Extreme nature helps scientists design nano materials
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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Scientists are using designs in nature from extreme environments to overcome the challenges of producing materials on the nanometre scale. A team from the UK's John Innes Centre, the Scripps Research Institute in California ...
Scientists discover cause of weakness in marine animal hybrids
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Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have shown for the first time that a genetic malfunction found in marine crustaceans called copepods likely explains why populations of animals ...
Helsinki Urban/Nature Interactive Invites World-Wide Visitors Via Flickr
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(PhysOrg.com) -- CityWall is a large interactive touch display in central Helsinki Finland. The interactive 3D touch screen display portrays the ever changing landscape of Helsinki as nature and urban life ...
Facebook is 'social glue' for university freshers
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The first few weeks at university can be a difficult time for freshers as they attempt to settle in to their new academic and social life. Researchers at the University of Leicester have found that a high proportion of freshers ...
Research finds that marijuana use takes toll on adolescent brain function
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Brain imaging shows that the brains of teens that use marijuana are working harder than the brains of their peers who abstain from the drug. At the 2008 annual meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Boston, Mass., ...
AGAP team poised to probe one of Antarctica's last unexplored places
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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A U.S.-led, multinational team of scientists from six nations will pierce the mysteries of one of the globe's last major unexplored places this month. Using sophisticated airborne radar and other Information ...
Modern genetics vs. ancient frog-killing fungus
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Scientists at the University of Idaho currently are involved in a CSI-like investigation of a killer known to have been running rampant for the past decade. But the killer's name can't be found on the FBI's Most Wanted list. ...
Did termites help Katrina destroy New Orleans floodwalls?
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Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, people still speculate over causes of the destruction of the city's floodwall system. A new article in the fall issue of American Entomologist (Vol. 54, No. 3) sug ...
Resveratrol prevents fat accumulation in livers of 'alcoholic' mice
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The accumulation of fat in the liver as a result of chronic alcohol consumption could be prevented by consuming resveratrol, according to a new study with mice. The research found that resveratrol reduced the amount of fat ...
Russian spacecraft docks with space station
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-13 to the Earth-facing port of the ...
Study specifies chemical pathway for ions through the cell membrane
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Life ultimately depends on the traffic of tiny charged particles through porous proteins studding the membrane surrounding every cell. In research published in Nature, scientists at The Rockefeller University ...
Why do women get more cavities than men?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Reproduction pressures and rising fertility explain why women suffered a more rapid decline in dental health than did men as humans transitioned from hunter-and-gatherers to farmers and more sedentary pursuits, ...
Strong elasticity size effects in ZnO nanowires
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Recently, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires have drawn major interest because of their semiconducting nature and unique optical and piezoelectric properties. Various applications for ZnO nanowires have been conceived, including ...
Study finds high mortality of endangered loggerhead sea turtles in Baja California
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Along the southern coast of Baja California, Mexico, scientists have been counting the carcasses of endangered sea turtles for a decade as part of an effort to assess and eliminate threats ...
Transforming the 1930s house into an energy efficient home of the future
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The 1930s semi is an icon of its age. Three million were built and they are still a major part of our current housing stock. Now a three year research project is about to start at The University of Nottingham that will help ...
