Muscles burn lactic acid as well as carbos
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Most athletes see lactic acid as their enemy, and think that training helps them eliminate the metabolic waste product from their muscles so they will function longer and harder. But UC Berkeley physiologist George Brooks ...
US Navy’s Fleet increasingly Irrelevant in Fight against Terrorism and Rogue States
Apr 19, 2006 |
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One of the oldest maxims in warfare is the military always prepares to fight the last war. When looking at the bulk of the US Navy, nothing could be truer.
Trapping Erbium Atoms: The Impossible Made Possible
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Apr 19, 2006 |
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Recycling atoms? Can they do that? In a world where nearly everything can be reused, scientists are moving forward with a novel approach to using Magneto-Optical Traps (MOTs) to, in effect, recycle atoms. In a L ...
Huge meat-eating dinosaur uncovered
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Move over T. rex, there's a new king of the Cretaceous. A University of Alberta paleontologist was part of a team to unveil what may be one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs known.
Enzyme-based biological fuel cell is built
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Oxford University scientists have built an enzyme based biological fuel cell that takes oxygen and hydrogen from an atmosphere to power electrical devices.
New chip design delivers better performance, longer battery lilfe
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Anyone who uses a cell phone or a WiFi laptop knows the irritation of a dead-battery surprise. But now researchers at the University of Rochester have broken a barrier in wireless chip design that uses a tenth ...
Asteroid and comet impacts led to primitive life
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Australian National University scientists have observed a link between asteroid and comet bombardment of the Earth and the emergence of primitive bacterial life forms in the ancient oceans billions of years ago.
Double duty: Magnetic nanotechnology holds promise in fighting cancer, advancing computing
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Detecting cancer and reinventing computing are two challenges that seemingly have little, if anything, to do with each other. That is, unless you are a nanotechnologist like Shan Wang, an associate professor of materials ...
Current cancer therapy may become obsolete
Apr 19, 2006 |
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A Washington University study in St. Louis suggests cancer therapy based on a tumor's anatomical location may soon become obsolete.
Scientists drill quake hole two miles deep
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Geologists are drilling miles into the Earth to prepare for an earthquake such as the 7.9 magnitude quake that struck San Francisco April 18, 1906.
Scientists reveal how a novel ceramic achieves directional conduction
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An international team led by University College London scientists at the London Centre for Nanotechnology has unravelled the properties of a novel ceramic material that could help pave the way for new designs of electronic ...
Americans Love Competition - Is It Pushing Scientists Too Far
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Serious scientific misconduct that calls the integrity of science into question is only uncovered and reported perhaps a dozen times a year in the United States. This suggests that there isn't much misbehaving taking place ...
Saturn's Storms Run Rings Around Earth's
Apr 19, 2006 |
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On Saturn, it may be a very long wait for the calm after a storm. As big and destructive as hurricanes on Earth can be, at least they don't last long. Not like those on Saturn, where storms may rage for months ...
Antarctic subglacial rivers are found
Apr 19, 2006 |
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British scientists say plans are to drill beneath the frozen wastes of the Antarctic, to investigate subglacial lakes, are being reviewed.
Study watches the brain 'shutting off'
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Israeli scientists say they have observed the human brain in the act of losing "self" as it shuts down introspection during a demanding sensory task.
