Archive: 02/06/2007
UCSC ranked first in nation for research impact in physics
In a new analysis of research publications from top U.S. universities, the University of California, Santa Cruz, ranked first for the impact of its faculty in the field of physics and fifth in the field of space sciences. ...
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Man-made proteins could be more useful than real ones
Researchers have constructed a protein out of amino acids not found in natural proteins, discovering that they can form a complex, stable structure that closely resembles a natural protein. Their findings could ...
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Researcher Hopes to Unlock Evolutionary Secrets
Roughly 2 1/2 billion years ago, some algae began to photosynthesize, an astonishing development that led to the creation of plants and a myriad of complex life forms, including, incidentally, mankind.
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Mimicking How the Brain Recognizes Street Scenes
At last, neuroscience is having an impact on computer science and artificial intelligence (AI). For the first time, scientists in Tomaso Poggio’s laboratory at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT applied a computational ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Made in IBM Labs: IBM Drives 'Fort Knox'-Like Security Into Virtualized Data Centers
IBM today revealed a new software technology from its Research labs designed to greatly enhance security and management capabilities in virtualized data centers.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 06, 2007 |
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First Research Projects Underway at Diamond
This week marks the dawn of a new era of scientific endeavour as Diamond Light Source, the UK’s brand new synchrotron facility, opens its doors for business and welcomes its very first scientific users.
Feb 06, 2007 |
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With no plan for DNA replication, cells depend on random selection
Each time a human cell divides it has to replicate three billion base pairs of DNA. All of the cell’s DNA must be copied once, but not more than once, within a very short period of time. But new research in yeast from Rockefeller ...
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Feb 06, 2007 |
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Mind-set matters -- Why thinking you got a work out may actually make you healthier
As the commitment to our New Year's resolutions wanes and the trips to the gym become more infrequent, new findings appearing in the February issue of Psychological Science may offer us one more chance to reap the benefits ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Cleaner Fuel by Nanoparticles
Bulk molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) is a ubiquitous, standard solid lubricant. However, extremely small MoS2 nanoparticles have a potentially important application as a catalyst for producing sulphur-free fuels. I ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Genes involved in coffee quality have been identified
To maintain their incomes, growers are increasingly banking on producing quality coffee. However, improving coffee beverage quality means knowing more about the biological processes - flowering, fruit ripening, etc - that ...
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Feb 06, 2007 |
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Scientists Find High Energy Systems Hidden in 'Gas Cocoon'
Astronomers have found a new class of objects in space: a neutron star orbiting inside a cocoon of cold gas and/or dust that hides a bloated supergiant star. In a strange twist of fate, these objects may be ...
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies
This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the diverse collection of galaxies in the cluster Abell S0740 that is over 450 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Centaurus.
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Discovery of a new type of very-high-energy gamma ray emitter
An international team of astrophysicists from the H.E.S.S. collaboration has announced the discovery of a new type of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma ray source. Combining data obtained during a systematic survey ...
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Cancer biologists identify major player in cell growth
When cells go about the business of dividing, they can get sidelined. Maybe there aren't enough nutrients. Maybe there aren't the right signals to resume multiplying. Either way, cells go quiet.
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Power-boosting signal in muscle declines with age
As people age, they may have to exercise even harder to get the benefits afforded to younger folk. That's the suggestion of a report in the February issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press, showing that a ...
Feb 06, 2007 |
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