Researchers make milestone discovery in quantum mechanics
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Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have recently reached what they are calling a milestone in experimental quantum mechanics.
Study: Spices may protect against consequences of high blood sugar
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Herbs and spices are rich in antioxidants, and a new University of Georgia study suggests they are also potent inhibitors of tissue damage and inflammation caused by high levels of blood sugar.
Physicists Investigate Controversy over Room-Temperature Ice
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By confining water in nano-sized spaces, physicists from Leiden University in the Netherlands have turned water into ice at room temperature. While it’s not the first time scientists have created room-temperature ...
'Cosmic ghost' discovered by volunteer astronomer
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When Yale astrophysicist Kevin Schawinski and his colleagues at Oxford University enlisted public support in cataloguing galaxies, they never envisioned the strange object Hanny van Arkel found in archived ...
Human brains pay a price for being big
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Metabolic changes responsible for the evolution of our unique cognitive abilities indicate that the brain may have been pushed to the limit of its capabilities. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Martian soil may contain detrimental substance
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and mineralogy.
Memory, depression, insomnia -- and worms?
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Researchers have spent decades probing the causes of depression, schizophrenia and insomnia in humans. But a new study may have uncovered key insights into the origins of these and other conditions by examining a most unlikely ...
Scientists discover 'Planet of the Apes'
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The world's population of critically endangered western lowland gorillas received a huge boost today when the Wildlife Conservation Society released a census showing massive numbers of these secretive great ...
Researchers find gene therapy that kills pancreatic cancer cells
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Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine have published findings that implicate a new chemoprevention gene therapy (CGT) for preventing and treating ...
Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look ...
Multi-tasking maggots in superbug showdown
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Scientists at Swansea University (Wales, UK) have discovered a new type of antibiotic in maggot secretions that can tackle up to 12 different strains of MRSA, as well as E. coli and C. difficile. The research ...
Globular clusters tell tale of star formation in nearby galaxy metropolis
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Globular star clusters, dense bunches of hundreds of thousands of stars, contain some of the oldest surviving stars in the Universe. A new international study of globular clusters outside our Milky Way Galaxy ...
Remedial instruction rewires dyslexic brains, provides lasting results, study shows
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A new Carnegie Mellon University brain imaging study of dyslexic students and other poor readers shows that the brain can permanently rewire itself and overcome reading deficits, if students are given 100 ...
Biological 'Clock' Influences Damage Done by Oxidative Stress
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Swing shift workers and frequent fliers beware – scientists have identified yet another biological issue that relates to the “circadian clock” found in almost every species from insects to humans, and discovered ...
NASA data show some African drought linked to warmer Indian Ocean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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A new study, co-funded by NASA, has identified a link between a warming Indian Ocean and less rainfall in eastern and southern Africa. Computer models and observations show a decline in rainfall, with implications ...
