A Two-Time Universe? Physicist Explores How Second Dimension of Time Could Unify Physics Laws
May 15, 2007 |
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For a long time, Itzhak Bars has been studying time. More than a decade ago, the USC College physicist began pondering the role time plays in the basic laws of physics — the equations describing matter, gravity ...
Hubble Telescope Finds Ring of Dark Matter
May 15, 2007 |
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US astronomers on Tuesday presented the most solid proof yet of the existence of dark matter, a mysterious substance believed to make up more than a quarter of the universe.
Research says boiling broccoli ruins its anti-cancer properties
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Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the standard British cooking habit of boiling vegetables severely damages the anticancer properties of many Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower ...
New invention to make parabolic trough solar collector systems more energy efficient
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A mirror alignment measurement device, invented by Rich Diver, a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, may soon make one of the most popular solar collector systems, parabolic troughs, more affordable ...
Self-Compassion May be More Important Than Self-Esteem in Dealing With Negative Events, New Studies Show
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 15, 2007 |
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Why do some people roll with life’s punches, facing failures and problems with grace, while others dwell on calamities, criticize themselves and exaggerate problems?
The next big thing in molecular separation
May 15, 2007 |
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A new sieve designed by a University of Alberta graduate student could be the next big thing in separating molecules using really, really small devices.
The Mathematics of Natural Motion
May 15, 2007 |
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Circles, slaloms, figure eights, and loop-the-loops – biologists studying the motion of Listeria monocytogenes sensed that these paths were related, but they didn’t have a good way to define what fit in and ...
Making days longer than 24 hours
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 15, 2007 |
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People at a research hospital in Boston have been living 24-hour, 39-minute days. They were part of an experiment to show that the 24-hour human sleep-wake cycle can be adapted to other biological rhythms ...
Trojan Piggybacks on Windows Updater
May 15, 2007 |
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Researchers discover a Trojan that uses an integral part of Windows to download files onto infected systems.
Heavy multivitamin use may be linked to advanced prostate cancer
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While regular multivitamin use is not linked with early or localized prostate cancer, taking too many multivitamins may be associated with an increased risk for advanced or fatal prostate cancers, according to a study in ...
'Might have been' key in evaluating behavior
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 15, 2007 |
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"What might have been" or fictive learning affects the brain and plays an important role in the choices individuals make – and may play a role in addiction, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers and others in a report ...
Vast Regions of West Antarctica Melted in Recent Past
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 15, 2007 |
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A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures. This was the first widespread Antarctic ...
Motorola Introduces RAZR2 -- The Next-Generation RAZR
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 15, 2007 |
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Motorola, Inc. today invited the world to experience the evolution of the RAZR brand as it unveiled RAZR2, the ultimate iconic feature phone.
British man invents new milk container
May 15, 2007 |
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A British inventor has come up with a way to prevent thousands of tons of plastic milk bottles from being dumped in landfills each year.
Smokeless cannabis delivery device efficient and less toxic
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A smokeless cannabis-vaporizing device delivers the same level of active therapeutic chemical and produces the same biological effect as smoking cannabis, but without the harmful toxins, according to UCSF researchers.
