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Cold fusion a hot idea for Minnesota research into sustainable energy

Cold fusion a hot idea for Minnesota research into sustainable energy

A small company is gambling that a new line of scientific research could lead to development of a breakthrough alternative energy. Researchers with the Hunt Utilities Group are focused on a theoretical energy source once commonly known as cold fusion. They're asking new questions about the technology widely dismissed by the mainstream scientific community.
by Tom Robertson

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Hunt Utilities Group looks for new sources of sustainable energy

Hunt Utilities Group looks for new sources of sustainable energy

A small company is gambling that a new line of scientific research could lead to development of a breakthrough alternative energy. In Pine River, the campus of the Hunt Utilities Group sits on 70-acres dotted with an eclectic mix of experimental buildings designed to promote sustainable living. Researchers here are focused on a theoretical energy source once commonly known as "cold fusion."

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Va. museum unwrapping mummy's story with CT scan

Va. museum unwrapping mummy's story with CT scan

Using modern technology, a museum is working to unwrap the story behind one of the earliest surviving Egyptian mummies. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts partnered with a medical imaging center to complete a CT scan on Tjeby, its 4,000-year-old mummy, in hopes of piecing together more information about the mummy itself and better understanding the early history of the mummification process.

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NASA marks 10 years since loss of shuttle Columbia

NASA marks 10 years since loss of shuttle Columbia

Schoolchildren joined NASA managers and relatives of the lost crew of space shuttle Columbia on Friday to mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy and remember the seven astronauts who died.

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If space shuttle is doomed, do you tell the crew?

If space shuttle is doomed, do you tell the crew?

A NASA top official wrestled with what he thought was a hypothetical question: What should you tell the astronauts of a doomed space shuttle Columbia?

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Apple blocks Java on Macs for security

Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple blocked Java due to security problems.

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Microsoft retools Office for touch screen, Web use

Microsoft retools Office for touch screen, Web use

Microsoft is aiming its redesigned Office software at the growing number of people who expect their favorite applications to be at their fingertips, wherever there's an Internet connection.

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Can the science of psychology help prevent wrongful convictions?

Can the science of psychology help prevent wrongful convictions?

What if the biggest flaw within the courts wasn't corruption or bad evidence, but our own brains? How can psychological science improve the justice system?

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APNewsBreak: Virgin shuns binding spaceport lease

APNewsBreak: Virgin shuns binding spaceport lease

Virgin Galactic has agreed to start paying New Mexico rent on the nearly quarter-billion dollar spaceport the state built for British businessman Richard Branson's space tourism business, but it says it is doing so under protest and without waiving its right to walk away from the project, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

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Robotics Day at Capitol spotlights industry

Monday is Minnesota Robotics Day at the state Capitol, where students and people who work in the robotics industry will be demonstrating what they do.
by Mark Zdechlik

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