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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Next-generation hi-fi: deepening the musical experience
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Large-scale digital music distribution is bringing about a profound revolution in the way we ‘consume’ music. The market is still in flux, but it is very clear that the hi-fi systems of the future will be ...
Key 'impact hunters' catalyze hunting among male chimpanzees
Biology /
Feb 01, 2008 |
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While hunting among chimpanzees is a group effort, key males, known as “impact hunters” are highly influential within the group. They are more likely to initiate a hunt, and hunts rarely occur in their absence, according ...
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 ...
Gene guards grain-producing grasses so people and animals can eat
Biology /
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Purdue University and USDA-Agricultural Research Service scientists have discovered that a type of gene in grain-producing plants halts infection by a disease-causing fungus that can destroy crops vital for ...
Cool spacedust survey goes into orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 01, 2008 |
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University of Nottingham astronomers will be studying icy cosmic dust millions of light years away — using the biggest space telescope ever built.
Suicide risk factors consistent across nations
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Risk factors for suicidal thoughts, plans and attempts are consistent across countries, and include having a mental disorder and being female, younger, less educated, and unmarried. So says new research from a Harvard University ...
Targeting gut bugs could revolutionize future drugs, say researcher
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 01, 2008 |
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Revolutionary new ways to tackle certain diseases could be provided by creating drugs which change the bugs in people's guts, according to a Perspective article published today in the journal Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.
