Archive: 04/11/2007
Wired for sound: How the brain senses visual illusions
In a study that could help reveal how illusions are produced in the brain's visual cortex, researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine have found new evidence of rapid integration of auditory and visual sensations in the brain. ...
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Study: Cell phones are hazardous waste
U.S. scientists have determined cellular telephones consumers discard by the millions each year qualify as hazardous waste.
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Ag experts issue alfalfa weevil warming
U.S. agricultural experts expect the past several years of mild winters to increase the populations of many insect species, including alfalfa weevils.
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Brain cancer drugs approved in England
England's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has removed a ban on two drugs that may help patients with rare life-threatening brain cancer.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Astronomers improve cosmic distance scale with Hubble
An international team of astronomers led by Fritz Benedict and Barbara McArthur of The University of Texas at Austin has used Hubble Space Telescope to solve one of the biggest problems in measuring the universe's expansion. ...
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Cell Structures Exhibit Novel Behaviors, Mimic Red Blood Cells and Liquid Crystals
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University have manipulated the internal, structural components of cells, creating a set of simulated cellular structures with novel mechanical properties, including ...
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Mars project to simulate radiation exposure
Monitoring radiation from solar flares to ensuring that fellow crew members on the surface receive ample warning is only one of the tasks for Irene Schneider Puente, graduate student in geosciences at Penn ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Liver regeneration may be simpler than previously thought
The way the liver renews itself may be simpler than what scientists had been assuming. A new study, appearing in the April 13 issue of The Journal of Biological Chemistry, provides new information on the inner workings of cel ...
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Statistics Professor Hides Pictures, Messages in Problem Solutions
Say you’re an aspiring statistician who has just spent hours trying to figure out the answer to a particularly thorny problem. As you plug the final numbers into the computer program you’re running in order ...
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Future Space Telescopes Could Detect Earth Twin
For the first time ever, NASA researchers have successfully demonstrated in the laboratory that a space telescope rigged with special masks and mirrors could snap a photo of an Earth-like planet orbiting a ...
Apr 11, 2007 |
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NASA's Glast mission one step closer to launch
NASA's next major space observatory, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), is one step closer to unveiling the mysteries of the high-energy universe. Almost all the components have been assembled ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Full speed ahead: High-temperature superconductors ensure efficient propulsion in all-electric ships
Researchers from Siemens have developed a new type of propulsion motor for all-electric ships (AES). The synchronous machine is part of an electric propulsion system based on high temperature superconducting technology (HTS). ...
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Samsung Intros SpinPoint M5 HDD Series for Consumer Devices
Samsung Electronics today announced its new 160GB hard drive using 2.5" disks. Capacity of the single-disk platform ranges between 60 and 160GB, while a dual-disk model is under development that will provide ...
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Perception, Status and Bottled Water
In a new study, University of Arkansas researchers argue that consumers buy bottled water because they perceive it to be purer, safer and healthier than municipal water. Further findings suggest that young and high-income ...
Apr 11, 2007 |
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Climate key to species invasion by air
Far-flung regions with similar climates that are suddenly linked by a busy flight route are at an increased risk of an invasion of foreign species, according to scientists at Oxford University.
Apr 11, 2007 |
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