Ultrafast electron microscopy reveals switchable nanochannels in materials
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Microscopic fissures in a tiny crystal open and close—on command. Researchers led by Ahmed H. Zewail successfully used ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM) to observe nanoscopic structures at their “exercises”, as they report ...
The Wiimote as an interface bridging mind and body
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2008 |
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The Nintendo Wii is an immensely popular source of videogame entertainment, but more recently, it has been adapted for a number of different uses, such as a tool for physical therapy and as a form of exercise for geriatri ...
NIST to Study Hazards of Portable Gasoline-Powered Generators
Mar 05, 2008 |
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The same gasoline-powered portable generators that keep the lights burning, the freezer cold, and the house warm when a storm shuts off the electricity, can also kill you in minutes if you fail to follow safe ...
Study shows just listening to cell phones significantly impairs drivers
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Carnegie Mellon University scientists have shown that just listening to a cell phone while driving is a significant distraction, and it causes drivers to commit some of the same types of driving errors that can occur under ...
Unique locks on microchips could reduce hardware piracy
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Hardware piracy, or making knock-off microchips based on stolen blueprints, is a burgeoning problem in the electronics industry.
Cellular Construction Methods Emulated
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Not only is our body made of individual organs, our cells themselves are made of tiny organelles, a variety of separate compartments that fulfill different tasks. Such functional, nanostructured systems would also be useful ...
Pulling the Strings for the LCLS
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Technician Yung-Yung Sung huddles over her desk twisting carbon wires—each half the diameter of a single strand of human hair—along curved grooves on a ceramic plate. Even Sung's skilled fingers can't prevent ...
Mother-daughter conflict, low serotonin level may be deadly combination
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2008 |
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A combination of negative mother-daughter relationships and low blood levels of serotonin, an important brain chemical for mood stability, may be lethal for adolescent girls, leaving them vulnerable to engage in self-harming ...
Warming climate may cause arctic tundra to burn
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Research from ancient sediment cores indicates that a warming climate could make the world’s arctic tundra far more susceptible to fires than previously thought. The findings, published this week in the online journal, PLoS ON ...
Awkward! New study examines our gazes during potentially offensive behavior
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 05, 2008 |
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It’s happened to all of us: While sitting at the conference table or at dinner party, a friend or colleague unleashes a questionable remark that could offend at least one person amongst the group. A hush falls and, if you’re ...
Warmer springs mean less snow, fewer flowers in the Rockies
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Spring in the Rockies begins when the snowpack melts. But with the advent of global climate change, the snow is gone sooner. Research conducted on the region’s wildflowers shows some plants are blooming less because of it.
New revelations in epigenetic control shed light on breast cancer
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Epigenetic regulation – modifications to the structure of chromatin that influence which genes are expressed in a cell – is a key player in embryonic development and cancer formation. Researchers at the European Molecular ...
New technique takes a big step in examination of small structures
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 05, 2008 |
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A team led by a Purdue University researcher has achieved images of a virus in detail two times greater than had previously been achieved. Wen Jiang, an assistant professor of biological sciences at Purdue, ...
Newly developed anti-malarial medicine treats toxoplasmosis
Mar 05, 2008 |
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A new drug that will soon enter clinical trials for treatment of malaria also appears to be 10 times more effective than the key medicine in the current gold-standard treatment for toxoplasmosis, a disease ...
Researcher identifies eye disease in canines
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Sinisa Grozdanic, assistant professor of veterinary medicine at Iowa State University, has identified and named an eye disease not previously known. The disease, Immune-Mediated Retinopathy, or IMR, causes loss of function ...
