Nontoxic nanoparticle can deliver and track drugs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by Penn State researchers is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery.
What If Your Energy Supply is Gone with the Wind?
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research program at Oregon State University proposes to tackle one of the major remaining problems with wind energy – how do you provide a steady, or at least predictable flow of electricity when the ...
Crafting your image for your 1,000 friends on Facebook or MySpace
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Students are creating idealized versions of themselves on social networking websites — Facebook and MySpace are the most popular — and using these sites to explore their emerging identities, UCLA psychologists report. Parents ...
Analysis Shows Uptick Rule Vital to Market Stability
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by researchers at the New England Complex Systems Institute found that interpretations of data from an SEC pilot program used to justify the repeal of the "uptick rule" in the summer of 2007 are ...
Early warning of dangerous asteroids and comets
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Silicon chips developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory are at the heart of a new survey telescope that will soon provide a more than fivefold improvement in scientists’ ability to detect asteroids ...
Can an ant be employee of the month?
Biology /
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Ants specializing on one job such as snatching food from a picnic are no more efficient than "Jane-of-all-trade" ants, according to new research.
International team discovers gene associated with epilepsy
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A University of Iowa-led international research team has found a new gene associated with the brain disorder epilepsy. While the PRICKLE1 gene mutation was specific to a rare form of epilepsy, the study results could help ...
A big bunch of tomatoes?
Biology /
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Why do poppies and sunflowers grow as a single flower per stalk while each stem of a tomato plant has several branches, each carrying flowers? In a new study, published in this week's issue of the open access journal PLoS Bi ...
Can renewable energy be sustained?
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Engineers and entrepreneurs are rushing to explore alternative sources of efficient and renewable energy in New Jersey and elsewhere in the country. A Rutgers School of Business—Camden professor has strong words of caution ...
Scientists find facial scars increase attractiveness
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Men with facial scars are more attractive to women seeking short-term relationships, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found.
Researchers Shed Light on Evolution of Gene Regulation
Biology /
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Penn State have shed light on some of the processes that regulate genes -- such as the processes that ensure that proteins are produced at the correct time, place, and amount ...
'Enlightened' Atoms Stage Nano-Riot Against Uniformity
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When atoms in a crystal are struck by laser light, their electrons, excited by the light, typically begin moving back and forth together in a regular pattern, resembling nanoscale soldiers marching in a lockstep ...
Broccoli may lower lung cancer risk in smokers
Nov 18, 2008 |
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The cancer preventive properties of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables appear to work specifically in smokers, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International ...
NASA Invites Students to Name New Mars Rover
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is looking for the right stuff, or in this case, the right name for the next Mars rover. NASA, in cooperation with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' movie WALL-E from Pixar Animation ...
Portuguese scientists discover new mechanism that regulates formation of blood vessels
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Researchers in one of the external groups of the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), in Portugal, have discovered a novel mechanism which regulates the process whereby new blood vessels are formed and wounds heal, including ...
