Archive: 05/17/2007
Researchers Create New Form of Matter
Physicists at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated a new form of matter that melds the characteristics of lasers with those of the world's best electrical conductors - superconductors.
May 17, 2007 |
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Baby Stars Hatching in Orion's Head
A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars "hatching" in the head of Orion, the famous hunter constellation visible from northern hemispheres during winter nights. Astronomers suspect ...
May 17, 2007 |
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Scientists work to 'camouflage' devices
Two U.S. researchers have received a government grant to study ways to prevent the body from developing scar tissue around implanted biomedical devices.
May 17, 2007 |
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Landmark study details demographic, ecological and genetic spread of rabies in raccoon outbreak
Analyzing 30 years of data detailing a large rabies virus outbreak among North American raccoons, researchers at Emory University have revealed how initial demographic, ecological and genetic processes simultaneously shaped ...
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Positive self-esteem in youth can pay big salary dividends later in life
Believing in yourself may be good for the soul, but it can also be good for the bank account, according to a new University of Florida study that finds self-confidence can translate into earning hundreds of thousands of dollars ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 17, 2007 |
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Researchers Endorse Global Early Warning System to Prevent Pandemics
Could the HIV pandemic have been prevented? Nathan Wolfe, professor of epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health, says yes, and he's working to prevent the next one.
May 17, 2007 |
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Colorado River streamflow history reveals megadrought before 1490
An epic drought during the mid-1100s dwarfs any drought previously documented for a region that includes areas of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The six-decade-long drought was remarkable ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 17, 2007 |
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Scientists develop method to track immune system enzyme in live animals
Scientists supported by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) at the National Institutes of Health have created two mouse strains that will permit researchers to ...
May 17, 2007 |
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Study warns deepsea mining may pose serious threat to fragile marine ecosystems
Undersea habitats supporting rare and potentially valuable organisms are at risk from seafloor mining scheduled to begin within this decade, says a new study led by a University of Toronto Mississauga geologist.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 17, 2007 |
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Item-Level Tagging with RFID Technology
Imagine shopping without money, sales clerks or even cash registers. All you have to do is walk in, find your items and walk out. In the not-so-distant future, special technology within retail stores may help ...
May 17, 2007 |
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Team discovers 'throttle' for solar wind
Helium may act as a "throttle" for the solar wind, setting its minimum speed, according to new results from an MIT-led team using NASA's Wind spacecraft.
May 17, 2007 |
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Revamped, renewed, restarted -- Oak Ridge High Flux Isotope reactor back on line
The research reactor at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is back in action and better than ever.
May 17, 2007 |
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Climate change affects Southern Ocean carbon sink
The first evidence that recent climate change has weakened one the Earth's natural carbon 'sinks' is published this week in the journal Science.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 17, 2007 |
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Genome of yellow fever/dengue fever mosquito sequenced
Developing new strategies to prevent and control yellow fever and dengue fever has become more possible with the completion of the first draft of the genome sequence of Aedes aegypti mosquito by scientists led by Vishvanath ...
Biology /
May 17, 2007 |
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Adaptive optics pinpoints 2 supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies
Astronomers have discovered the exact location and makeup of a pair of supermassive black holes at the center of a collision of two galaxies more than 300 million light years away.
May 17, 2007 |
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