New spaceship force field makes Mars trip possible
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According to the international space agencies, "Space Weather" is the single greatest obstacle to deep space travel. Radiation from the sun and cosmic rays pose a deadly threat to astronauts in space.
Fermilab's CDF Result Sparks Rumors of New Physics
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Where are the muon-muon pairs coming from?
'Junk' DNA proves functional
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In a paper published in Genome Research on Nov. 4, scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) report that what was previously believed to be "junk" DNA is one of the important ingredients distinguishing humans ...
Engineers design self-stabilizing electric bicycle
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As every five-year-old knows, balancing on a bicycle is not as easy as it looks. But, as engineers know, getting a bicycle to balance by itself – without a human riding it – is even more difficult.
Brain recognises verbal 'Oh-shit' wave
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It seems that our brain can correct speech errors in the same way that it controls other forms of behaviour. Niels Schiller and Lesya Ganushchak, NWO researchers in Leiden, made this discovery while studying how the brain ...
Vitamin B3 reduces Alzheimer's symptoms, lesions
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An over-the-counter vitamin in high doses prevented memory loss in mice with Alzheimer's disease, and UC Irvine scientists now are conducting a clinical trial to determine its effect in humans.
Hydrogen tank lighter than battery
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Dutch-sponsored researcher Robin Gremaud has shown that an alloy of the metals magnesium, titanium and nickel is excellent at absorbing hydrogen. This light alloy brings us a step closer to the everyday use of hydrogen as ...
Research shows that time invested in practicing pays off for young musicians
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A Harvard-based study published October 29 in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, led by Drs. Gottfried Schlaug and Ellen Winner has found that children who study a musical instrument for at least three years outper ...
Coral reefs found growing in cold, deep ocean
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Imagine descending in a submarine to the ice-cold, ink-black depths of the ocean, 800 metres under the surface of the Atlantic. Here the tops of the hills are covered in large coral reefs. NIOZ-researcher Furu Mienis studied ...
NASA Hearing Daily From Weak Phoenix Mars Lander
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has communicated with controllers daily since Oct. 30 through relays to Mars orbiters. Information received over the weekend indicates Phoenix is running out of ...
Satellite4All: new technology promises cheap satellite triple-play
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology developed by European researchers promises to dramatically lower the costs of satellite bandwidth, potentially bridging the digital divide and enabling satellites to deliver TV, ...
DNA provides 'smoking gun' in the case of the missing songbirds
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It sounds like a tale straight from "CSI": The bully invades a home and does away with the victim, then is ultimately found out with the help of DNA evidence.
An anti-frailty pill for seniors?
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Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System report that a daily single oral dose of an investigational drug, MK-677, increased muscle mass in the arms and legs of healthy older adults without serious side effects, ...
Watching microorganisms at work: Minorities accomplish most
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A novel nanoSIMS-based technology provides unprecedented insights into the activity of single cells with surprising results.
Germany's CESAR crowned king of rovers in ESA’s Robotics Challenge
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot rover designed by a Bremen university team has won an ESA contest to retrieve soil samples from a lunar-style terrestrial crater. Eight student teams fielded rovers during the event, ...
