New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells
May 16, 2007 |
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A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace ...
Inexpensive 'nanoglue' can bond nearly anything together
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to bond materials that don’t normally stick together. The team’s adhesive, which is based on self-assembling nanoscale chains, could ...
Microsoft: Why Not Use Your Phone as a Cheap PC?
May 16, 2007 |
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While the PDA has existed as a sort of mini-PC for years, Microsoft said it would encourage phone manufacturers to formalize the transition of the phone to a mobile PC through a research initiative called "Fone+".
Scientists pioneer technique for 'weighing' black holes
May 16, 2007 |
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Two astrophysicists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., Nikolai Shaposhnikov and Lev Titarchuk, have successfully tested a new method for determining the masses of black holes.
From ink to optics, study of particle mixtures yields fundamental insights
May 16, 2007 |
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Since the invention of ink over 3,000 years ago, people have exploited the unique properties of colloids, in which particles of one substance are suspended in another. Now, Princeton University chemical engineers ...
Researchers reveal first images of brain changes associated with memory
May 16, 2007 |
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University of California, Irvine researchers have developed the first images of the physical changes in brain cells thought to underlie memory, a discovery that is already uncovering clues about memory loss ...
Fingerprint instead of Blood Sample
May 16, 2007 |
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To this day, fingerprints are just the thing when a perpetrator needs to be arrested or a person needs to be identified. British scientists working with David A. Russell also want to make it possible to use fingerprints to ...
Do fruit flies have free will?
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May 16, 2007 |
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Free will and true spontaneity exist … in fruit flies. This is what scientists report in a groundbreaking study in the May 16, 2007 issue of the open-access journal PLoS ONE.
Scientists discover new life in the Antarctic deep sea
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May 16, 2007 |
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Scientists have found hundreds of new marine creatures in the vast, dark deep-sea surrounding Antarctica. Carnivorous sponges, free-swimming worms, crustaceans, and molluscs living in the Weddell Sea provide ...
Scientists demonstrate first use of nanotechnology to enter plant cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 16, 2007 |
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A team of Iowa State University plant scientists and materials chemists have successfully used nanotechnology to penetrate plant cell walls and simultaneously deliver a gene and a chemical that triggers its expression with ...
Biologists convert protein sequences into classical music
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UCLA molecular biologists have turned protein sequences into original compositions of classical music.
Treating Longtime Partner Like a First Date Can Boost Morale and Well-being
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 16, 2007 |
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The quickest way for longtime couples to rekindle romance may be to pretend they’re strangers, according to a University of British Columbia psychology study.
Penn Physicists Develop a Carbon Nanotube Aeroegel Optimizing Strength, Shape and Conductivity
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 16, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have created low-density aerogels made from carbon nanotubes, CNTs, that are capable of supporting 8,000 times their own weight. The new material also combines the strength and ...
Study: Math often confuses consumers
May 16, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have determined two plus two might not always equal four -- especially when consumers are confronted with percentages.
Rare soft-shell turtle, nesting ground found in Cambodia
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One of the world’s largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodia’s Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction.
