Backpack straps harvest energy to power electronics
Sep 13, 2007 |
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All that rubbing of your backpack straps on your shoulders may be put to good use, now that researchers have designed a novel type of energy harvesting backpack. The pack has straps made of a piezoelectric ...
Oldest stars may shed light on dark matter
Sep 13, 2007 |
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The universe’s earliest stars may hold clues to the nature of dark matter, the mysterious stuff that makes up most of the universe’s matter but doesn’t interact with light, cosmologists report.
Good fences make good neighbors
Sep 13, 2007 |
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In the last century, more than 100 million people have perished in violent conflict, very often because of local clashes between ethnically or culturally distinct groups. In a novel study this week in Science, researchers report ...
Scientists eye secrets of retinal regeneration
Sep 13, 2007 |
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Peering at microscopic changes within the retina, scientists in the Department of Ophthalmology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, have discovered a key mechanism driving eye health and eye disease.
Salmon garnish points the way to green electronics
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Professor Andrew Steckl, a leading expert in light-emitting diodes, is intensifying the properties of LEDs by introducing biological materials, specifically salmon DNA.
Researchers improve ability to write and store information on electronic devices
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New research led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory physicist Matthias Bode provides a more thorough understanding of new mechanisms, which makes it possible to switch a magnetic ...
Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to stomach virus
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Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME (myalgic encephalitis), is linked to a stomach virus, suggests research published ahead of print in Journal of Clinical Pathology.
The sea ice is getting thinner
Sep 13, 2007 |
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Large areas of the Arctic sea-ice are only one metre thick this year, equating to an approximate 50 percent thinning as compared to the year 2001. These are the initial results from the latest Alfred-Wegener-Institute ...
Coronet: A Star Formation Neighbor
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While perhaps not quite as well known as its star formation cousin of Orion, the Corona Australis region (containing, at its heart, the Coronet Cluster) is one of the nearest and most active regions of ongoing ...
Saturn's moon Iapetus is the yin-yang of the solar system
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2007 |
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Cassini scientists are poring through hundreds of images returned from the 10 September fly-by of Saturn's two-toned moon Iapetus.
Ancient whale fall from California's Año Nuevo Island one of youngest, most complete known
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A fossilized whale skeleton excavated 20 years ago amid the stench and noise of a seabird and elephant seal rookery on California's Año Nuevo Island turns out to be the youngest example on the Pacific coast ...
Scientists discover how to isolate stem cells in womb tissue
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Scientists in Australia have found a way of identifying probable stem cells in the lining of women’s wombs. The finding opens up the possibility of using the stem cells for tissue engineering applications such as building ...
Study: Vowel sounds affect consumer buying
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A U.S. study determined product names with vowel sounds that convey positive attributes about the product are deemed more favorable by consumers.
The molecular signature of loneliness
Sep 13, 2007 |
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People who experience chronically high levels of loneliness show gene-expression patterns that differ markedly from those of people who don't feel lonely, according to a new molecular analysis in the online open access journal ...
DNA analysis shows true dispersal of protozoa
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Sep 13, 2007 |
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In contrast to previous findings, it seems that the global distribution of macro- and microorganisms might be similar. A study in the online open access journal, BMC Evolutionary Biology, shows that some protozoa are global ...
