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From Farm Waste to Fuel Tanks

Using corncob waste as a starting material, researchers have created carbon briquettes with complex nanopores capable of storing natural gas at an unprecedented density of 180 times their own volume and at ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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Biomedical engineers advance on 'smart bladder pacemaker'

Duke University biomedical engineering researchers have moved a step closer to a "smart bladder pacemaker" that might one day restore bladder control in patients with spinal cord injury or neurological disease.

Medicine & Health / Research

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Visa change means fewer rural doctors

Congressional changes to U.S. visa laws intended to help companies hire skilled workers have made it hard for rural areas to find doctors.

Medicine & Health / Other

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Custom-made cancer cell attacks

Imagine a cancer treatment tailored to the cells in a patient’s body, each person receiving a unique treatment program.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 16, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

US needs to plan for climate change-induced summer droughts

The western United States has experienced increasing drought conditions in recent years – and conditions may worsen if global climate change models are accurate – yet the country is doing little to prepare for potential catastrophe, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 16, 2007 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers replace organ in adult mice using 'single-parent' stem cells

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have derived uniparental embryonic stem cells - created from a single donor's eggs or two sperm - and, for the first time, successfully used them ...

Medicine & Health / Research

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Studies of population genetics, evolution are an exercise in bad taste

DALLAS – Feb. 16, 2007 – Scientific studies of why foods such as Brussels sprouts and stout beer are horribly bitter-tasting to some people but palatable to others are shedding light on a number of questions, from the mechanisms ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Study of atomic movement may influence design of pharmaceuticals

Chemists at the University of Liverpool have designed a unique structure to capture the movement of atoms which may impact on future designs of pharmaceuticals.

Chemistry /

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Where is Beagle 2? The search continues

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has used its onboard High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera (HiRISE) to take a colour image of a region of Mars in the vicinity of the intended ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 16, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Handheld 'T-ray' Device earns new $30,000 Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize

"T-rays" have been touted as the next breakthrough in sensing and imaging, but the need for bulky equipment has been an obstacle to reaching the field's potential. Enter Brian Schulkin, winner of the first-ever ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 16, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (34) | comments 0

Mineral Mapper Uncovering Clues of Martian Surface Composition

Reaching its first 100 days of operations, the powerful mineral-detector aboard the newest satellite to circle Mars is changing the way scientists view the history of water on the red planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Macro, not micro: modified theories of gravity

When it comes to cosmology, the macro scale is important. As scientists search for the reasons behind the increasing rate at which the universe is expanding, they modify Einstein’s theory of gravity and delve into dark energy ...

Physics / General Physics

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Hunting martian fossils best bet for locating Mars life, researcher says

Hunting for traces of life on Mars calls for two radically different strategies, says Arizona State University professor Jack Farmer. Of the two, he says, with today’s exploration technology we can most easily ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Rewarding fat rats

We all remember a time when we were paralyzed in the face of a tough decision. For animals in the natural world, making the right choice can mean the difference between life and death.

Biology /

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Not just babbling

Baby language is more than just nonsense to Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council grantee Janet Werker. Her research shows infants listen to the words being spoken to them and look for patterns – sounds that are ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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