Archive: 02/15/2008
Brain waves pattern themselves after rhythms of nature
The same rules of physics that govern molecules as they condense from gas to liquid, or freeze from liquid to solid, also apply to the activity patterns of neurons in the human brain. University of Chicago ...
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Worldwide effort bringing ALMA telescope into reality
In the thin, dry air of northern Chile's Atacama Desert, at an altitude of 16,500 feet, an amazing new telescope system is taking shape, on schedule to provide the world's astronomers with unprecedented views of the origins ...
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Learning about brains from computers, and vice versa
For many years, Tomaso Poggio’s lab at MIT ran two parallel lines of research. Some projects were aimed at understanding how the brain works, using complex computational models. Others were aimed at improving the abilities ...
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Policies key as ethanol 'revolution' links agriculture, energy sectors
The recent boom in production of ethanol from corn grain has tightly linked the agriculture and energy sectors in an unprecedented fashion.
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Study: Religion colors Americans' views of nanotechnology
Is nanotechnology morally acceptable? For a significant percentage of Americans, the answer is no, according to a recent survey of Americans' attitudes about the science of the very small.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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Past greenhouse warming events provide clues to what the future may hold
If carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels continue on a "business-as-usual" trajectory, humans will have added about 5 trillion metric tons of carbon to the atmosphere by the year 2400. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Probing Question: What is lost when a language dies?
Oy vey! Although English dictionaries list "Oh dear!" as a rough equivalent of this Yiddish expression, Yiddishists will tell you how short that falls in conveying the phrase's varied, flexible and nuanced meanings, ranging ...
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Small graphene wires may be poor conductors
Ohio University physicists researching electron properties in graphene ribbons have found that narrow wires made of this material may not be good conductors.
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Nanotechnology Advances Brain Cancer Detection and Therapy
Brain cancer is one of the most aggressive and lethal of malignancies, made even more difficult to treat by the fact that most anticancer drugs have a hard time even getting to the tumors. Now, studies by three different ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 15, 2008 |
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New Nanotube Findings Give Boost to Potential Biomedical Applications
Carbon nanotubes have shown real promise as highly accurate vehicles for delivering antitumor agents into malignant cells, but a dearth of data about what happens to the tubes after they discharge their medical payloads has ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Mars Rovers Sharpen Questions About Livable Conditions
Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Coal gasification -- myths, challenges and opportunities
There is a growing consensus that increased demand for electricity will cement coal’s place in the energy portfolio for years to come. In fact, more than half of the electricity produced in the United States ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Smoking during pregnancy can put mums and babies at risk
A British report suggests smoking while pregnant may be less damaging to a fetus than many people have been led to believe.
Feb 15, 2008 |
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San Diego battles rising STD cases
Health officials in San Diego have begun a media campaign to try to cut the rising rate of syphilis and other sexually-transmitted diseases.
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Britain considers manned space missions
The British government may be rethinking its decision not to pursue manned space missions.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2008 |
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