Life elsewhere in Solar System could be different from life as we know it
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 06, 2007 |
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The search for life elsewhere in the solar system and beyond should include efforts to detect what scientists sometimes refer to as "weird" life -- that is, life with an alternative biochemistry to that of life on Earth -- ...
The new 'look' of superconductivity
Jul 06, 2007 |
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Like the surface motif of a bubble bath, the spatial distribution of a magnetic field penetrating a superconductor can exhibit an intricate, foam-like structure. Ruslan Prozorov at the U.S. Department of ...
Scientists Create Breakthrough Sensor Capable of Detecting Individual Molecules
Jul 06, 2007 |
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Applied physicists at the California Institute of Technology have figured out a way to detect single biological molecules with a microscopic optical device. The method has already proven effective for detecting the signaling ...
Italian scientists build atomic laser
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Italian scientists said they have discovered how to achieve an "atomic laser" envisioned by Albert Einstein in 1925.
Jumping robots take clues from nature
Jul 06, 2007 |
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A group of mechanical engineers from the University of Bath has a peculiar interest in flying squirrels, fleas, and grasshoppers. Inspired by animals considered to be excellent jumpers, the researchers have ...
When is a worm not a worm? When it’s a jellyfish...
Biology /
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One of the world’s strangest creatures has found its long-lost kin. Oxford University scientists have discovered that an extremely rare gutless worm is related to sea anemones and jellyfish, rather than similar-looking ...
Chronic fatigue -- Clues in the blood
Jul 06, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) believe that blood may hold vital insights into what is happening in the brain of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
Nano Wagon Wheels
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 06, 2007 |
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It looks like a tiny wagon wheel: Scanning tunneling microscope images published in the journal Angewandte Chemie depict giant molecules with a diameter of 7 nm, whose “hub”, “spokes”, and “rim” are clearly recognizable.
Illuminating a Second 'Kink' in High-Tc Superconductors
Jul 06, 2007 |
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There’s another kink in the mystery of high-temperature (Tc) superconductors – literally. Using photoemission studies at the NSLS, a group of researchers has revealed a new anomaly, or “kink,” in the energy ...
Probing Question: Why are some deaf people able to play instruments?
Jul 06, 2007 |
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Applause exploded in Vienna's Karntnertortheater on May 7, 1824, following the premiere performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Yet the master composer himself, by then almost completely deaf, didn't know his work was ...
Eurobot makes a splash
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 06, 2007 |
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Many of the best-loved science fiction movies show intelligent robotic servants working alongside their masters. Fiction is rapidly becoming fact as European engineers develop increasingly sophisticated machines ...
Chemical in brain acts like a fuel gauge
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The concept that a drop in blood sugar triggers a craving for food is best understood just before lunchtime. But exactly how the process unfolds has proven difficult to explain, even on a full stomach.
Team builds viruses to combat harmful 'biofilms'
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In one of the first potential applications of synthetic biology, an emerging field that aims to design and build useful biomolecular systems, researchers from MIT and Boston University are engineering viruses ...
Researchers Use Adult Stem Cells to Create Soft Tissue
Jul 06, 2007 |
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A Columbia University research team aims to create soft tissue from patients' own bone marrow to perform facial or breast reconstruction.
Skinny gray whales swim Pacific Coast
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An unusually high number of skinny gray whales are being seen from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest, it was reported Friday.
