University of Florida professor designs plasma-propelled flying saucer
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction. University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor Subrata Roy has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft ...
Vitamin D: New way to treat heart failure?
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Strong bones, a healthy immune system, protection against some types of cancer: Recent studies suggest there's yet another item for the expanding list of vitamin D benefits. Vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," ...
Phoenix Lander Has An Oven Full Of Martian Soil
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has filled its first oven with Martian soil. "We have an oven full," Phoenix co-investigator Bill Boynton of the University of Arizona, Tucson, said today. "It took 10 seconds to ...
Researchers untangle quantum quirk
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Quantum computing has been hailed as the next leap forward for computers, promising to catapult memory capacity and processing speeds well beyond current limits. Several challenging problems need to be cracked, however, before ...
Researchers develop a worldwide tourism network
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It wasn't too long ago in human history that people rarely, if ever, traveled beyond the village they were born in. We've come a long way since then: according to the World Tourism Organization (WTO), international ...
Perfect Vision But Blind To Light
Biology /
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Mammals have two types of light-sensitive detectors in the retina. Known as rod and cone cells, they are both necessary to picture their environment. However, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological ...
Diamonds reveal deep source of platinum deposits
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2008 |
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The world's richest source of platinum and related metals is an enigmatic geological structure in South Africa known as the Bushveld Complex. This complex of ancient magmas is known to have formed some two ...
Study Finds New Properties in Non-Magnetic Materials
Jun 11, 2008 |
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A team of Penn State researchers has shown for the first time that the entire class of non-magnetic materials, such as those used in some computer components, could have considerably more uses than scientists ...
Chemists Get Scoop on Crude ‘Oil’ from Pig Manure
Jun 11, 2008 |
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After a close examination of crude oil made from pig manure, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are certain about a number of things. Most obviously, “This stuff smells worse than manure,” ...
Can you hear black holes collide?
Jun 11, 2008 |
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A team of gravitational-wave researchers from four universities has been selected to exhibit at the prestigious Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
Researchers find drugs being tested for Alzheimer's disease work in unexpected and beneficial ways
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Researchers at Mayo Clinic, with their national and international collaborators, have discovered how a class of agents now in testing to treat Alzheimer's disease work, and say they may open up an avenue of drug discovery ...
Disturbed rest, activity linked to mortality in older men
Jun 11, 2008 |
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It appears that disrupted rest and activity rhythms are associated with increased mortality rates among older men, according to new University of Minnesota research.
Fossils found in Tibet revise history of elevation, climate
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2008 |
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About 15,000 feet up on Tibet's desolate Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau, an international research team led by Florida State University geologist Yang Wang was surprised to find thick layers of ancient lake sediment ...
What's mine is mine: Brain scans reveal what's behind the aversion to loss of possessions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Did you ever wonder why it is so difficult to part with your stuff? A new study reveals fascinating insights into the specific neuropsychological mechanisms that are linked with the potential loss of possessions. The research, ...
GLAST Observatory in Orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2008 |
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At 12:05 p.m. EDT, the Delta II rocket easily lifted the GLAST spacecraft off the launch pad, out of smoke and clouds and into a beautiful Florida sky headed for space.
