Archive: 03/10/2009
Researcher uncovers koalas' creature comforts
University of Queensland Master of Science student Maren Dammann is aiming to uncover what makes a koala's wish list when it comes to choosing a place to live.
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ISS Expedition 18 Crew Completes Spacewalk
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuesday's spacewalk with Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov concluded at 5:11 p.m. EDT when the Pirs docking module airlock was closed. The spacewalk concluded ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Discovery to launch Wednesday as Florida braces for end of shuttle era
Shuttle Discovery is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday, leaving only eight more scheduled missions before NASA retires the fleet in 2010 - and devastates the Space Coast ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Study of protein structures reveals key events in evolutionary history
A new study of proteins, the molecular machines that drive all life, also sheds light on the history of living organisms.
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Twin nanoparticle shown effective at targeting, killing breast cancer cells
Breast cancer patients face many horrors, including those that arise when fighting the cancer itself. Medications given during chemotherapy can have wicked side effects, including vomiting, dizziness, anemia ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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A 3-D view of remote galaxies
For decades, distant galaxies that emitted their light six billion years ago were no more than small specks of light on the sky. With the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in the early 1990s, astronomers ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Simple test helps predict heart attack risk
The use of common and readily available screening tests—like the ankle brachial index (ABI)—along with traditional risk scoring systems—such as the Framingham Risk Score—has the potential to prevent devastating heart attacks ...
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Difficult balance between play and learning
If the teacher is not capable of understanding the perspective of six year olds then the child's learning becomes unnecessarily difficult, or in some cases the child's interest in learning may not be aroused at all. This ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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Who was Jesus?
The historical person Jesus of Nazareth - beyond the accounts in the creeds and the Gospels, which are all characterized by religious belief - is the focus of Tobias Hägerland's dissertation from the University of Gothenburg, ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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What's in a name? Perhaps more (or less) money
Before employers have a chance to judge job applicants on their merits, they may have already judged them on the sound of their names. According to a study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Labor Economics, immigr ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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The Agulhas Current, in the southern hemisphere, may influence climate in Europe
The PhD project presented by Gema Martínez-Méndez from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona focuses on the Agulhas Current and the ensuing warm water ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Rising sea levels set to have major impacts around the world
Research presented today at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen shows that the upper range of sea level rise by 2100 could be in the range of about one meter, or possibly more. In the lower ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Seaweed and fireflies brew may guide stem cell treatment for peripheral artery disease
An unlikely brew of seaweed and glow-in-the-dark biochemical agents may hold the key to the safe use of transplanted stem cells to treat patients with severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according to ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Indian schools to benefit from new computer chips
An educational initiative between Rice University computer scientists and Indian educators will enable schools in rural India to be some of the first to benefit from Rice's revolutionary, low-energy computer chips.
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Nanotubes find niche in electric switches
New research from Rice University and the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, finds that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators that are common in electric ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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