Big prize for 'small science' physicist
May 07, 2009 |
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CSIRO scientist, Dr Amanda Barnard, has been awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) 2009 Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics.
Rresearchers achieves major step toward faster chips
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 07, 2009 |
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New research findings could lead to faster, smaller and more versatile computer chips. A team of scientists and engineers from Stanford, the University of Florida and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the first to ...
Salmonella Spills its Secrets on the Space Shuttle
May 07, 2009 |
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Salmonella, what's gotten into you? Researchers have been asking themselves this question ever since Salmonella bacteria grown on board the space shuttle returned to Earth 3 to 7 times more virulent than S ...
THEMIS: 'Singing' electrons help create and destroy 'killer' electrons
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Scientists using NASA's fleet of THEMIS spacecraft have discovered how radio waves produced by electrons injected into Earth's near-space environment both generate and remove high-speed "killer" electrons.
Hippo's island life helps explain dwarf hobbit (w/Video)
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 07, 2009 |
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Ancient Madagascan hippos have shed light on the origins of the small brain of the 1-metre-tall human, known as the hobbit, scientists at the Natural History Museum report in the journal Nature today.
'Gecko vision': Key to the multifocal contact lens of the future?
May 07, 2009 |
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Nocturnal geckos are among the very few living creatures able to see colors at night, and scientists' discovery of series of distinct concentric zones may lead to insight into better cameras and contact lenses.
Creating the astro-comb to locate Earth-like planets
May 07, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. have created an "astro-comb" to help astronomers detect lighter planets, more like Earth, around distant stars. The Harvard group will present ...
Why silkworms find mulberries attractive
May 07, 2009 |
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A new study published online on May 7th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, has found the source of silkworms' attraction to mulberry leaves, their primary food source. A jasmine-scented chemical emitte ...
Meet DNA's personal assistants
May 07, 2009 |
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Just as scientists finished sequencing the human genome, they got a new surprise. Inside the genetic pathway, where DNA produces proteins to sustain life, they found microRNA. These tiny ubiquitous molecules have opened a ...
Scientist says volcanic eruption in Congo imminent
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists found evidence of intense volcanic activity - including tremors, pools of lava and plumes of smoke - at two volcanoes near a major city in eastern Congo, and said some residents had fled ...
Hackers taking advantage of Windows 7: Microsoft
May 07, 2009 |
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Microsoft said Thursday that cybercriminals are already hawking booby-trapped versions of just-released Windows 7 operating system software.
Cell's split personality is a major discovery into neurological diseases
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 07, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Université de Montreal (UdeM) and the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University have discovered that cells which normally support nerve cell (neuron) survival also play an active and ...
Brain cell mechanism for decision making also underlies judgment about certainty
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Countless times a day people judge their confidence in a choice they are about to make -- that they now can safely turn left at this intersection, that they aren't sure of their answer on ...
Sometimes the next big thing is no big deal
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I unpacked my vintage earphones and compact disc player on a recent flight to Washington and settled back for a few hours of uninterrupted fumbling with CDs and untangling various cords and wires.
Genetically engineered mice don't get obese (w/Podcast)
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Obesity and gallstones often go hand in hand. But not in mice developed at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Even when these mice eat high-fat diets, they don't get fat, but they do develop ...
