Action video games sharpen vision 20 percent
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Video games that contain high levels of action, such as Unreal Tournament, can actually improve your vision.
Telescoping nanotubes offer new option for nonvolatile memory
Feb 06, 2007 |
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In the midst of a widespread and potentially highly lucrative search for next-generation nonvolatile memory, scientists from the University of California have put to use an interesting characteristic of carbon ...
Physicists achieve all-optical buffering of images
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Researchers at the University of Rochester have demonstrated that optical pulses in an imaging system can be buffered in a slow-light medium, while preserving the information of the image.
Scientists Find High Energy Systems Hidden in 'Gas Cocoon'
Feb 06, 2007 |
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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 ...
Women have played major role in history -- from the start, authors assert
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Hold on to your bearskin hats and your macramé snoods, readers: You are in for a wild verbal ride through your deep, deep past.
Etna produces catalyst: direct synthesis of carbon nanotubes with volcanic rock
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Since their discovery in the early 1990s, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers—tiny structures made of pure carbon—have been used in a wide variety of applications. They have become indispensable in the nanosciences and ...
Universe contains more calcium than expected
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The universe contains one and a half times more calcium than previously assumed. This conclusion was drawn by astronomers of the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, after observations with ESA's ...
Nanotechnology key to China's future economic success
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 06, 2007 |
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"China is betting that their growing investment in nanoscience will help them capture a large share of what shortly will become a $3 trillion global market in nanotech manufactured goods, and that breakthroughs in nanotechnology ...
Cleaner Fuel by Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 06, 2007 |
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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 ...
Mimicking How the Brain Recognizes Street Scenes
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 06, 2007 |
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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 ...
Selectivity is ultimate aphrodisiac
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Speed daters who romantically desired most of their potential partners were rejected quickly and overwhelmingly, according to a new Northwestern University study.
2 new studies back vitamin D for cancer prevention
Feb 06, 2007 |
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Two new vitamin D studies using a sophisticated form of analysis called meta-analysis, in which data from multiple reports is combined, have revealed new prescriptions for possibly preventing up to half of the cases of breast ...
Mind-set matters -- Why thinking you got a work out may actually make you healthier
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 06, 2007 |
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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 ...
Hubble Illuminates Cluster of Diverse Galaxies
Feb 06, 2007 |
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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.
Researcher Hopes to Unlock Evolutionary Secrets
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Feb 06, 2007 |
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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.
