Researchers catch motion of a single electron on video
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To observe the motion of an electron – an elementary particle with a mass that is one billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a gram – has been considered to be impossible. So when two Brown University ...
A step nearer to understanding superconductivity
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Transporting energy without any loss, travelling in magnetically levitated trains, carrying out medical imaging (MRI) with small-scale equipment: all these things could come true if we had superconducting materials that worked ...
Toward a more efficient organic semiconductor
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“It’s not that there aren’t spin measurement techniques already,” Christoph Boehme tells PhysOrg.com. “The problem is that many of those methods used to date have limited sensitivity.”
Works of mathematical power, beauty yield Clay Research Prize
Jun 06, 2007 |
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An institute that promotes the “beauty, power and universality” of mathematical thought has awarded the Clay Research Prize to Alex Eskin, Professor in Mathematics at the University of Chicago.
Researchers reprogram normal tissue cells into embryonic stem cells
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Researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to take normal tissue cells and reprogram them into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells, the cells that are able ...
Forgetting helps you remember the important stuff, psychologists say
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 06, 2007 |
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For the first time, Stanford researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have discovered that the brain's ability to suppress irrelevant memories makes it easier for humans to remember what's really important.
Origins of nervous system found in genes of sea sponge
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Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered significant clues to the evolutionary origins of the nervous system by studying the genome of a sea sponge, a member of a group considered to be among ...
The original nano workout -- Helping carbon nanotubes get into shape
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method of compacting carbon nanotubes into dense bundles. These tightly packed bundles are efficient conductors and could one day replace ...
Talcum powder stunts growth of lung tumors
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Talcum powder has been used for generations to soothe babies’ diaper rash and freshen women’s faces. But University of Florida researchers report the household product has an additional healing power: The ability to stunt ...
On-Chip Optics Makes Continuous Visible Light from Low-Power Infrared
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If you shine a red laser pointer through a glass window you wouldn't expect it to come out blue on the other side, but with a much brighter beam it just might. At high intensities light energy tends to combine and redistribute, ...
How to lose weight and not go hungry: Researcher develops drug that mimics feeling of 'fullness'
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Millions of people the world over suffer today from obesity, yet there is no “magic bullet” that has yet provided a universally accepted solution. However, a young researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem feels he ...
A new understanding of crystal structure of actinide metals
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Researchers have a better understanding of how the crystal structure of some metals becomes stable through magnetism.
Dirty snow may warm Arctic as much as greenhouse gases
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 06, 2007 |
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The global warming debate has focused on carbon dioxide emissions, but scientists at UC Irvine have determined that a lesser-known mechanism -- dirty snow -- can explain one-third or more of the Arctic warming ...
Philips launches world's first one-terabyte external hard drive
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Philips today announced that it has broken the one-terabyte storage barrier with the launch of the SPD5130 external hard drive.
Scientists: Stem cells can make blind see
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British researchers hope to make stem-cell treatment of blindness caused by macular degeneration routine within a decade.
