Switching it up: How memory deals with a change in plans
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You're about to leave work at the end of the day when your cell phone rings: it's your spouse, asking that you pick up a gallon of milk on the way home. Before you head out the door, though, your spouse calls again and asks ...
Novel fungus helps beetles to digest hard wood
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A little known fungus tucked away in the gut of Asian longhorned beetles helps the insect munch through the hardest of woods according to a team of entomologists and biochemists. Researchers say the discovery ...
Piling on the homework -- Does it work for everyone?
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While U.S students continue to lag behind many countries academically, national statistics show that teachers have responded by assigning more homework. But according to a joint study by researchers at Binghamton University ...
Dirty smoke from ships found to degrade air quality in coastal cities
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Ah, nothing like breathing clean coastal air, right? Think again. Chemists at UC San Diego have measured for the first time the impact that dirty smoke from ships cruising at sea and generating electricity in port can have ...
New method to overcome multiple drug resistant diseases developed by Stanford researchers
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Many drugs once considered Charles Atlases of the pharmaceutical realm have been reduced to the therapeutic equivalent of 97-pound weaklings as the diseases they once dispatched with ease have developed resistance to them.
2007 Hurricane Forecasts Took Blow from Winds and Saharan Dry, Dusty Air
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of environmental conditions over the Atlantic Ocean shows that hot, dry air associated with dust outbreaks from the Sahara desert was a likely contributor to the quieter-than-expected ...
Perfect sight: Rosetta cameras track asteroid target
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On 14 August, Rosetta conducted a successful trajectory correction manoeuvre using data obtained from the Agency's first-ever optical tracking of an asteroid target, (2867) Steins. Images ...
Future impact of global warming is worse when grazing animals are considered, scientists suggest
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The impact of global warming in the Arctic may differ from the predictions of computer models of the region, according to a pair of Penn State biologists. The team -- which includes Eric Post, a Penn State ...
Simple and secure networked home
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people will only start to control equipment remotely in their homes when they believe it is simple and safe to do so. A newly developed control system provides personalised answers.
Soils Limited in Storing Carbon and Mitigating Global Warming, Studies Find
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Soils, long known to be potential natural "sinks" or storehouses for carbon, are limited in just how much carbon they can stash away, according to two recent studies by researchers at UC Davis; University ...
Synthetic Molecules Could Add Spice To Fight Against Cancer
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Seeking to improve on nature, scientists used a spice-based compound as a starting point and developed synthetic molecules that, in lab settings, are able to kill cancer cells and stop the cells from spreading. The researchers ...
Chewing gum associated with enhanced bowel recovery after colon surgery
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Chewing gum is associated with enhanced recovery of intestinal function following surgery to remove all or part of the colon, according to an analysis of previously published studies in the August issue of Archives of Su ...
Pesticide build-up could lead to poor honey bee health
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Honey bees industriously bring pollen and nectar to the hive, but along with the bounty comes a wide variety of pesticides, according to Penn State researchers. Add the outside assault to the pesticides already ...
Green catalysts provide promise for cleaning toxins and pollutants
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Tetra-Amido Macrocyclic Ligands (TAMLs) are environmentally friendly catalysts with a host of applications for reducing and cleaning up pollutants, and a prime example of "green chemistry." Carnegie Mellon University's Terry ...
Scientists discover what drives the development of a fatal form of malaria
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Platelets – those tiny, unassuming cells that cause blood to clot and scabs to form when you cut yourself – play an important early role in promoting cerebral malaria, an often lethal complication that occurs mostly in children. ...
