April 16th, 2004
Newsday.com | Magnetic attraction sets migrating birds on (and off) course

I had covered some recent research on bird migration earlier. This article reports on the impact of artificial magnetic fields on bird migration. Maybe this can be used to guide bird migration around inconducive regions.

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April 16th, 2004
HubbleSite | Hubble Observes Planetoid Sedna, Mystery Deepens

This is Hubbles’ take on the latest member of our Solar System family. Note that even with Hubbles’ super-sensitive high resolution camera the picture is actually only about a pixel size. But the web-page has other interesting things to say about Sedna.

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April 16th, 2004
Japan.com | A maverick inventor’s breakthrough electric motor uses permanent magnets to make power

Says his motor gives 330% efficiency on a average. This coupled with the rapidly developing low-cost high power-density portable power technology can be the key to a better cleaner world.

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