New Way to Target and Kill Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found
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Jul 09, 2007 |
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Putting bacteria on birth control could stop the spread of drug-resistant microbes, and researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found a way to do just that.
Lift More Weights, Get More Mates: Resesarch Shows Muscular Men Have More Flings, Partners, Affairs
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Women don't just like men with muscles — they go for them. Men who are more muscular than average are much more likely to have short-term affairs and multiple sex partners than their scrawnier peers, according to new UCLA ...
A new type of spin valve that uses graphene
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“Some people think that graphene, a form of carbon, is the material of the future,” Allen Goldman tells PhysOrg.com. “It’s of high scientific interest because of its unusual electronic properties.”
Pumpkin: A fairytale end to insulin injections?
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Compounds found in pumpkin could potentially replace or at least drastically reduce the daily insulin injections that so many diabetics currently have to endure. Recent research reveals that pumpkin extract promotes regeneration ...
Nanocrystals Key to Better Fuel Cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 09, 2007 |
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A new way to make cubic zirconia with very small crystal sizes could be key to making hydrogen fuel cells more reliable and cost-effective.
Loss of hemlocks will affect water dynamics in southern Appalachian forests
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Forest Service (FS) research has provided the first estimates on the impact the loss of eastern hemlock will have on the water dynamics of the southern Appalachian mountains. In the June 2007 issue of Ecological ...
Rocket Tests Move NASA Closer to the Lunar Vision
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 09, 2007 |
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A liquid oxygen-hydrogen pump fed engine developed to demonstrate advanced rocket technologies for future space vehicles achieved a major technical milestone in throttling capability.
Neutral evolution has helped shape our genome
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Johns Hopkins researchers have added to the growing mound of evidence that many of the genetic bits and pieces that drive evolutionary changes do not confer any advantages or disadvantages to humans or other animals.
World’s largest telescope to make first observations Friday
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 09, 2007 |
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The world’s largest telescope will take its first peek into the heavens this week, ushering the University of Florida into the top ranks of the “big observers,” as one astronomy professor put it.
Scientists study how to make humanoid robots more graceful
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Infants learn how to move by recognizing which movements and positions cause them physical discomfort and learning to avoid them. Computer science Professor Oussama Khatib and his research group at the Stanford ...
Stellar tiramisu -- Star surface polluted by planetary debris
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Looking at the chemical composition of stars that host planets, astronomers have found that while dwarf stars often show iron enrichment on their surface, giant stars do not. The astronomers think that the ...
Significant new method developed for characterizing density wave features
Jul 09, 2007 |
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In a paper published in The Astronomical Journal (133:2584-2606, June 2007) Dr. Xiaolei Zhang, of the Naval Research Laboratory, and Dr. Ronald J. Buta, of the University of Alabama, report that they have d ...
Researchers show how to make polymeric micro- and nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 09, 2007 |
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Researchers in the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara have discovered how to make polymeric micro- and nanoparticles in a wide variety of different shapes and sizes using commonly-available lab chemicals and equipment. ...
Invisible gases form most organic haze in urban, rural areas
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2007 |
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A new study involving the University of Colorado at Boulder shows that invisible, reactive gases hovering over Earth's surface, not direct emissions of particulates, form the bulk of organic haze in both urban ...
Tiny tweezers and yeast help researchers show how cancer drug works
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 09, 2007 |
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The annoying bulges of an over-wound telephone cord that shorten its reach and limit a caller’s motion help to explain why drugs called camptothecins are so effective in killing cancer cells, according to investigators at ...
