Sexual stereotypes influence behavior in adult bookstores, study
Feb 01, 2007 |
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Visits to adult bookstores elicit behavior that ranges from macho swagger to skulking insecurity in men and bold confidence to adolescent giggling in women, a new University of Florida study finds.
Electrons travel through proteins like urban commuters
Feb 01, 2007 |
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For Duke University theoretical chemist David Beratan, the results of his 15 years of studying how electrons make their way through some important protein molecules can be summed up with an analogy: how do big city dwellers ...
Space commercialization contract signed
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 01, 2007 |
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NASA says it has signed a space commercialization contract with PlanetSpace Inc. of Chicago and the Transformational Space Corp. of Reston, Va.
Using nano-magnets to enhance medical imaging
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 01, 2007 |
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Nanoscale magnets in the form of iron-containing molecules might be used to improve the contrast between healthy and diseased tissue in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)—as long as the concentration of nanomagnets ...
The psychology of skin cancer
Feb 01, 2007 |
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THOUSANDS of people are jetting off for a week of sun, snow, and après-ski. And while they may worry about breaking limbs, how many consider the dangers of skin cancer?
Research Links Change in Brain with Addiction
Feb 01, 2007 |
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A researcher at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) has found a change in the brain that occurs after drug use and that may contribute to drug addiction.
Study finds flaws in cancer clinical trials
Feb 01, 2007 |
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Cancer research and drug development are yielding more sophisticated candidate therapies, but investigators' methods to test them haven't kept pace, according to researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. That ...
Scientists develop rapid method for judging nanotube purity
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 01, 2007 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a sensitive new method for rapidly assessing the quality of carbon nanotubes. Initial feasibility tests show that the method ...
Study reveals Aussies' social obsession with mobile phones
Feb 01, 2007 |
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The average Australian spends one hour on his or her mobile phone every day, according to the preliminary results of a national survey released by the Queensland University of Technology.
Learning in the spinning room
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 01, 2007 |
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Learning from books can be a dry and boring experience for school students. The spinning room, in contrast, is highly entertaining: it combines the real world with virtual 3-D objects and explains science to ...
Find yields further insight into causes of Parkinson's disease
Feb 01, 2007 |
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In humans, a dearth of the neurotransmitter dopamine has long been known to play a role in Parkinson's disease. It is also known that mutations in a protein called parkin cause a form of Parkinson's that is inherited.
Samsung Improves Heat Dissipation in LCD TVs with New DDI Package
Feb 01, 2007 |
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Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed the industry's first thermally-enhanced chip-on-film (TECOF) package for the display driver IC (DDI) used in large-screen, high-resolution LCD TVs. The new ...
Bones in motion: Scientists to create new 3-D X-ray system
Feb 01, 2007 |
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Brown University researchers are creating a technology that will allow doctors and scientists to do the seemingly impossible: See inside living humans and animals and watch their bones move in 3-D as they run, ...
Cloning the smell of the seaside
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Feb 01, 2007 |
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Scientists from the University of East Anglia have discovered exactly what makes the seaside smell like the seaside – and bottled it! The age-old mystery was unlocked thanks to some novel bacteria plucked from the North Norfolk ...
Researchers develop marker that identifies energy-producing centers in nerve cells
Feb 01, 2007 |
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A protein that causes coral to glow is helping researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine to light up brain cells that are critical for the proper functioning of the central nervous system. This fluorescent ...
