Learning how nature splits water
Nov 06, 2006 |
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About 3.2 billion years ago, primitive bacteria developed a way to harness sunlight to split water molecules into protons, electrons and oxygen, the cornerstone of photosynthesis that led to atmospheric oxygen ...
Engineers develop revolutionary nanotech water desalination membrane
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science today announced they have developed a new reverse osmosis (RO) membrane that promises to reduce the cost of seawater desalination ...
A New Approach to Superconducting Memory
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Despite the potential of superconductor-based electronics to significantly impact the electronics industry – for example, a superconducting computer chip is a thousand times faster than the one within the laptop ...
Comprehensive model is first to map protein folding at atomic level
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Scientists at Harvard University have developed a computer model that, for the first time, can fully map and predict how small proteins fold into three-dimensional, biologically active shapes. The work could help researchers ...
Silent aircraft readies for take-off
Nov 06, 2006 |
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MIT and Cambridge University researchers will unveil the conceptual design for a silent, environmentally friendly passenger plane at a press conference Monday, Nov. 6, at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London.
Scientists Crack Rhino Horn Riddle
Biology /
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Rhinoceros horns have long been objects of mythological beliefs. Some cultures prize them for their supposed magical or medicinal qualities. Others have used them as dagger handles or good luck charms. But ...
New Techniques Pave Way for Carbon Nanotubes in Electronic Devices
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Many of the vaunted applications of carbon nanotubes require the ability to attach these super-tiny cylinders to electrically conductive surfaces, but to date researchers have only been successful in creating ...
Fossils from ancient sea monster found in Montana
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 06, 2006 |
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A fossil-hunting trip to celebrate a son's homecoming resulted in the recent discovery of an ancient sea monster in central Montana. Believed to be approximately 70 million years old, its skull and lower jaw ...
Bio-nanotechnology to kill cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 06, 2006 |
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The University of Surrey has been awarded a grant of £420,000 to utilize nanotechnology to develop cancer treatments. The grant is part of an international project: “Multifunctional Carbon Nanotubes for Biomedical Applications ...
'LouseBuster' Instrument Shown to Kill Head Lice
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Biologists have invented a chemical-free, hairdryer-like device - the LouseBuster - and conducted a study showing it eradicates head lice infestations on children by exterminating the eggs, or "nits," and killing ...
Early Earth haze may have spurred life, says University of Colorado study
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Hazy skies on early Earth could have provided a substantial source of organic material useful for emerging life on the planet, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Novel experiment documents evolution of genome in near-real time
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A team led by bioengineering researchers at UC San Diego report in the November issue of Nature Genetics rapid evolutionary changes in a bacterial genome, observed in near-real time over a few days. Scientists have previo ...
BaBar Steadies Omega-minus Spin
Nov 06, 2006 |
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If you snatch a copy of the Particle Data Book from your colleague's back pocket and flip to the entry for the Omega-minus particle, you'll see that the very first line says the spin is "not yet measured." ...
Award-winning alloys could reduce costs for chemical and petrochemical industries
Nov 06, 2006 |
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Materials developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory could provide large cost and energy savings to the chemical and petrochemical industries.
Bacteria in small sea life yield new way to make potential cancer drugs
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Researchers led by a University of Utah medicinal chemist have developed a novel method to make drugs for cancer and other diseases from bacteria found in sponges and other small ocean creatures.
