Archive: 06/18/2009
New technology enables high-speed data transfer
GridFTP, a protocol developed by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory, has been used to transfer unprecedented amounts of data over the Department of Energy's (DOE) Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), which provides a ...
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Scientists reach milestone in study of emergent magnetism
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have reached a milestone in the study of emergent magnetism.
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Nuclear fusion power project to start in 2018: official
An experimental reactor that could harness nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, will begin operation in southern France in 2018, the project's governing body announced Thursday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Special effects outsourcing grows in India
(AP) -- Outsourcing to India, long dominated by software engineering and back-office work, is expanding in new terrain: special effects for movies.
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Sudden Collapse in Ancient Biodiversity: Was Global Warming the Culprit?
Scientists have unearthed striking evidence for a sudden ancient collapse in plant biodiversity. A trove of 200 million-year-old fossil leaves collected in East Greenland tells the story, carrying its message ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2009 |
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A water snake that predicts which way fish will turn when it attacks
Forget the old folk tales about snakes hypnotizing their prey. The tentacled snake from South East Asia has developed a more effective technique. The small water snake has found a way to startle its prey so ...
Jun 18, 2009 |
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New York's Ash Trees Threatened by Newly Found Beetle
For the first time, Cornell researchers have reported the sighting of the emerald ash borer - an ash-destroying beetle - in New York state.
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Researchers use math to reduce jet lag
Reducing jet lag is the aim of a new mathematical methodology and software program developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the University of Michigan.
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Health workers didn't take swine flu precautions
(AP) -- The first study of U.S. health care workers with swine flu found that many didn't do enough to protect themselves against the virus.
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Could Texting and Mobile E-mail Be Bad For Your Health?
In a mobile communications era where we sometimes “talk” more with our fingers than our voices, a University of Cincinnati (UC) ergonomics expert says our thumbs could pay the price.
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Supplement Could Reduce Risk of Gestational Diabetes in Pregnant Women
Women who enter pregnancy with a higher body weight face serious risks: higher rates of gestational diabetes, high blood pressure and the risk of a larger baby who could go on to have obesity, diabetes and heart disease in ...
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Scientists capture the first image of memories being made
The ability to learn and to establish new memories is essential to our daily existence and identity; enabling us to navigate through the world. A new study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Link between light touch and Merkel cells solves 100-year mystery
Light touch - the sense that lets musicians find the right notes on a keyboard, a seamstress revel in the feel of cool silk, the artisan feel a curve in material and the blind read Braille - truly depends on the activity ...
Jun 18, 2009 |
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New tracking approach will help protect polar bears
A new approach to tracking polar bears, developed by Queen's University researchers, will shed more light on the potentially endangered Arctic animal and help boost the economy of Canada's north.
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Online tutorials help elementary school teachers make sense of science
Interactive Web-based science tutorials can be effective tools for helping elementary school teachers construct powerful explanatory models of difficult scientific concepts, and research shows the interactive tutorials are ...
Jun 18, 2009 |
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