Ceramic hybrid needles take the sting out of shots
Jan 07, 2008 |
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New polymerization technology may one day take the pain out of injections and blood draws. A team of researchers at the University of North Carolina and Laser Zentrum Hannover have recently used two-photon polymerization ...
Animated Movie of Ice
Jan 07, 2008 |
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An animated movie shows an ordered structure dissolving little by little into a disordered mess after a light pulse: Swedish researchers from the University of Uppsala have used a computer to simulate ice melting after it ...
Researchers bend light through waveguides in colloidal crystals
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Illinois are the first to achieve optical waveguiding of near-infrared light through features embedded in self-assembled, three-dimensional photonic crystals. Applications for the optically ...
International team identifies 480 genes that control human cell division
Jan 07, 2008 |
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A team of U.S., Israeli and German scientists used computational biology techniques to discover 480 genes that play a role in human cell division and to identify more than 100 of those genes that have an abnormal pattern ...
Chocolate chip cookies help make statistics lessons relevant and palatable
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Chocolate chip cookies aren't just a favorite after-school snack. They're also a rich source of statistical data, according to Herbie Lee, an associate professor of applied mathematics and statistics at the ...
Researchers use magnetism to target cells to animal arteries
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Scientists have used magnetic fields and tiny iron-bearing particles to drive healthy cells to targeted sites in blood vessels. The research, done in animals, may lead to a new method of delivering cells and ...
Fraudsters beware: Iowa State engineer is developing cyber technology to find you
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Yong Guan had scribbled 12 arrows across his office whiteboard, each black line going from one little box he had drawn to another little box. He had written five long formulas up there, too. And that was bad ...
Forever young: Differentiation blocked in tumor stem cells
Jan 07, 2008 |
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A new comparison of normal stem cells and cancer stem cells reveals that the cancer stem cells are abnormally trapped at an early stage of development. The research, published by Cell Press in the January issue of Cancer Ce ...
Intel Unveils 16 Next-Generation Processors, Including First Notebook Chips Built on 45nm Technology
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Intel Corporation unveiled 16 products today, including the company's first 45 nanometer (nm) processors for Intel Centrino Processor Technology based laptops.
Mathematicians find way to improve medical scans
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Mathematicians at the University of Liverpool have found that it is possible to gain full control of sound waves which could lead to improved medical scans, for technology such as ultra sound machines.
Hope Diamond's phosphorescence key to fingerprinting
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Shine a white light on the Hope Diamond and it will dazzle you with the brilliance of an amazing blue diamond. Shine an ultraviolet light on the Hope Diamond and the gem will glow red-orange for about five ...
Lack of imagination in older adults linked to declining memory
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Most children are able to imagine their future selves as astronauts, politicians or even superheroes; however, many older adults find it difficult to recollect past events, let alone generate new ones. A new Harvard University ...
Will intensive forest practices impact water quality?
Jan 07, 2008 |
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In order to increase productivity, forest practices have become more intense in recent decades. Forest fertilization increased by 800% in the southeastern United States from 1990 to 1999, and the total acreage fertilized ...
Social standing may be linked to body mass index in teen girls
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Teen girls who perceive themselves as being lower on the social ladder appear more likely to gain weight over the subsequent two years, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, ...
Circumcision doesn't reduce sexual satisfaction and performance, says study of 4,500 men
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 07, 2008 |
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More than 98 per cent of men who are circumcised can enjoy the same levels of sexual satisfaction and performance as men who are not, according to a study of nearly 4,500 males published in the January issue of the UK-based ...
