Printable, Flexible Carbon-Nanotube Transistors
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Brewer Science, Inc. have used carbon nanotubes as the basis for a high-speed thin-film transistors printed onto sheets of flexible plastic. Their method may allow ...
New nanostructured thin film shows promise for efficient solar energy conversion
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 08, 2008 |
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In the race to make solar cells cheaper and more efficient, many researchers and start-up companies are betting on new designs that exploit nanostructures--materials engineered on the scale of a billionth of a meter. Using ...
Oatmeal's health claims strongly reaffirmed, science shows
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A new scientific review of the most current research shows the link between eating oatmeal and cholesterol reduction to be stronger than when the FDA initially approved the health claim's appearance on food labels in 1997. ...
4 health behaviors can add 14 extra years of life
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People who adopt four healthy behaviours – not smoking; taking exercise; moderate alcohol intake; and eating five servings of fruit and vegetables a day – live on average an additional fourteen years of life compared with ...
Astronomers Describe New Evidence of 'Inconvenient' Galaxy
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Discovery of two new components within a puzzling spiral galaxy confirm it must have a pair of arms winding in the opposite direction from most galaxies, according to results being presented today to the American ...
Scientists detect lowest frequency radar echo from the moon
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A team of scientists from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL’s) Research Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and the University of New Mexico (UNM) ...
Scientists discover molecular basis of monarch butterfly migration
Biology /
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Since its discovery, the annual migration of eastern North American monarch butterflies has captivated the human imagination and spirit. That millions of butterflies annually fly a few thousand miles to reach a cluster of ...
Astronomers discover ancestors of Milky Way-type galaxies
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Astronomers at Rutgers and Penn State universities have discovered galaxies in the distant universe that are ancestors of spiral galaxies like our Milky Way.
Graphene makes movement easy for electrons
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Researchers at The University of Manchester have found that electrons move more easily in graphene than all other materials, including gold, silicon, gallium arsenide and carbon nanotubes.
Swift, Gemini probe mysterious explosion in the distant past
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Using the powerful one-two combo of NASA’s Swift satellite and the Gemini Observatory, astronomers have detected a mysterious type of cosmic explosion farther back in time than ever before. The explosion, ...
A healthy smile may promote a healthy heart
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Each year, cardiovascular disease kills more Americans than cancer. And while most people are aware that lifestyle choices such as eating right, getting enough exercise and quitting smoking can help prevent cardiovascular ...
True story? Men prefer 'chick flicks' when they are explicitly fictionalized
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Characterized by a heart-tugging plot, emotional melodrama is a subtype of dramatic entertainment that fosters deep emotional reactions on the part of the consumer. Often labelled “chick-flicks,” “tearjerkers,” or “human ...
Hubble Finds that 'Blue Blobs' in Space Are Orphaned Clusters of Stars
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Finding blue blobs in space sounds like an encounter with an alien out of a science fiction movie. But the Hubble Space Telescope's powerful vision has resolved strange objects nicknamed "blobs" and found ...
Experimental weight-loss drug cuts appetite, burns more energy
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 08, 2008 |
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The first clinical studies of an experimental drug have revealed that obese people who take it for 12 weeks lose weight, even at very low doses. Short-term studies also suggest that the drug, called taranabant—the second ...
US ranks last among other industrialized nations on preventable deaths
Jan 08, 2008 |
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The United States places last among 19 countries when it comes to deaths that could have been prevented by access to timely and effective health care, according to new research supported by The Commonwealth Fund and published ...
