Researchers create gold aluminum, black platinum, blue silver
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Using a tabletop laser, a University of Rochester optical scientist has turned pure aluminum, gold. And blue. And gray. And many other colors. And it works for every metal tested, including platinum, titanium, ...
Brain rewards aggression much like it does sex, food, drugs
Feb 01, 2008 |
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New research from Vanderbilt University shows for the first time that the brain processes aggression as a reward—much like sex, food and drugs—offering insights into our propensity to fight and our fascination with violent ...
Electricity from a thin film
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Teams of researchers all over the world are working on the development of organic solar cells. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg is presenting avenues towards industrial mass ...
Rounding up gases, nano-style
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 01, 2008 |
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A new process for catching gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of Calgary researchers, who say it represents a novel method of gas ...
NASA to Beam Beatles' 'Across the Universe' Into Space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 01, 2008 |
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For the first time ever, NASA will beam a song -- The Beatles' "Across the Universe" -- directly into deep space at 7 p.m. EST on Feb. 4.
NASA Finds Glacial Sediments Adding to Louisiana Coast's Sinking
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 01, 2008 |
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A study by NASA and Louisiana State University scientists finds that sediments deposited into the Mississippi River Delta thousands of years ago when North America's glaciers retreated are contributing to ...
New, noninvasive prostate cancer test beats PSA in detecting prostate cancer
Feb 01, 2008 |
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An experimental biomarker test developed by researchers at the University of Michigan more accurately detects prostate cancer than any other screening method currently in use, according to a study published in the February ...
Journey to Saturn From Your Computer
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Want a peek at Saturn as seen from space? A new interactive 3-D viewer that uses a game engine and allows users to travel to Saturn and see it the way the Cassini spacecraft sees it is now online at http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/CASSIE ...
Prostate cancer: Watchful wait or vaccinate?
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed a prostate cancer vaccine that prevented the development of cancer in 90 percent of young mice genetically predestined to develop the disease. In the February ...
Scientists show how some solids mimic liquids on nanoscale
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 01, 2008 |
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A University of Waterloo physics and astronomy research team, in a paper to be published Friday in Science Magazine, shows how some solids behave like liquids on the nanoscale.
Ancient climate secrets raised from ocean depths
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Scientists aboard the research vessel, Southern Surveyor, return to Hobart today with a collection of coral samples and photographs taken in the Southern Ocean at greater depths than ever before.
Astronomical and mathematical physics awards go to chaos and X-ray leaders
Feb 01, 2008 |
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The American Institute of Physics (AIP) announces the winners of the 2008 Dannie Heineman Prizes for Astrophysics and for Mathematical Physics. The mathematical physics prize goes to Mitchell Feigenbaum of Rockefeller University ...
Swarm approach to photography
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 01, 2008 |
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A new approach to cleaning up digital photos and other images has been developed by researchers in the UK and Jordan. The research, published recently in Inderscience's International Journal of Innovative Computing and Ap ...
Chemists track how drug changes, blocks flu virus
Feb 01, 2008 |
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An anti-virus drug attacks influenza A by changing the motion and structure of a proton channel necessary for the virus to infect healthy cells, according to a recently published research paper by two Iowa ...
Sugary soft drinks linked to increased risk of gout in men
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Consumption of sugar sweetened soft drinks and fructose is strongly associated with an increased risk of gout in men, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
