Archive: 03/15/2007
Sandia's Z machine creates ice in nanoseconds
Sandia’s huge Z machine, which generates termperatures hottter than the sun, has turned water to ice in nanoseconds. However, don’t expect anything commercial just yet: the ice is hotter than the boiling point ...
Mar 15, 2007 |
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First science from the Large Binocular Telescope
An international team headed by University of Notre Dame astrophysicist Peter M. Garnavich has reported the first scientific result from the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). The team imaged a distant “afterglow” ...
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Arctic Sea Ice Decline May Trigger Climate Change Cascade
Arctic sea ice that has been dwindling for several decades may have reached a tipping point that could trigger a cascade of climate change reaching into Earth's temperate regions, says a new University of Colorado at Boulder ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Why mice sleep longer than humans
Most of us do it every night but we don't know why. If you miss too many nights, it might kill you.
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Music and Phone Calls via Bluetooth at Home
Siemens has developed a small Bluetooth-enabled device that allows to make cordless phone calls and listen to music simultaneously. The Gigaset ZX1 consists of a communicator with a button for accepting incoming ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Powerful Little Light: LED With 1,000 Lumens
Osram has developed a small light-emitting diode spotlight that achieves an output of more than 1,000 lumens for the first time. That’s brighter than a 50-watt halogen lamp, thereby making the device suitable ...
Mar 15, 2007 |
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A more complex HIV family tree discovered
Adding another component into an already complicated effort to identify weaknesses within HIV, a team of Los Alamos scientists discovered that HIV variation in the human population is driven by more than a person’s immune ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 15, 2007 |
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'Software glasses' clarify view of lunar thorium
Using a novel approach to data analysis, a sharper pair of “software glasses,” scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory are taking a closer look at spectroscopic Moon images to better understand how that body was formed. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Scientists develop new terahertz material
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have created a device for manipulating terahertz (THz) radiation. The device could be the basis for novel electronics and photonics applications ranging from new imaging methods ...
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Scientists Study True Colors of Amazon Rainforests
Using NASA satellite data, Boston University scientist Ranga Myneni studied the amount and dynamics of green leaf area of Amazon rainforests. The study found a 25 percent increase in leaf area during the dry ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Americans still not eating enough fruits and vegetables
"Eat your vegetables" has been heard at the dinner tables of America for a long time. Has the message gotten through? Since 1990 the Dietary Guidelines for Americans has recommended consuming at least two servings of fruits ...
Mar 15, 2007 |
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In Preeclampsia, Researchers Identify Proteins that Cause Blood Vessel Damage
Proteins released by the placenta may damage blood vessels in women with preeclampsia (PE), according to an abstract presented by Yale School of Medicine researchers at the Society for Gynecologic Investigation Conference ...
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Procedure Predicts Embryos Most Likely to Result in Pregnancy
To address the high rate of multiple births resulting from in-vitro-fertilization (IVF), researchers at Yale School of Medicine and McGill University have developed a procedure that estimates the reproductive potential of ...
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Cultured coral could help repair damaged reefs, scientists say
Coral might be the slowest-growing crop ever farmed by the University of Florida, but researchers say damaged reefs could be repaired faster if they perfect methods to cultivate the marine organisms.
Mar 15, 2007 |
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Soy found protective against localized prostate cancer
The largest study examining the relationship between the traditional soy-rich Japanese diet and development of prostate cancer in Japanese men has come to a seemingly contradictory conclusion: intake of isoflavone chemicals, ...
Mar 15, 2007 |
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