Device Uses Solar Energy to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Fuel (Update)
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Chemists at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated the feasibility of exploiting sunlight to transform a greenhouse gas into a useful product.
First use of Deutsch's Algorithm in a cluster state quantum computer
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Finding a way to build a quantum computer that works more efficiently than a classical computer has been the holy grail of quantum information processing for more than a decade. “There is quite a strong competition ...
Ethanol vehicles pose a significant risk to human health, study finds
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Ethanol is widely touted as an eco-friendly, clean-burning fuel. But if every vehicle in the United States ran on fuel made primarily from ethanol instead of pure gasoline, the number of respiratory-related deaths and hospitalizations ...
Physicists tweak zinc to get many model compounds
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Try as they might, ancient alchemists could never turn lead into gold. Neither can the members of the Novel Materials group at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory. But these physicists do have ...
New method to directly probe the quantum collisions of individual atoms
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The first demonstration of a fundamentally new method for measuring a particular quantum property of individual atoms will be described in a research paper to be published in the 19 April 2007 edition of the ...
Racing neurons control whether we stop or go
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 18, 2007 |
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In the children's game "red light green light," winners are able to stop, and take off running again, more quickly than their comrades. New research reveals that a similar race goes on in our brains, with ...
Mystery of fossilized trees is solved
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2007 |
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An international research team has found evidence of the Earth's earliest forest trees, dating back 385 million years.
Astronomers Map Out Planetary Danger Zone
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Astronomers have laid down the cosmic equivalent of yellow "caution" tape around super hot stars, marking the zones where cooler stars are in danger of having their developing planets blasted away.
Scientists unlock secret of what makes plants flower
Biology /
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A protein acting as a long-distance signal from leaf to shoot-tip tells plants when to flower, says new research published in Science Express on Thursday 19 April 2007.
Brown Dwarfs Beaming Like Pulsars
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Brown dwarfs, thought just a few years ago to be incapable of emitting any significant amounts of radio waves, have been discovered putting out extremely bright "lighthouse beams" of radio waves, much like ...
Researcher focuses on pros, cons of antioxidants from fruits and vegetables
Apr 18, 2007 |
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Nutrition: It's not just the four basic food groups any more. Researcher Dr. Susanne Mertens-Talcott of Texas A&M University is looking into how plant-based phytochemicals, including antioxidants and herbal supplements, can ...
New Lexmark Printers Go Wireless
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 18, 2007 |
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Several of the new four-in-one, three-in-one and single-function inkjet printers, to be released later in 2007 will have wireless capabilities.
New Undersea Vent Suggests Snake-Headed Mythology
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2007 |
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A new "black smoker" -- an undersea mineral chimney emitting hot, iron-darkened water that attracts unusual marine life -- has been discovered at about 8,500 feet underwater by an expedition currently exploring ...
Schmidt Scoffs at Antitrust Concerns About DoubleClick Deal
Apr 18, 2007 |
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt said on April 17 that there is absolutely no merit to the accusation by Microsoft and others that Google's acquisition of DoubleClick for $3.1 billion raises antitrust and privacy concerns.
Should researchers wash their hands of hand washing?
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Despite the high profile given to hand washing in hospitals, there is still little robust evidence to show which are the best ways to improve hand hygiene.
