Understanding Algae As An Alternative Fuel Source: Will The Real Algae X Please Stand Up

Understanding Algae As An Alternative Fuel Source: Will The Real Algae X Please Stand Up

Biology /

created Sep 07, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (59) | comments 6

The recent creation of AXI, LLC is an alliance between Allied Minds, Inc. a seed investment company and the University of Washington. The alliance came about because of Professor Rose Ann Cattolico PhD, an ...


New concept for creating quantum states in many-body systems

New concept for creating quantum states in many-body systems

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 07, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the online edition of Nature Physics, theoretical physicists from the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) and the University of Innsbruck today are presenting a compl ...


As easy as 1, 2, 3: Number sense correlates with test scores

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 07, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Knowing how precisely a high school freshman can estimate the number of objects in a group gives you a good idea how well he has done in math as far back as kindergarten, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University found.


How you spend affects how much you spend: Non-cash purchases found to be higher than cash buys

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 07, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 0

There is fresh evidence that people spend less when paying cash than using credit, cash-equivalent scrip or gift certificates. They also spend less when they have to estimate expenses in detail. These findings appear in the ...


How plants fine tune their natural chemical defenses

Biology /

created Sep 07, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Even closely related plants produce their own natural chemical cocktails, each set uniquely adapted to the individual plant's specific habitat. Comparing anti-fungals produced by tobacco and henbane, researchers at the Salk ...


A new 'Pyrex' nanoparticle

A new 'Pyrex' nanoparticle

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 07, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Researchers in Switzerland have developed a new method to fabricate borosilicate glass nanoparticles. Used in microfluidic systems, these "Pyrex"-like nanoparticles are more stable when subjected to temperature ...


Study challenges routine use of MRI scans to evaluate breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study suggests women with newly-diagnosed breast cancer who receive an MRI after their diagnosis face delays in starting treatment and are more likely to receive a mastectomy. The study, presented today at the 2008 ...



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