Waste coffee grounds offer new source of biodiesel fuel
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Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering cars and trucks. Their study has been published ...
Finding better materials for solar cells
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by teams of MIT scientists and students could lead to cheaper and more efficient solar cells in the next few years, either by incorporating materials that are so abundant that ...
Container planning inspired by ants
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(PhysOrg.com) -- According to PhD student Albert Douma, of the University of Twente, Netherlands, it is possible to optimize the handling of inland container barges in the port of Rotterdam without management from the top. ...
Cellular 'brakes' may slow memory process in aging brains
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University of Florida researchers may have discovered why some brain cells necessary for healthy memory can survive old age or disease, while similar cells hardly a hairsbreadth away die.
A special type of collagen may help protect the brain against Alzheimer's disease
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Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND), UCSF, and Stanford have discovered that a certain type of collagen, collagen VI, protects brain cells against amyloid-beta (Aâ ) proteins, which are ...
Brain-boosting drugs OK for healthy adults, professor says
Medicine & Health / Medications
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As scientists and pharmaceutical companies continue developing drugs to treat brain diseases, there’s a chance those pills will have some benefit to healthy minds. They might increase alertness, focus concentration ...
Sevenfold Accuracy Improvement for 3-D 'Virtual Reality' Labs
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed software that improves the accuracy of the tracking devices in its immersive, or virtual, research environment ...
Hot drinks help fight cold and flu
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A hot drink may help reduce the symptoms of common colds and flu, according to new research by Cardiff University's Common Cold Centre.
Memory study on mice offers new insights into understanding autism
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Researchers at New York University's Center for Neural Science and the Baylor College of Medicine have identified a protein that when removed from mice results in behaviors that are akin to those with autism and obsessive-compulsive ...
The dark chocolate version of Father Christmas is most filling
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New research at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE) at the University of Copenhagen – shows that dark chocolate is far more filling than milk chocolate, lessening our craving for sweet, salty and fatty foods. In other words, ...
Carbon Nanofibers Cut Flammability of Upholstered Furniture
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon, the active ingredient in charcoal, is normally not considered a fire retardant, but researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have determined that adding a ...
Portable Precision: A New Type of Atomic Clock
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The most accurate atomic clocks in the world are based on the output of cesium atoms. These ultra-precise fountain clocks measure the frequency and time interval of seconds by using a fountain-like movement ...
Flora not flourishing in world's hotspots
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Researchers at the University of Calgary have found the biodiversity picture in the region known as the "lungs of the Earth" contradicts commonly held views relating to extinction in that area.
Irritable bowel syndrome can have genetic causes
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Irritations of the bowel can have genetic causes. Researchers at the Institute of Human Genetics at Heidelberg University Hospital have discovered this correlation. The causes of what is known as irritable bowel syndrome ...
Great Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 set off tremors in San Andreas fault
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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In the last few years there has been a growing number of documented cases in which large earthquakes set off unfelt tremors in earthquake faults hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of miles away.
