NASA Telescope Sees Black Hole Munch on a Star
Dec 05, 2006 |
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A giant black hole has been caught red-handed dipping into a cosmic cookie jar of stars by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. This is the first time astronomers have seen the whole process of a black hole eating ...
Computer scientists uncover online auction fraud
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 05, 2006 |
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Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are using data mining techniques to identify perpetrators of fraud among online auction users as well as their otherwise unknown accomplices.
Silica particle sparks life in protein
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 05, 2006 |
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Tiny formless particles in water solution take on a well-ordered and functional structure as soon as they come into contact with nanoparticles of silica. A unique breakthrough by researchers at Linkoping University in Sweden ...
Southern Ocean Could Slow Global Warming
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 05, 2006 |
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The Southern Ocean may slow the rate of global warming by absorbing significantly more heat and carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to new research.
Learning During Sleep?
Dec 05, 2006 |
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If I can’t remember this morning where I put my car keys last night, it’s due to my memory failing me again. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, have been investigating ...
Newts which Regrow their Hearts
Dec 05, 2006 |
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When a newt loses a limb, the limb regrows. What is more, a newt can also completely repair damage to its heart. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim have now started ...
Measuring awareness is not as simple as a single number
Dec 05, 2006 |
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Science fiction describes the crucial difference between a robot and a person as sense of self. But for Rockefeller University’s George Reeke, computers — self or no self — do not yet begin to capture the complexity of the ...
Nano-implant measures tumor growth, treatment
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 05, 2006 |
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A tiny implant now being developed at MIT could one day help doctors rapidly monitor the growth of tumors and the progress of chemotherapy in cancer patients. The implant contains nanoparticles that can be ...
NASA Mars Orbiter Photographs Spirit and Vikings on the Ground
Dec 05, 2006 |
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New images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show three additional NASA spacecraft that have landed on Mars: the Spirit rover active on the surface since January 2004 and the two Viking landers that successfully ...
Catch and Release: Fishing for Barium Ions
Dec 05, 2006 |
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How do you identify the rare thing you're looking for in a vast sea? Go fishing.
Penn researchers discover initial steps in the development of taste
Dec 05, 2006 |
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Of the five senses, taste is one of the least understood, but now researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have come one step closer to understanding how the sense of taste develops.
Professional Fasters Deep Under the Sea Floor
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 05, 2006 |
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An international team of researchers from the USA and Germany has published an explanation for life in the Deep Biosphere in the magazine Science. Using a bunch of the latest technologies from biogeochemistry, molecu ...
Controlling confusion: Researchers make insight into memory, forgetting
Dec 05, 2006 |
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Why do we forget? Do memories decay on their own, or are they harmed by interference from similar memories? Using a technique called "transcranial magnetic stimulation" (TMS), brain researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Consumers neutral on risks, benefits of nano
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 05, 2006 |
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The largest and most comprehensive survey of public perceptions of nanotechnology products finds that U.S. consumers are willing to use specific nano-containing products – even if there are health and safety risks – when ...
The power of one: A simpler, cheaper method for cell fusion
Biology /
Dec 05, 2006 |
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It's not easy to make one plus one equal one. But biological engineer Chang Lu has done just that with a new and cheaper method to electrically fuse cells - a vital technology for studying stem cells, creating ...
