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| CLEAN-VEHICLE RESEARCH INITIATIVE MAKING PROGRESS. MIDCOURSE SHIFT IN STRATEGIC PLAN NEEDED. |
| A public-private effort to develop technologies for more fuel-efficient automobiles and to investigate the feasibility of hydrogen-based vehicles has made significant progress in most research areas, says a new report from the National Research Council. While several barriers hinder the program from achieving its full objectives, the potential benefits -- reducing dependence on imported oil and minimizing harmful environmental effects -- justify the cost of the research. A strategic reassessment of the overall program plan that accounts for new national and changed research priorities also should be developed, said the committee that wrote the report. |
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| GENETIC DOPING IS NEXT OLYMPIC THREAT |
| Athletes once used ginseng, opium and steroids from sheep testicles to enhance their performance. |
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| HYDROGEN INITIATIVE REPORT FROM AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY PANEL RELEASED |
| Major scientific breakthroughs required for the Hydrogen Initiative to succeed, panel finds. |
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| CATAPULTING MATHS TO A NEW HEIGHT |
| People who made ancient catapults combined mathematics and engineering skills to create the most powerful weapons of their time, according to a new report. |
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| MEDIEVAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION |
| Medieval recipes for gunpowder produce nearly the same firepower as today's manufactured equivalent, according to recent weapons tests, providing clues as to how the British fleet became one of the largest fighting forces in the world. |
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| DA VINCI, MONET USED TRICKS NEW TO SCIENCE |
| Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile is just one of the tricks used by great artists who knew how the human eye works - knowledge that scientists are only now starting to understand, according to an American neurologist. |
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| WEALTH OF NATIONS DEPENDS ON JACK FROST, RESEARCH FINDS |
| Why do the rich get richer and the poor stay poor? When it comes to nations, the answers may include frost, according to a study that for the first time links economic and new global climate data. |
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