Solstice Moon Illusion
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Sometimes you just can't believe your eyes. This week is one of those times. On Wednesday night, June 18th, step outside at sunset and look around. You'll see a giant form rising in the east. At first glance ...
A Slimmer Milky Way Revealed by New Measurements
Jun 17, 2008 |
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The Milky Way Galaxy has lost weight. A lot of weight. About a trillion Suns' worth, according to an international team of scientists from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II), whose discovery has broad ...
Oh Baby! First photograph of early modern computer
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Here is the first known photograph of the great grandfather of modern digital computers – but you couldn’t use it on the train or take it jogging with you.
Developing better nano-electronics by understanding nonadiabatic effects
Jun 17, 2008 |
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“Basically,” Michele Lazzeri tells PhysOrg.com, “the Born-Oppenheimer adiabatic approximation tells us how atoms are vibrating.” This adiabatic effect is used to describe phonons, which are modes of vibration that have b ...
New research on octopuses sheds light on memory
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Jun 17, 2008 |
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Research on octopuses has shed new light on how our brains store and recall memory, says Dr. Benny Hochner of the Department of Neurobiology at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew ...
Study indicates grape seed extract may reduce cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease
Jun 17, 2008 |
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A compound found in grape seed extract reduces plaque formation and resulting cognitive impairment in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease, new research shows. The study appears in the June 18 issue of The Journal of Ne ...
Unique protein from an extremophilic organism discovered
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Jun 17, 2008 |
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New light has been shed on the microbial life living in extreme environments. Research by Professor Peter Golyshin of Bangor University, and an international team, published in the prestigious scientific journal, ...
Tracking Prions
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Infectious proteins known as prions have been identified as the cause of “mad cow” disease (BSE). The culprits are “incorrectly folded” proteins that can “infect” healthy proteins. The molecular bases for such prion diseases ...
OSU's Transparent Electronics Key to Solar Energy Breakthrough
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Transparent transistors and optoelectronics created by researchers at Oregon State University and HP have found their first key industrial application in a new type of solar energy system that its developers say will be four ...
Wavelets crunch through doctors' day long struggle to diagnose brain tumors
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Today if doctors devote a full day to analysis and expert thought, they may be able to provide just half a dozen patients with a diagnosis of the precise type of brain tumour they face. Now researchers at the University of ...
MIT researchers see alternative to common colorectal cancer drug
Jun 17, 2008 |
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A compound that accumulates in cells more readily than a commonly used colorectal cancer drug may be just as useful in treating colorectal tumors, but with fewer side effects, MIT researchers have found.
NASA Phoenix Lander Bakes Sample, Arm Digs Deeper
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2008 |
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One of the ovens on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander continued baking its first sample of Martian soil over the weekend, while the Robotic Arm dug deeper into the soil to learn more about white material first revealed ...
Membrane complexes take flight
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Against currently held dogma, scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol have revealed that the interactions within membrane complexes can be maintained intact in the vacuum of a mass spectrometer. Their research ...
Computer predicts anti-cancer molecules
Jun 17, 2008 |
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A new computer-based method of analyzing cellular activity has correctly predicted the anti-tumour activity of several molecules. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Cancer describes 'CoMet ...
Researchers find key developmental pathway activates lung stem cells
Jun 17, 2008 |
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that the activation of a molecular pathway important in stem cell and developmental biology leads to an increase in lung stem cells. Harnessing this ...
