Flies' eyes could enhance robot vision
May 09, 2008 |
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Robots with flies' eyes could take advantage of the insect’s vision system to better locate the edges and boundaries of objects. This ability could help robots perform a variety of tasks more quickly and accurately ...
Quantum computers take step toward practicality with demonstration of new device
May 09, 2008 |
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Computers based on the powerful properties of quantum mechanics have the potential to revolutionize information technology and security, but for decades they have remained more theoretical than practical, ...
Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard
May 09, 2008 |
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A Silicon Valley start-up called E-Fuel is showing exactly how ethanol can live up to its name as "the people´s fuel." The company recently announced that it will soon start selling a home ethanol system, ...
Planets by the Dozen
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 09, 2008 |
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You know the planets of our solar system, each a unique world with its own distinctive appearance, size, and chemistry. Mars, with its bitter-cold, rusty red sands; Venus, a fiery world shrouded in thick clouds ...
The Antennae Galaxies move closer
May 09, 2008 |
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The Antennae Galaxies are among the closest known merging galaxies. The two galaxies, also known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039, began interacting a few hundred million years ago, creating one of the most impressive ...
Why criminals cannot say 'no'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 09, 2008 |
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A study integrating theories from criminology and psychology has provided an in-depth explanation for the link between self-control and why people get into crime.
New study finds number of fat cells stays constant throughout life
May 09, 2008 |
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The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and '60s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human's body, whether lean or obese, is established ...
Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught 'red-handed' for the first time
May 09, 2008 |
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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes.
Phoenix Flying True Enough to Skip One Scheduled Adjustment
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 09, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continues on course for its May 25 arrival at Mars. After targeting its certified landing site with a trajectory, or flight path, correction maneuver on April 10, the spacecraft's ...
Study debunks myth of job testing as race barrier
May 09, 2008 |
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Conventional wisdom holds that the standardized tests some employers require of job applicants serve as a barrier to equal employment. But a pioneering study shows just the opposite: Screening increases employers' precision ...
Sweeping analysis of research reinforces media influence on women’s body image
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 09, 2008 |
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As France's parliament considers a landmark bill that would outlaw media images glamorizing the extremely thin, psychology researchers are reporting some of the most definitive findings yet on how these images affect women.
Elusive protein protects malaria parasite from heme
Biology /
May 09, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech have identified Heme Detoxification Protein, a unique protein encoded in the malaria genome that represents a potential target for developing ...
Researchers uncover mechanism of action of antibiotic able to reduce neuronal cell death in brain
May 09, 2008 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have discovered how an antibiotic works to modulate the activity of a neurotransmitter that regulates brain functions, which eventually could lead to therapies to treat Alzheimer’s ...
NASA Successfully Completes First Series of Ares Engine Tests
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 09, 2008 |
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NASA engineers Thursday successfully completed the first series of tests in the early development of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets, key components of NASA's Constellation ...
Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 09, 2008 |
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An international group of scientists has swapped their comfortable offices for one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet to carry out a challenging field campaign that is seen as the key to ensuring ...
