Get a Little Sun This Summer – It Could Help Save Your Life
Jun 11, 2008 |
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As summer comes and people across America get ready to start slathering on the sunscreen, a note of caution is in order – a little sunshine is good for you.
Memory loss linked to common sleep disorder
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For the first time, UCLA researchers have discovered that people with sleep apnea show tissue loss in brain regions that help store memory. Reported in the June 27 edition of the journal Neuroscience Letters, the fi ...
Microwave Synthesis Connects With the (Quantum) Dots
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality, water-soluble “quantum dots” for biological research. By ...
Researchers find an Australian dinosaur with South American heritage
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Australia's links to South America have just gotten a bit closer, but not due to economic forces, rather fossil forces.
Researchers reveal insights into hidden world of protein folding
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The proteins upon which life depends share an attribute with paper airplanes: Unless folded properly, they just won't fly.
Brain imaging study illustrates how remedial instruction helps poor readers
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Just as a disciplined exercise regimen helps human muscles become stronger and perform better, specialized workouts for the brain can boost cognitive skills, according to Carnegie Mellon scientists. Their new brain imaging ...
Plutoid chosen as name for solar system objects like Pluto
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Almost two years after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly introduced the category of dwarf planets, the IAU, as promised, has decided on a name for transneptunian dwarf planets similar ...
From Canada to the Caribbean: Tree leaves control their own temperature
Biology /
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The temperature inside a healthy, photosynthesizing tree leaf is affected less by outside environmental temperature than originally believed, according to new research from biologists at the University of Pennsylvania.
Phantom parent molecule of important class of chemical compounds isolated for first time
Jun 11, 2008 |
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A team of scientists from the University of Georgia and two European universities has, for the first time, synthesized and characterized the elusive parent molecule of an important class of chemical compounds.
Rising Diesel Prices Renew Interest in Fuel Saving Technologies
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Diesel fuel prices approaching $5 a gallon – and the resulting economic impact on products transported by truck – have created renewed interest in fuel-saving technologies developed during the past decade ...
Do vaccines cause autism, asthma and diabetes?
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Almost 70% of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children do so because they believe vaccines may cause harm. Indeed vaccines have been blamed for causing asthma, autism, diabetes, and many other conditions--most of which ...
Researchers identify biofilms that cause infections
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Understanding the way bacterial cells "talk" to each other could lead to more effective methods for fighting the often persistent and serious infections caused by the biofilms they form, says a Texas A&M University professor ...
'Nanoglassblowing' Seen as Boon to Study of Individual Molecules
Jun 11, 2008 |
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While the results may not rival the artistry of glassblowers in Europe and Latin America, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have found beauty in a new ...
Report on citation statistics: Numbers with a number of problems
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The International Mathematical Union today released the Citation Statistics report. Citation-based statistics, such as the impact factor, are often used to assess scientific research, but are they the best measures of research ...
'N-variant' microchips could protect intellectual property, enable new services
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Rice University computer engineers have created a way to design integrated circuits that can contain many multiple selves. The chips can assume one identify or a subset of identities at a time, depending on the user's needs. ...
