Can expert reasoning be taught?
Feb 09, 2007 |
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In addition to mastering a large body of knowledge, successful researchers must acquire a host of high-level cognitive skills: critical thinking, "framing" a problem, ongoing evaluation of the solution as it ...
Reactor upgrades help researchers study nuclear fusion as energy source
Feb 09, 2007 |
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For about six months of the year, bursts of a hot, electrically charged gas, or plasma, swirl around a donut-shaped tube in a special MIT reactor, helping scientists learn more about a potential future energy ...
Supernovae -- cosmic lighthouses
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Supernovae stand out in the sky like cosmic lighthouses. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics and at the National Astronomical Institute of Italy have now found a way to use these cosmic ...
Architectural plan revealed of doomsday arctic seed vault
Feb 09, 2007 |
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The Norwegian government has revealed the architectural design for the Svalbard International Seed Vault, to be carved deep into frozen rock on an island not far from the North Pole. The entrance to the "fail-safe" seed vault ...
Scientists discover new gene that prevents multiple types of cancer
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A decades-old cancer mystery has been solved by researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). "We not only found a critical tumor suppressor gene, but have revealed a master switch for a tumor suppressive ...
Shedding New Light on Proteorhodopsin
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New light has been shed on proteorhodopsin, the light-sensitive protein found in many marine bacteria. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University ...
Males have adapted to battle with competing sperm
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In the context of sexual reproduction, natural selection is generally thought of as a pre-copulation mechanism. We are drawn to features of the human body that tell us our partner is healthy and will provide us a fighting ...
Sweethearts share patterns of life satisfaction
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 09, 2007 |
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People’s long-term satisfaction with their lives often parallels that of their spouse, says a University of Toronto researcher in a study that deals a blow to theories that individual happiness depends mainly on genetic disposition.
Pitt professor contends biological underpinnings
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Jeffrey H. Schwartz, University of Pittsburgh professor of anthropology in the School of Arts and Sciences, is working to debunk a major tenet of Darwinian evolution. Schwartz believes that evolutionary changes occur suddenly ...
Mummy's amazing American maize
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The far-reaching influence of Spanish and Portuguese colonisers appears not to have extended to South American agriculture, scientists studying a 1,400-year-old Andean mummy have found.
Folate and B12 may influence cognition in seniors
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Folate and vitamin B12, two important nutrients for the development of healthy nerves and blood cells, may work together to protect cognitive function among seniors, reports a new epidemiological study from the Jean Mayer ...
Cluster -- new insights into the electric circuits of polar lights
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Giant electrical circuits power the magical open-air light show of the auroras, forming arcs in high-latitude regions like Scandinavia. New results obtained thanks to ESA's Cluster satellites provide a new ...
Analysis of Chinese AIDS epidemic shows surprising patterns
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 09, 2007 |
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The mountainous Chinese province of Yunnan is tucked into the country’s southwest corner, a scenic region that borders Burma, Laos and Vietnam. The province shares its rugged topography with the surrounding countries, but ...
Unpeaceful co-existence: How strengths and weaknesses maintain biodiversity in an ant community
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Feb 09, 2007 |
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Many species of ants scavenge for the same kinds of food. Why then doesn't the single most efficient species drive the others to extinction? A research group based at the University of Utah conducted a detailed ...
Introducing the 'coolest' spacecraft in the universe
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2007 |
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The European Space Agency's Planck mission, which will study the conditions present in our Universe shortly after the Big Bang, is reaching an important milestone with the integration of instruments into the satellite at ...
