Super-tough sunshield to fly on the James Webb Space Telescope
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Imagine sunglasses that can withstand the severe cold and heat of space, a barrage of radiation and high-speed impacts from small space debris. They don't exist, but Northrop Grumman engineers have created ...
How our senses combine to give us a better view of the world
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 12, 2008 |
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From a young age we are taught about the five senses and how they help us to explore our world. Although each sense seems to be its own entity, recent studies have indicated that there is actually a lot of overlap and blending ...
Experimental aids vaccine now in production
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The advance towards a vaccine for HIV/AIDS has taken another step closer to realization. A vaccine, developed by Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University ...
Sweepstakes are for the lucky, not every customer
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Many methods and strategies can be used to promote sales in addition to simply lowering price. One strategy, the "lucky draw," entitles all buyers to be entered in a drawing for some valued commodity. Using a test that probed ...
Major study of Chinese-Americans debunks 'model minority' myth
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Chinese Americans, one of the most highly educated groups in the nation, are confronted by a "glass ceiling," unable to realize full occupational stature and success to match their efforts, concludes a new ...
Improved spectrometer based on nonlinear optics
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Scientists at Stanford University and Japan's National Institute of Informatics have created a new highly sensitive infrared spectrometer. The device converts light from the infrared part of the spectrum to the visible ...
Researchers develop a new way to study how breast cancer spreads
Nov 12, 2008 |
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In a breakthrough study appearing in advance online publication of Nature Methods, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University describe for the first time a method of viewing individual breast ...
US 'super bugs' invading South America
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Two clones of highly antibiotic-resistant organism strains, which previously had only been identified in the United States, are now causing serious sickness and death in several Colombian cities including the capital Bogotá, ...
Sex and the pond snail
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Nov 12, 2008 |
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A third-year undergraduate student at The University of Nottingham has had her research into the sex life of the pond snail published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Light triggers a new code for brain cells
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Nov 12, 2008 |
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Brain cells can adopt a new chemical code in response to cues from the outside world, scientists working with tadpoles at the University of California, San Diego report in the journal Nature this week.
Parasite-resistant peppers green alternatives to chemical pesticides
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Nov 12, 2008 |
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Root-knot nematodes are extreme parasites. These microscopic, omnipresent worms cause major damage to horticultural and field crops in sub-tropical regions, resulting in significant financial losses to growers ...
In the war against diseases, nerve cells need their armor
Nov 12, 2008 |
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In a new study, researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), McGill University, and the Université de Montréal have discovered an essential mechanism for the maintenance of the normal structure of myelin, the ...
Certain types of thinking are best suited to certain types of problem-solving
Nov 12, 2008 |
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A new study in the journal Mind, Brain, and Education reveals that certain types of thinking are best suited to solving certain types of problems. Specifically, geometry problems are best solved by a combination of verbal ...
Vest monitors show air pollution is dangerous indoors and out
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Indoor and outdoor pollutants can rapidly harm the heart in ways different than outdoor air pollution alone, according to a new study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008.
Quality, quantity lacking in children's educational TV, study says
Nov 12, 2008 |
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Commercial broadcasters are doing the "bare minimum and not much more" for children's educational programming, according to University of Illinois communication professor Barbara Wilson, one of two lead researchers on a study ...
