Scientists Turn Tequila into Diamonds
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whoever thought that science was a dry subject might change their mind after learning about a new discovery in which tequila is turned into diamonds. A team of Mexican scientists found that ...
Scientists revisit 1833 hydrogen production experiment
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the early 1800s, during the peak of the Industrial Revolution, modern science revolved around steam engines and other coal-powered applications. So it may seem a bit out of place that, ...
Revised Theory Suggests Carbon Dioxide Levels Already in Danger Zone
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If climate disasters are to be averted, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) must be reduced below the levels that already exist today, according to a study published in Open Atmospheric Science Jo ...
Physicists create BlackMax to search for dimensions in space at the Large Hadron Collider
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A team of theoretical and experimental physicists, with participants from Case Western Reserve University, have designed a new black hole simulator called BlackMax to search for evidence that extra dimensions might exist ...
A pool of distant galaxies -- the deepest ultraviolet image of the universe yet
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This uniquely beautiful patchwork image, with its myriad of brightly coloured galaxies, shows the Chandra Deep Field South (CDF-S), arguably the most observed and best studied region in the entire sky. The ...
Bullies may enjoy seeing others in pain
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Unusually aggressive youth may actually enjoy inflicting pain on others, research using brain scans at the University of Chicago shows.
How evolution learns from past environments to adapt to new environments
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The evolution of novel characteristics within organisms can be enhanced when environments change in a systematic manner, according to a new study by Weizmann Institute researchers. Merav Parter, Nadav Kashtan and Uri Alon ...
Compounds May Help Combat Brain Diseases
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Southern Methodist University (SMU) have identified a group of chemical compounds that slows the degeneration of neurons, a condition that causes such ...
Dietary sport supplement shows strong effects in the elderly
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Beta-alanine (BA), a dietary supplement widely used by athletes and body builders, has been proven to increase the fitness levels of a group of elderly men and women. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access ...
Robots show that brain activity is linked to time as well as space
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Humanoid robots have been used to show that that functional hierarchy in the brain is linked to time as well as space. Researchers from RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan, have created a new type of neural network model ...
Scientists Gain Important Insights Into how Brain Transfers, Processes and Stores Visual Information
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just released research published in prestigious international journal Nature Neuroscience details the findings of an international team of researchers led by Australian scientist and Macquarie University senior ...
Scientific community called upon to resolve debate on 'net energy' once and for all
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"Net energy is a (mostly) irrelevant, misleading and dangerous metric," says Professor Bruce Dale, editor-in-chief of Biofuels, Bioresources and Biorefining (Biofpr) in the latest issue of the journal published today.
Could vitamin D save us from radiation?
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Radiological health expert Daniel Hayes, Ph.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene suggests that a form of vitamin D could be one of our body's main protections against damage from low levels of ...
World needs climate emergency backup plan, says expert
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In submitted testimony to the British Parliament, climate scientist Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution said that while steep cuts in carbon emissions are essential to stabilizing global climate, there also needs to ...
Study finds many motorists don't see need to heed speed limits
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Research suggests U.S. motorists are growing increasingly cynical about the relevance of speed limits, and a new study indicates many motorists are more likely to think they can drive safely while speeding as long as they ...
