Archive: 12/13/2007
Researchers shine the light of venus to learn how the herpes virus invades cells
University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered an important step in how herpes simplex virus, HSV-1, uses cooperating proteins found on its outer coat to gain entry into healthy cells and infect them. Further, the ...
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Researchers zero in on the tiniest members in the war on cancer
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University have uncovered another reason why one of the most commonly activated proteins in cancer is so dangerous. As reported in Nature Genetics this week, ...
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Immune system may target some brain synapses
A baby's brain has a lot of work to do, growing more neurons and connections. Later, a growing child's brain begins to pare down these connections until it develops into the streamlined brain of an adult.
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Foreign ozone emissions lower U.S. air quality
When it comes to environmental impacts, no nation is an island. A recent study from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds that up to 15 percent of U.S. air pollution comes ...
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Probing Question: What are carbon offsets?
While most Americans are aware that they increase carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel to drive their cars and heat their homes, they tend to think less about the greenhouse impacts of other daily activities.
Dec 13, 2007 |
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NEC Develops New Full Low-k Cu-interconnect Structure
NEC have developed a new Silica-Carbon Composite (SCC) film capable of blocking Cu-atom diffusion into the dielectric films of LSI interconnects. Use of the SCC film establishes an ultimate full-low-k (FLK) Cu interconnect ...
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Moss genome shows how plants invaded the land and learned to survive heat and drought
Some 400 million years ago, on a lifeless lakeshore lapped by waves, floating algae learned to survive in the open air and launched an invasion that transformed the Earth into a green paradise.
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Biocapture Surfaces Produced for Study of Brain Chemistry
A research team at Penn State has developed a novel method for attaching small molecules, such as neurotransmitters, to surfaces, which then are used to capture large biomolecules. By varying the identity ...
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Coral Reefs Unlikely to Survive in Acid Oceans
Carbon emissions from human activities are not just heating up the globe, they are changing the ocean’s chemistry. This could soon be fatal to coral reefs, which are havens for marine biodiversity and underpin ...
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Unlocking the Mysteries of Cross-Gender Writing
Fresh research into the phenomenon of transvestism in literature will attempt to unlock the mysteries of cross-gender writing.
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Message to the elderly: It's never too late to prevent illness
A new study by a NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center physician-scientist has an important message for the elderly: It's not too late to improve your health through diet and exercise, even if you've ...
Dec 13, 2007 |
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New research alters concept of how circadian clock functions
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have identified a molecule that may govern how the circadian clock in plants responds to environmental changes.
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Researchers discover second light-sensing system in human eye
New research on blind subjects has bolstered evidence that the human eye has two separate light-sensing systems — one that perceives the familiar visual signals that allow us to see and a second, separate system that tells ...
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Panasonic Develops a Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power Transistor with Ultra High Breakdown Voltage over 10000V
Panasonic today announced the development of a Gallium Nitride (GaN) power transistor with the ultra high breakdown voltage over 10000V. This breakdown voltage is more than 5 times higher than previously reported ...
Dec 13, 2007 |
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Sshhh, it's listening: totally new computer interfaces
Keyboards are a necessary part of today’s computers, right? Maybe not for much longer. A group of European scientists have used acoustic sensors to turn wooden tabletops and even three-dimensional objects ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
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