Princeton physicists connect string theory with established physics
May 02, 2007 |
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String theory, simultaneously one of the most promising and controversial ideas in modern physics, may be more capable of helping probe the inner workings of subatomic particles than was previously thought, according to a ...
New Evidence for the 'Solar Oxygen Crisis'
May 02, 2007 |
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Scientists have published new evidence supporting the recent discovery that the Sun contains about half as much oxygen as previously thought, an issue some scientists have dubbed the solar oxygen crisis. This ...
Quantum dot recipe may lead to cheaper solar panels
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 02, 2007 |
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Rice University scientists today revealed a breakthrough method for producing molecular specks of semiconductors called quantum dots, a discovery that could clear the way for better, cheaper solar energy panels.
X-ray holograms expose secret magnetism
May 02, 2007 |
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Collaborative research between scientists in the UK and USA has led to a major breakthrough in the understanding of antiferromagnets, published in this week's Nature. Scientists at the London Centre for Na ...
Solar breakthrough could lead to cheaper power
May 02, 2007 |
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Solar energy could become more affordable following a breakthrough by Australian scientists, who have boosted the efficiency of solar cell technology.
Generating pressures at the cores of giant planets
May 02, 2007 |
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Combining diamond anvils and powerful lasers, laboratory researchers have developed a technique that should be able to squeeze materials to pressures 100 to 1,000 times greater than possible today, reproducing ...
Gene malfunctions cause schizophrenia, depression symptoms
May 02, 2007 |
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Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that malfunction of a gene that had been associated with schizophrenia and depression does indeed cause symptoms of those disorders. They said their findings in mice offer ...
Scientists watch on the atomic level how individual molecules recognize each other
May 02, 2007 |
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The body is an almost perfect machine. For it to function properly, each individual component, that is each molecule, must reliably fulfill its specific function. Each molecule must thus “recognize” other molecules and work ...
Several Jupiter sized planets found to have only weak Earth like gravity
May 02, 2007 |
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Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that several Jupiter sized gas giants beyond our solar system have surface gravities much closer in strength to Earth than the intense gravity of Jupiter.
Liquid CO2 drives rapid thrust of diamond-bearing structures
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 02, 2007 |
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In the May 3 issue of Nature, James Head, a Brown University professor of geology and Lionel Wilson, a professor of volcanology at the University of Lancaster, propose an inte-grated and dramatic mechanism for the format ...
Researchers discover first gene that specifically links calorie restriction to longevity
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May 02, 2007 |
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In studies going back to the 1930’s, mice and many other species subsisting on a severely calorie-restricted diet have consistently outlived their well-fed peers by as much as 40 percent. But just how a diet verging on the ...
New lab-on-a-chip device to speed proteomics research
May 02, 2007 |
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In recent years, the science of biology has been dominated by genomics – the study of genes and their functions. The genomics era is now making way for the era of proteomics – the study of the proteins that ...
Researchers shed light on diet of early human ancestors
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May 02, 2007 |
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Eight years ago, the field of anthropology was rocked by isotopic evidence that suggested one-third of the diet of early human ancestors consisted of grasses and sedges, or the tissue of animals that ate such ...
Legal ruling may put endangered species in danger
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May 02, 2007 |
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Ecologists and philosophers across the nation are protesting a new and narrowed definition of "endangered species."
Scientist finds Martian ice is patchy and variable
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 02, 2007 |
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For the first time, scientists have found that water ice lies at variable depths over small-scale patches on the Red Planet. The discovery draws a much more detailed picture of underground ice on Mars than ...
