Cold sore virus linked to Alzheimer's
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The virus behind cold sores is a major cause of the insoluble protein plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease sufferers, University of Manchester researchers have revealed.
Moon geology could solve three mysteries of early Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Not much is known about the Earth before 4 billion years ago, the earliest period in the planet’s 4.5-billion-year history. Because Earth has lost almost all geological records of this era ...
Clothing with a brain: 'Smart fabrics' that monitor health
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Researchers in United States and China are reporting progress toward a simple, low-cost method to make "smart fabrics," electronic textiles capable of detecting diseases, monitoring heart rates, and other ...
Rolling out flexible displays for the mass market
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a cost-effective method for manufacturing flexible displays in much the same way that newspapers are printed. Their work promises to revolutionise packaging, ...
Dean Kamen's LED Island Goes Off the Grid
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dean Kamen, best known as the inventor of the Segway scooter and a thought-controlled prosthetic arm, has taken a personal interest in reducing energy consumption.
Silicon Photonics Advancement Aims to Accelerate Future Computing, Communications
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel researchers have made the next advance in the field of Silicon Photonics by achieving world-record performance using a silicon-based Avalanche Photodetector (APD) that could lower costs ...
Men are red, women are green, researcher finds
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Michael J. Tarr, a Brown University scientist, and graduate student Adrian Nestor have discovered this color difference in an analysis of dozens of faces. They determined that men tend to have more reddish ...
CT scans reveal that dinosaurs were airheads
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists have long known that dinosaurs had tiny brains, but they had no idea the beasts were such airheads.
Researchers study virus with unusual properties
Biology /
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from Penn State University and the University of Chicago has uncovered clues that may explain how and why a particular virus, called N4, injects an unusual substance ...
Mathematical model gives clearer picture of physics of cells, organelles
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cells are filled with membrane-bound organelles like the nucleus, mitochondria and endoplasmic reticula. Over the years, scientists have made much progress in understanding the biomolecular details of how ...
New hybrid nanostructures detect nanoscale magnetism
Dec 08, 2008 |
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A key challenge of nanotechnology research is investigating how different materials behave at lengths of merely one-billionth of a meter. When shrunk to such tiny sizes, many everyday materials exhibit interesting ...
Researcher finds link between aggression, status and sex
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Have you ever wondered why it seems like the littlest things make people angry? Why a glance at the wrong person or a spilled glass of water can lead to a fist fight or worse? University of Minnesota researcher Vladas Griskevicius ...
Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars in New Space Image
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stellar winds are eroding thickets of dusty material.
Global warming aided by drought, deforestation link
Dec 08, 2008 |
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In the rainforests of equatorial Asia, a link between drought and deforestation is fueling global warming, finds an international study that includes a UC Irvine scientist.
Southern Ocean resistant to changing winds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Intensifying winds in the Southern Ocean have had little influence on the strength of the Southern Ocean circulation and therefore its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to a study published in ...
