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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
How movement lubricates bone joints
Dec 05, 2006 |
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Taking a cue from machines that gently flex patients’ knees to help them recover faster from joint surgery, bioengineering researchers at UC San Diego have shown that sliding forces applied to cartilage surfaces ...
Explore planet Earth in near-real time
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 05, 2006 |
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Have you ever wanted to track natural events in progress, such as fires, floods and volcanic eruptions, or simply explore the planet through the eyes of a satellite? ESA has created a website, MIRAVI, which ...
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 ...
Stretch a DNA Loop, Turn Off Proteins
Biology /
Dec 05, 2006 |
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It may look like mistletoe wrapped around a flexible candy cane. But this molecular model shows how some proteins form loops in DNA when they chemically attach, or bind, at separate sites to the double-helical ...
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 ...
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.
Great Barrier Reef sharks in collapse
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Australian scientists say coral reef shark populations on the Great Barrier Reef are in a catastrophic collapse.
