Step on the gas -- New fuel cell design adds control, reduces complexity
Jan 16, 2007 |
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When Princeton University engineers want to increase the power output of their new fuel cell, they just give it a little more gas – hydrogen gas, to be exact. This simple control mechanism, which varies the flow of hydrogen ...
Small molecule offers big hope against cancer
Jan 16, 2007 |
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DCA is an odourless, colourless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, small molecule. And researchers at the University of Alberta believe it may soon be used as an effective treatment for many forms of cancer.
New details of first major urban battle emerge along with clues about civilization’s origins
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 16, 2007 |
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New details in the tragic end of one of the world’s earliest cities as well as clues about how urban life may have begun there were revealed in a recent excavation in northeastern Syria that was conducted by ...
Hybrid nano-CMOS chips could be far denser, but cooler
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Hewlett-Packard today announced research that could lead to the creation of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) up to eight times denser – while using less energy for a given computation – than those currently being produced.
40,000-year-old skull shows both modern human and Neandertal traits
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Humans continued to evolve significantly long after they were established in Europe, and interbred with Neandertals as they settled across the continent, according to new research published this week in the ...
Napoleon's mysterious death unmasked, researcher says
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A new investigation into Napoleon Bonaparte's cause of death might finally put to rest nearly 200 years of lingering mysteries about the illness that killed the French emperor during his island exile, a UT ...
Why are lions not as big as elephants?
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Carnivores are some of the widest ranging terrestrial mammals for their size, and this affects their energy intake and needs. This difference is also played out in the different hunting strategies of small and large carnivores. ...
No proof that growth hormone therapy makes you live longer, study finds
Jan 16, 2007 |
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Surveyors of anti-aging elixirs tout human growth hormone as a remedy for all things sagging-from skin to libidos - and claim it can even prevent or reverse aging. But researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine ...
Researchers discover surprising drug that blocks malaria
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Northwestern University researchers have discovered how malaria parasites persuade red blood cells to engulf them -- and how to block the invading parasites. The malaria marauders hack into the red cell's signaling system ...
Einstein's Tea Leaves Inspire New Blood Separation Technique
Jan 16, 2007 |
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Scientists at Monash University in Australia have developed a process for rapidly and efficiently separating blood plasma at the microscopic level without any moving parts, potentially allowing doctors to do blood tests without ...
Powerful computer models reveal key biological mechanism
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Using powerful computers to model the intricate dance of atoms and molecules, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have revealed the mechanism behind an important biological reaction. In collaboration ...
Physicists discover structures of gold nanoclusters
Jan 16, 2007 |
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Using different experimental techniques, two separate and independent research groups in collaboration with a team from the Center for Computational Materials Science (CCMS) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, ...
Scientists create wrinkled 'skin' on polymers
Jan 16, 2007 |
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Applied scientists demonstrated a new method for developing wrinkled hard skins on the surface areas of polymers using a focused ion beam. By controlling the direction and intensity of the ion beam, the researchers ...
Survey shows strong support for offshore wind power
Jan 16, 2007 |
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Delawareans are strongly in favor of offshore wind power as a future source of energy for the state, according to a survey conducted by University of Delaware researchers.
New study to test Statin-Parkinson's link
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Researchers are sufficiently worried by new study results that they are planning clinical trials involving thousands of people to examine the possible link between Parkinson's disease and statins, the world biggest selling ...
