Accelerating Loss of Ocean Species Threatens Human Well-Being
Nov 02, 2006 |
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In a study published in the November 3 issue of the journal, Science, an international group of ecologists and economists show that the loss of biodiversity is profoundly reducing the ocean’s ability to pro ...
Z machine melts diamond to puddle
Nov 02, 2006 |
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Sandia’s Z machine, by creating pressures more than 10 million times that of the atmosphere at sea level, has turned a diamond sheet into a pool of liquid.
Physicists observe new property of matter
Nov 02, 2006 |
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Physicists at the University of California, San Diego have for the first time observed the spontaneous production of coherence within "excitons," the bound pairs of electrons and holes that enable semiconductors ...
T-ray breakthrough could make detecting disease far easier
Nov 02, 2006 |
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A breakthrough in the harnessing of ‘T-rays’ - electromagnetic terahertz waves - which could dramatically improve the detecting and sensing of objects as varied as biological cell abnormalities and explosives has been announced.
Quantum coherence possible in incommensurate electronic systems
Nov 02, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated that quantum coherence is possible in electronic systems that are incommensurate, thereby removing one obstacle in the development of quantum ...
Researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen
Nov 02, 2006 |
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Anyone who's overheated vegetable oil or sweet syrup knows that neither oil nor sugar evaporates--oil smokes and turns brown, sugar turns black, and both leave a nasty film of carbon on the cookware. Now, a University of ...
Pulsating gels could power tiny robots
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 02, 2006 |
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As a kid, did you ever put those little capsules into warm water and watch them grow into dinosaurs? When certain gels are put into a solution, they will not only expand, but also contract again, repeatedly, as if the little ...
VLA Discovers Giant Rings Around Galaxy Cluster
Nov 02, 2006 |
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Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope have discovered giant, ring-like structures around a cluster of galaxies. The discovery provides tantalizing new information ...
Dopamine used to prompt nerve tissue to regrow
Nov 02, 2006 |
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When Yadong Wang, a chemist by training, first ventured into nerve regeneration two years ago, he didn't know that his peers would have considered him crazy.
Earth: The Lone Pale Blue Dot?
Nov 02, 2006 |
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A recent photo from the Cassini spacecraft shows the mighty planet Saturn, and if you look very closely between its wing-like rings, a faint pinprick of light. That tiny dot is Earth bustling with life as we ...
Scientists: New phylum sheds light on ancestor of animals, humans
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Genetic analysis of an obscure, worm-like creature retrieved from the depths of the North Atlantic has led to the discovery of a new phylum, a rare event in an era when most organisms have already been grouped into major ...
Next energy technologies may mimic nature
Nov 02, 2006 |
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New technologies will play a major role in providing the world's growing population with the energy it will need in the coming decades--that was one of the messages of the MIT Museum's second of three "Soap Box" events devoted ...
Nantero Announces Routine Use of Nanotubes in Production CMOS Fabs
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 02, 2006 |
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Nantero, Inc., a nanotechnology company using carbon nanotubes for the development of next-generation semiconductor devices, has resolved all of the major obstacles that had been preventing carbon nanotubes from being used ...
More sex for mums leads to healthier babies: Study
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Nov 02, 2006 |
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Promiscuous females are more likely to give birth to healthier offspring, researchers at The Australian National University have found.
Scientists Spot Mechanism Behind Promising New Sleep Drug
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 02, 2006 |
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An experimental drug called gaboxadol may soon help millions of bleary-eyed insomniacs get to sleep, and a multi-center team of U.S. scientists believes they've pinpointed just how the drug works.
