Coil design confines plasma in stellarator fusion reactor
Aug 10, 2007 |
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Researchers from New York University have designed a configuration of coils for a stellarator, a type of device that controls fusion reactions. The shape, number and position of the coils are optimized to ...
Hypershort flash of visible light produces 'white' attosecond X-ray light
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No flash of light can be shorter than the time it takes the wave carrying the flash to perform a full oscillation. A team headed by Prof. Ferenc Krausz has now succeeded in generating – for the first time ...
From microscopy to nanoscopy
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Layer-by-layer light microscopic nanoscale images of cells and without having to prepare thin sections? A team led by Stefan Hell and Mariano Bossi at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen is now ...
Two proteins found on telomeres control DNA damage response pathways
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No sooner had cells evolved linear chromosomes than they had a life-threatening problem to solve. To the machinery that repairs broken DNA, chromosome ends look a lot like breaks in need of mending, so they ...
What makes Mars magnetic?
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So how have these rocks hung onto their magnetic directions and what do they tell us about Mars? Strangely, the answer to these questions might be sitting here on Earth.
Green tea boosts production of detox enzymes, rendering cancerous chemicals harmless
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Concentrated chemicals derived from green tea dramatically boosted production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of these beneficial proteins, according to researchers at Arizona Cancer Center.
Seismologists confirm Utah mine collapse caused temblor
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2007 |
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A 3.9 magnitude temblor recorded at the time of a mine collapse in southern Utah on Monday, Aug. 6, was not from an earthquake, but more likely the result of the collapse itself, according to an analysis by ...
MRI finds breast cancer before it becomes dangerous
Aug 10, 2007 |
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A study in the Lancet (vol. 370, 11 August 2007) could lead to a change of paradigm in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. It states that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is substantially more accurate than mammography in dia ...
New, more direct pathways from outside the cell-to-cell nuclei discovered
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Aug 10, 2007 |
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A team of Brooklyn College researchers has shattered a long-held belief that no direct pathway exists between material outside of a cell and the cell nucleus. (The cell is the smallest metabolically functional unit of life.)
Sony Delivers Fifth Generation AIT Format
Aug 10, 2007 |
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Sony Electronics has expanded its Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) format to a fifth-generation, doubling the capacity of the previous generation to 400 GB while delivering backwards compatibility.
Tick-borne encephalitis erupts in Russia
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The tick-borne virus encephalitis has shown growth in Russia, killing at least eight people in the past three weeks alone.
Childhood obesity indicates greater risk of school absenteeism
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 10, 2007 |
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In the first study of how weight may affect school attendance, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University have found that overweight children are at greater risk of school absenteeism than their normal-weight ...
NCAR adds resources to TeraGrid
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Aug 10, 2007 |
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Researchers who use the TeraGrid, the nation’s most comprehensive and advanced infrastructure for open scientific research, can now leverage the computing resources of a powerful, 2048-processor BlueGene/L ...
UK scientists working to help cut ID theft
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is part of Biotesting Europe, a new €358,000 biometrics project, part-funded by the European Union. The project will ensure that future testing procedures and facilities meet the needs ...
Endeavour Docks With International Space Station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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The seven STS-118 crew members reached their destination today when Space Shuttle Endeavour docked with the International Space Station at 2:02 p.m. EDT. STS-118 will continue the on-orbit construction of ...
