Silent, microchip-sized 'fan' has no moving parts, yet produces enough wind to cool a laptop
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Engineers harnessing the same physical property that drives silent household air purifiers have created a miniaturized device that is now ready for testing as a silent, ultra-thin, low-power and low maintenance ...
Information Storage in Three Dimensions
Mar 18, 2008 |
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For the first time, researchers have successfully turned a glass material into three-dimensional information storage using a light-based technique. This achievement may be a big step forward for the real-life implementation ...
Logo Can Make You 'Think Different'
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Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and ...
Loopy photons clarify 'spookiness' of quantum physics
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Joint Quantum Institute (NIST/University of Maryland) have developed a new method for creating pairs of entangled photons, particles of light whose ...
Killer stairs? Taking the elevator could be worse for your body
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For years, scientists have been proclaiming the benefits of exercise. Studies showing that regular exercise benefits human health have exploded in number, examining many health problems ranging from cancer and diabetes to ...
Team Finds 'Metafilms' Can Shrink Radio, Radar Devices
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Recent research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has demonstrated that thin films made of “metamaterials”—manmade composites engineered to offer strange combinations of electromagnetic ...
Natural Selection and the Human Skull
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New research led by UC Davis anthropologist Tim Weaver adds to the evidence that chance, rather than natural selection, best explains why the skulls of modern humans and ancient Neanderthals evolved differently. The findings ...
The regulation of negative emotions: Impact on brain activity
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Emotions play an important role in the lives of humans, and influence our behavior, thoughts, decisions, and interactions. The ability to regulate emotions is essential to both mental and physical well-being.
Researchers Prove Bridge from Conventional to Molecular Electronics Possible
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have set the stage for building the “evolutionary link” between the microelectronics of today built from semiconductor compounds and future ...
Gene 'knockout' floors tobacco carcinogen
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In large-scale field trials, scientists from North Carolina State University have shown that silencing a specific gene in burley tobacco plants significantly reduces harmful carcinogens in cured tobacco leaves.
Grape skin compound fights the complications of diabetes
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Research carried out by scientists at the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England has found that resveratrol, a compound present naturally in grape skin, can protect against the cellular damage to blood vessels ...
The Vanishing Rings of Saturn
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Saturn: jewel of the solar system, taker of breaths, ringed beauty. Even veteran astronomers can't help but gasp when they see her through a small telescope. Red Alert: Saturn's rings are vanishing.
Satellites can help Arctic grazers survive killer winter storms
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2008 |
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Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens in the far north it can mean lingering death for reindeer, musk oxen and other animals that normally graze on the Arctic ...
Introspective experiences inform inferences about similar people -- but not dissimilar
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Using fMRI scanning, researchers have found that the region of the brain associated with introspective thought is also accessed when inferring the thoughts of other people who are similar to oneself. However, this is not ...
Study finds health professionals, public unprepared for genomic medicine
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Although advances in genomic medicine for common adult chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer hold promise for improved prevention, diagnosis and treatment, health professionals and the public are not ...
