Researchers find the ties that bind electrons in high-temperature superconductivity
Apr 10, 2008 |
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For more than 20 years since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, scientists have been debating the underlying physical mechanism for this exotic phenomenon, which has the potential to revolutionize ...
And the first animal on Earth was a...
Biology /
Apr 10, 2008 |
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A new study mapping the evolutionary history of animals indicates that Earth's first animal--a mysterious creature whose characteristics can only be inferred from fossils and studies of living animals--was ...
Getting forgetful? Then blueberries may hold the key
Apr 10, 2008 |
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If you are getting forgetful as you get older, then a research team from the University of Reading and the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England may have good news for you.
Popcorn-ball design doubles efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 10, 2008 |
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A new approach creates a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories.
Chain letters reveal surprising circulation patterns
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 10, 2008 |
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A chain letter hoax that fooled thousands of people may help computer scientists understand how information spreads on a global scale.
Sweet nanotech batteries: Nanotechnology could solve lithium battery charging problems
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Nanotechnology could improve the life of the lithium batteries used in portable devices, including laptop computers, mp3 players, and mobile phones. Research to be published in the Inderscience publication - International Jo ...
Absence of clouds caused pre-human supergreenhouse periods
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2008 |
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In a world without human-produced pollution, biological productivity controls cloud formation and may be the lever that caused supergreenhouse episodes during the Cetaceous and Eocene, according to Penn State paleoclimatologists.
Just like penguins and other primates, people trade sex for resources
Biology /
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Female penguins mate with males who bring them pebbles to build egg nests. Hummingbirds mate to gain access to the most productive flowers guarded by larger males.
The coldest brown dwarf ever observed
Apr 10, 2008 |
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An international team led by French and Canadian astronomers has just discovered the coldest brown dwarf ever observed. Their results will soon be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. This new finding was ma ...
World's shortest single photon pulse created
Apr 10, 2008 |
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The world’s shortest light pulse containing just one photon has been produced by Oxford University scientists.
Avoiding wind tunnels, computer simulations pave way for hypersonic flight
Apr 10, 2008 |
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A two-hour plane flight between Tokyo and New York sounds like science fiction, but methods developed by Princeton engineers to describe turbulence at extreme conditions may aid the design of aircraft with that kind of speed, ...
Dr. Mom was right -- and wrong -- about washing fruits and vegetables
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Washing fresh fruits and vegetables before eating may reduce the risk of food poisoning and those awful episodes of vomiting and diarrhea. But according to new research, described today at the 235th national ...
Grand Canyon may be as old as dinosaurs, says new study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2008 |
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New geological evidence indicates the Grand Canyon may be so old that dinosaurs once lumbered along its rim, according to a study by researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the California ...
Spitzer Sees Shining Stellar Sphere
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Millions of clustered stars glisten like an iridescent opal in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Maintaining aerobic fitness could delay biological aging by up to 12 years
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Maintaining aerobic fitness through middle age and beyond can delay biological ageing by up to 12 years and prolong independence during old age, concludes an analysis published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sp ...
