Zooming way in, technique offers close-ups of electrons, nuclei
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Providing a glimpse into the infinitesimal, physicists have found a novel way of spying on some of the universe's tiniest building blocks.Their "camera," described this week in the journal Nature, consists of a special "flaw" ...
Canada's shores saved animals from devastating climate change 252 million years ago
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2008 |
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The shorelines of ancient Alberta, British Columbia and the Canadian Arctic were an important refuge for some of the world's earliest animals, most of which were wiped out by a mysterious global extinction event some 252 ...
New findings indicate HIV/AIDS pandemic began around 1900, earlier than previously thought
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 01, 2008 |
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New research indicates that the most pervasive global strain of HIV began spreading among humans between 1884 and 1924, suggesting that growing urbanization in colonial Africa set the stage for the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Spotless Sun: Blankest Year of the Space Age
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Astronomers who count sunspots have announced that 2008 is now the "blankest year" of the Space Age.
First detection of magnetic field in distant galaxy produces a surprise
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Using a powerful radio telescope to peer into the early universe, a team of California astronomers has obtained the first direct measurement of a nascent galaxy's magnetic field as it appeared 6.5 billion ...
When a light goes on during thought processes
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Thought processes made visible: An international team of scientists headed by Mazahir Hasan of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg has succeeded in optically detecting ...
Viking mice tell tales of British Isles
Biology /
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The humble house mouse can tell us a lot about the history of colonisation on the British Isles according to research published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...
Are we trading energy conservation for toxic air emissions?
Oct 01, 2008 |
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A team of Yale scientists has found that certain countries and some U.S. states stand to benefit from the use of compact fluorescent lighting more than others in the fight against global warming. Some places may even produce ...
Groundbreaking discovery may lead to stronger antibiotics
Biology /
Oct 01, 2008 |
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The last decade has seen a dramatic decline in the effectiveness of antibiotics, resulting in a mounting public health crisis across the world. A new breakthrough by University of Virginia researchers provides physicians ...
Water table depth tied to droughts in Great Plains
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Will there be another “dust bowl” in the Great Plains similar to the one that swept the region in the 1930s? It depends on water storage underground. Groundwater depth has a significant effect ...
Learning to shape your brain activity
Oct 01, 2008 |
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A study in the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that the successful manipulation of sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) amplitude by instrumental SMR conditioning (ISC) improved sleep quality as well as declarative learning. ISC mi ...
Sharp Launches Mass Production of 2nd-Generation Thin-Film Solar Cells
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Sharp Corporation has completed installation of a new 2nd-generation thin-film solar cell production line at its Katsuragi Plant (Katsuragi City, Nara Prefecture) using large-size glass substrates measuring ...
Study shows hotels' Internet connections unsafe
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Travelers who use a hotel's Internet network risk the possibility of data theft, concludes a new study from Cornell's School of Hotel Administration.
Green coffee-growing practices buffer climate-change impacts
Biology /
Oct 01, 2008 |
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Chalk up another environmental benefit for shade-grown Latin American coffee: University of Michigan researchers say the technique will provide a buffer against the ravages of climate change in the coming decades.
Scientists Find Cells Coordinate Gene Activity with FM Bursts
Biology /
Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How a cell achieves the coordinated control of a number of genes at the same time, a process that's necessary for it to regulate its own behavior and development, has long puzzled scientists.
