Alternative energy hits the road
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Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun's warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way ...
Strange molecule in the sky cleans acid rain, scientists discover
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. It's the unusual chemistry facilitated ...
Scientists use old enemy to K.O. cancer
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Chemists are pulling cancer onto a sucker punch by getting infected cells to drop their guard – according to research published today. They are using the metal ruthenium as a catalyst to a cancer-busting reaction which calls ...
Rare case explains why some infected with HIV remain symptom free without antiretroviral drugs
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 12, 2008 |
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AIDS experts at Johns Hopkins say they have compelling evidence that some people with HIV who for years and even decades show extremely low levels of the virus in their blood never progress to full-blown AIDS and remain symptom ...
Carbon Nanotube-Coated Electrodes Improve Brain Readouts
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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A research group has significantly improved the quality of brain-function measurements by coating metal neural electrodes with carbon nanotubes. Their work could potentially allow scientists to learn more ...
It's The Water: Beijing Olympic Swimmer Provided State-of-Art ProMinent Ozone Technology
Aug 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As Olympic records are being broken left and right by Michael Phelps, questions have been raised do we have a performance enhancing water issue. Some attribute the gold hanging around Olympiad ...
Researchers Discover Tiny Cellular Antennae Trigger Neural Stem Cells
Biology /
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University scientists today reported evidence suggesting that the tiny cilia found on brain cells of mammals, thought to be vestiges of a primeval past, actually play a critical role ...
'Top Secret' Technology To Help U.S. Swimmers Trim Times at Beijing Olympics
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Milliseconds can mean the difference between triumph and defeat in the world of Olympic sports, leading more trainers and athletes to look toward technology as a tool to get an edge on the ...
Images for 3D Video Games Without High Price Tags or Stretch Marks
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The images of rocks, clouds, marble and other textures that serve as background images and details for 3D video games are often hand painted and thus costly to generate. A breakthrough from ...
What three-year-olds eat affects their school performance many years later
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(PhysOrg.com) -- School dinners have come under the spotlight recently, but new research suggests that diet in the pre-school years is even more important.
Students Develop 'Mind-Control' Interface to Play Video Games Without a Controller
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drexel University students have taken game controller innovation beyond motion control with a “hands-off” approach and developed an interface that allows players to execute actions using only ...
Scientist Discovers New Molecule to Treat Chronic Pain
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Northeastern University Pharmaceutical Sciences professor and Center for Drug Discovery director Alexandros Makriyannis and a team of researchers have created a synthetic molecule that could be used to treat ...
Professor Examines the Effects of Climate Change on Civilizations
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Global warming is currently one the world's most pressing issues, but the phenomenon of climate change is not specific to the 21st century. A new book by anthropologist Brian Fagan takes a look at the global ...
X-rays use diamonds as a window to the center of the Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Diamonds from Brazil have provided the answers to a question that Earth scientists have been trying to understand for many years: how is oceanic crust that has been subducted deep into the Earth recycled back into volcanic ...
Cassini Begins Transmitting Data From Enceladus Flyby
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after 9:03 p.m. Pacific Time, the Cassini spacecraft began sending data to Earth following a close flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus. During closest approach, Cassini successfully passed ...
