Chandra sees brightest supernova ever
May 07, 2007 |
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The brightest stellar explosion ever recorded may be a long-sought new type of supernova, according to observations by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes. This discovery indicates ...
New 'layered-layered' materials for rechargeable lithium batteries
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 07, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new approach to increasing the capacity and stability of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
Brain's white matter -- More 'talkative' than once thought
May 07, 2007 |
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Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered to their surprise that nerves in the mammalian brain’s white matter do more than just ferry information between different brain regions, but in fact process information the way gray ...
Conception date affects baby's future academic achievement
May 07, 2007 |
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Does the time of year in which a child is conceived influence future academic achievement? Yes, according to research by neonatologist Paul Winchester, M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine professor of clinical pediatrics. ...
Students Develop New Ways to Produce Renewable Fuels
May 07, 2007 |
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There is a frenzied push in the United States to find alternative fuels and to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. At North Carolina State University, even student researchers have caught the alternative fuels bug. And ...
An ancient bathtub ring of mammoth fossils
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 07, 2007 |
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory geologists have put out a call for teeth tusks, femurs and any and all other parts of extinct mammoths left by massive Ice Age floods in southeastern Washington.
Agent protects cells from lethal effects of radiation even if given after exposure
May 07, 2007 |
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No drugs exist to protect the public from the high levels of radiation that could be released by a "dirty" bomb or nuclear explosion. Such excessive exposure typically causes death within weeks as the radiation ...
Warming oceans may diminish length of day
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 07, 2007 |
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German scientists say a redistribution of ocean waters caused by global warming will likely affect the Earth's rotation and the length of days.
Black Death-type bacteria found in trash
May 07, 2007 |
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Bacteria from the same family as the Black Death was recently found inside British trash cans that are only emptied once every two weeks.
Lung disease linked to flavoring chemical
May 07, 2007 |
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Politicians and health workers in the United States are pushing for a bill to ban the use of a food flavoring chemical that has been linked to lung disease.
Software allows amateurs to compose professional-looking music sports videos
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 07, 2007 |
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Although currently the composition of music sports videos requires a tech-savvy professional with an artist’s touch, the future may enable any amateur to create their own personalized video using software ...
Troops in Iraq fight bugs, parasites
May 07, 2007 |
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A parasitic disease transmitted by sand flies has become so common in Iraq that troops call it the "Baghdad boil."
Childless women fare as well psychologically as mothers at mid-life
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 07, 2007 |
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For one day each year, motherhood brings flowers, cards and Sunday brunches, but a new University of Florida study asks, how important is it for women’s happiness in midlife whether and when they had children?
Tropical plants go with the flow ... of nitrogen
Biology /
May 07, 2007 |
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Tropical plants are able to adapt to environmental change by extracting nitrogen from a variety of sources, according to a new study that appears in the May 7 early online edition of The Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Most children younger than 2 years watch TV despite warnings
May 07, 2007 |
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Approximately 40 percent of three-month old children and about 90 percent of children age 24 months and under regularly watch television, DVDs or videos, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & ...
