Stretchable Silicon May Inspire a New Wave of Electronics
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Scientists have created a form of nanoscale silicon that is stretchable. The new material may help pave the way for a class of stretchable electronic devices, such as “smart” surgical gloves and personal health ...
Plants recognize their siblings, biologists discover
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Jun 13, 2007 |
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The next time you venture into your garden armed with plants, consider who you place next to whom. It turns out that the docile garden plant isn’t as passive as widely assumed, at least not with strangers. Researchers at ...
Physicists discover 'triple-scoop' baryon
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Physicists of the DZero experiment at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new heavy particle, the Ξb (pronounced "zigh sub b") baryon, with a mass of 5. ...
New Evidence Points to Oceans on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Scientists have found new evidence to support the presence of large oceans on Mars in the past. Published in the June 14 issue of Nature, the research suggests that changes in Mars’ orientation with respec ...
Nanoparticles Unlock the Future of Superalloy Metals
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Sandia National Laboratories is pioneering the future of superalloy materials by advancing the science behind how those superalloys are made.
New findings challenge established views about human genome
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A team of researchers led by University of Virginia Health System geneticists has uncovered a major secret in the mystery of how the DNA helix replicates itself time after time. It turns out that it is not just the sequence ...
Double explosion heralds the death of a very massive star
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A unique discovery of two celestial explosions at exactly the same position in the sky has led astronomers to suggest they have witnessed the death of one of the most massive stars that can exist.
Sexual attitudes differ whether one is in or outside of a relationship
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 13, 2007 |
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So long, Venus and Mars: Once they become a couple, men and women are from the same planet, a new University of Florida study finds.
New fabrication technique yields nanoscale UV LEDs
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland and Howard University, have developed a technique to create tiny, highly ...
Two more active moons around Saturn
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Saturn’s moons Tethys and Dione are flinging great streams of particles into space, according to data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini mission to Saturn. The discovery suggests the possibility of some sort of ...
Biologists unravel the genetic secrets of black widow spider silk
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Jun 13, 2007 |
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Biologists at the University of California, Riverside have identified the genes, and determined the DNA sequences, for two key proteins in the “dragline silk” of the black widow spider – an advance that may ...
Science-based 9/11 animation created
Jun 13, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have created a science-based animation of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center twin towers.
Researchers clarify protein's role in multiple sclerosis
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A protein found primarily in the lens of the eye could be the critical "tipping point" in the spiral of inflammation and damage that occurs in multiple sclerosis, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine ...
Bacteria ferry nanoparticles into cells for early diagnosis, treatment
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Researchers at Purdue University have shown that common bacteria can deliver a valuable cargo of "smart nanoparticles" into a cell to precisely position sensors, drugs or DNA for the early diagnosis and treatment ...
Daddies' girls choose men just like their fathers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 13, 2007 |
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Women who enjoy good childhood relationships with their fathers are more likely to select partners who resemble their dads research suggests. In contrast, the team of psychologists from Durham University and two Polish institutions ...
