chicago, won half...Tags: University of Chicago, Applied Physics, Awards and Prizes
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2 Japanese, 1 American share Nobel physics prize
The Associated PressTwo Japanese citizens and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries in the world of subatomic physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today. American Yoichiro Nambu, 87, of the University of Chicago, won half of the...Tags: University of Chicago, College Park, Colleges and Universities, Physics, Karl Ritter
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Nobel Prize, physics
The 2008 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to two Japanese citizens and a Japanese-born American. The three won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries in the world of subatomic physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced...Tags: University of Chicago, Colleges and Universities, Physics, Applied Physics, Awards and Prizes
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U. of Chicago physicist Nambu receives Nobel
Associated Press WriterYoichiro Nambu's breakthrough idea can help explain the birth of a snowflake and the dawn of the universe. The retired University of Chicago physicist's principle, honored Tuesday with the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics, also explains how computers store...Tags: University of Chicago, Nature, Colleges and Universities, Physics, Telecommunication Service
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U.S. scientist, Japanese pair share Nobel
Los Angeles TimesA Japanese-American theorist whose work helped explain how the cosmos came into being and two Japanese theorists who predicted the existence of a family of exotic particles called quarks will share the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics, the Swedish Nobel...Tags: Enrico Fermi, University of Chicago, Family, Applied Physics, Awards and Prizes
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