Stanford researchers developing 3-D camera with 12,616 lenses
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The camera you own has one main lens and produces a flat, two-dimensional photograph, whether you hold it in your hand or view it on your computer screen. On the other hand, a camera with two lenses (or two ...
Physicists Ponder Atoms Without Nuclei
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You might remember learning in sixth grade science class that isotopes are atoms that have lost or gained a few neutrons, and ions are atoms that have lost or gained a few electrons. But what about an atom ...
Hubble Finds First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2008 |
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The Hubble Space Telescope has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important step in eventually identifying signs ...
New nanoparticle catalyst brings fuel-cell cars closer to showroom
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 19, 2008 |
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A University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Maryland (UM) team has developed a new nanotechnology-driven chemical catalyst that paves the way for more efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
'Designer enzymes' created by chemists
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Chemists from UCLA and the University of Washington have succeeded in creating "designer enzymes," a major milestone in computational chemistry and protein engineering.
Arctic pollution's surprising history
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Scientists know that air pollution particles from mid-latitude cities migrate to the Arctic and form an ugly haze, but a new University of Utah study finds surprising evidence that polar explorers saw the same phenomenon ...
Gravity Waves Make Tornados
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Did you know that there's a new breakfast food that helps meteorologists predict severe storms? Down South they call it "GrITs."
Punishment does not earn rewards or cooperation, study finds
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Individuals who engage in costly punishment do not benefit from their behavior, according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature by researchers at Harvard University and the Stockholm School of Economics.
Lemur's Little Finger Poses a Mystery
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 19, 2008 |
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Analysis of the first hand bones belonging to an ancient lemur has revealed a mysterious joint structure that has scientists puzzled.
Tug of War in the Cells
Biology /
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Transport processes in the cells of our body resemble the transport of goods on the roads. Molecular motors, which are special protein molecules, act as trucks. They carry the cellular cargo on piggy-back ...
Floating a big idea: Scientists demo ancient use of rafts to transport goods
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Oceangoing sailing rafts plied the waters of the equatorial Pacific long before Europeans arrived in the Americas, and carried tradegoods for thousands of miles all the way from modern-day Chile to western ...
Good luck indeed: 53 million-year-old rabbit's foot bones found
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 19, 2008 |
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One day last spring, fossil hunter and anatomy professor Kenneth Rose, Ph.D. was displaying the bones of a jackrabbit’s foot as part of a seminar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine when something about the ...
Ancient conflict is 'warning' for 'War in Iraq'
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The consequences of the unlikely defeat of a Roman army over 2,000 years ago have lessons for the 'War in Iraq', according to a new book.
Changing stress levels can make brain flip from 'desire' to 'dread'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 19, 2008 |
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A single brain circuit mediates desire and dread according to a new study by the University of Michigan. Entering a noisy, new environment can instantly flip an emotion switch.
Finding deep roots, new genome software infers ancestry with high accuracy
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Some people may know where their ancestors lived 10 or 20 generations ago, but the rest of us can learn our distant biological heritage only from our DNA. New genomics analysis software developed by computer scientists at ...
