Rensselaer student invents alternative to silicon chip
May 13, 2008 |
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Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile companies. The 2008 ...
NASA Phoenix Mission Ready For Mars Landing
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 13, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is preparing to end its long journey and begin a three-month mission to taste and sniff fistfuls of Martian soil and buried ice. The lander is scheduled to touch down on the Red ...
Solar Lily Pads Gently Floating And Gathering Energy on the River Clyde
May 13, 2008 |
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The preeminent Glasgow, Scotland based architecture firm ZM Architecture has big ideas for attracting solar energy in a very aesthetic manner. The proposed Water Lily Solar panels for the Clyde River in Glasgow ...
A molecular thermometer for the distant universe
May 13, 2008 |
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Astronomers have made use of ESO’s Very Large Telescope to detect for the first time in the ultraviolet the carbon monoxide molecule in a galaxy located almost 11 billion light-years away, a feat that had ...
Researchers pinpoint how smoking causes cancer
May 13, 2008 |
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Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have pinpointed the protein that can lead to genetic changes that cause lung cancer. The research will be published Tuesday, May 12, in the British Journal of ...
Soldered lenses
May 13, 2008 |
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Lenses in optical devices are kept in place by adhesives. This can cause problems when the microscopes and cameras are employed inside a vacuum, as the adhesives may release gases that contaminate the lenses. ...
Fecal microorganisms inhabit sandy beaches of Florida
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Traditionally, the cleanliness of a beach is monitored by sampling the bathing water a few meters from shore. But since sand is an effective filter, it follows that fecal bacteria (those from sewage) may be concentrated in ...
DNA fingerprinting simplified
May 13, 2008 |
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Agarose gel electrophoresis? Most teenagers wouldn’t have a clue what this scientific term means, but middle school student Andrew Trigiano knows the protocol inside and out. When Andrew was 12, his father ...
Businesspeople Who Are Too Sure Of Their Abilities Are Less Savvy Entrepreneurs: New Study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 13, 2008 |
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Apprentice-style entrepreneurs who have an inflated sense of their own abilities may jump into new business ventures with insufficient regard for the competition and the size of the market, new research has found.
New Analysis Shows Important Slowdown in Lake Tahoe Clarity Loss
May 13, 2008 |
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For the first time since researchers began continuously measuring Lake Tahoe's famed water clarity 40 years ago, UC Davis scientists reported today that the historical rate of decline in the lake's clarity has slowed considerably ...
Vitamin D protects cells from stress that can lead to cancer
May 13, 2008 |
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By inducing a specific gene to increase expression of a key enzyme, vitamin D protects healthy prostate cells from the damage and injuries that can lead to cancer, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report.
Astronaut health on moon may depend on good dusting
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 13, 2008 |
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Lunar dust could be more than a housekeeping issue for astronauts who visit the moon. Their good health may depend on the amount of exposure they have to the tiny particles.
Mayo Clinic study shows acupuncture and myofascial trigger therapy treat same pain areas
May 13, 2008 |
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Ancient acupuncture and modern myofascial pain therapy each focus on hundreds of similar points on the body to treat pain, although they do it differently, says a physician at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville who analyzed the ...
Children better prepared for school if their parents read aloud to them
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Young children whose parents read aloud to them have better language and literacy skills when they go to school, according to a review published online ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
Leveling the gaming field
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 13, 2008 |
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A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students makes it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a level field with their sighted friends.
