Superconductors get a boost from pressure
May 19, 2008 |
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Superconductors can convey more than 150 times more electricity than copper wires because they don’t restrict electron movement, the essence of electricity. But to do this, the materials have to be cooled below a very low, ...
Engineers demonstrate first room-temperature semiconductor source of coherent Terahertz radiation
May 19, 2008 |
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Engineers and applied physicists from Harvard University have demonstrated the first room-temperature electrically-pumped semiconductor source of coherent Terahertz (THz) radiation, also known as T-rays. The ...
Traditional herbal medicine kills pancreatic cancer cells, researchers report
May 19, 2008 |
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An herb used in traditional medicine by many Middle Eastern countries may help in the fight against pancreatic cancer, one of the most difficult cancers to treat. Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer at Jefferson in Philadelphia ...
Self-repairing aircraft could revolutionize aviation safety
May 19, 2008 |
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A new technique that mimics healing processes found in nature could enable damaged aircraft to mend themselves automatically, even during a flight.
By adding graphene, researchers create superior polymer
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at Northwestern University and Princeton University have created a new kind of polymer that, because of its extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, could be used in everything from airplanes to solar ...
Take a virtual ride in an RC toy car
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 19, 2008 |
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Have you ever wished that you could hop into the cockpit of your remote-controlled car and experience what the ride would really be like?
Some like it hot! Structure of receptor for hot chili pepper and pain revealed
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May 19, 2008 |
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You can now not only feel the spicy kick of a jalapeno pepper, you can also see it in full 3D, thanks to researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
The mouse that roared: pipsqueak star unleashes monster flare
May 19, 2008 |
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On April 25, NASA’s Swift satellite picked up the brightest flare ever seen from a normal star other than our Sun. The flare, an explosive release of energy from a star, packed the power of thousands of solar ...
New mid-infrared lasers show doubled efficiency
May 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Center for Quantum Devices at the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University have recently doubled the efficiency of infrared lasers under the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s ...
Antibodies in the brain
May 19, 2008 |
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Each of us carries an unbelievable multitude of antibodies, allowing us to survive the daily battle against pathogens. However, sometimes these antibodies go haywire and attack structures of their own body, ...
New-generation artificial cornea could restore vision for millions worldwide
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An improved artificial cornea, which could restore the vision of more than 10 million people worldwide who are blind due to diseased corneas, finally is moving toward reality, scientists in California conclude ...
Erectile dysfunction may signal a broken heart
May 19, 2008 |
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Erectile dysfunction is always a matter of the heart, but new research shows that more than romance is at stake. Two new studies of men with type 2 diabetes found that erectile dysfunction (ED) was a powerful early warning ...
Ancient deep-sea coral reefs off southeastern US serve as underwater 'islands' in the Gulf stream
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 19, 2008 |
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Largely unexplored deep-sea coral reefs, some perhaps hundreds of thousands of years old, off the coast of the southeastern U.S. are not only larger than expected but also home to commercially valuable fish populations and ...
Greener offices make happier employees
May 19, 2008 |
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According to the 2000 census, Americans office workers spend an average of 52 hours a week at their desks or work stations. Many recent studies on job satisfaction have shown that workers who spend longer ...
Physicists develop laser with bandwith spanning 2 telecom windows
May 19, 2008 |
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A team of physicists in the Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) of the Physics Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) have developed new near-infrared broadband laser materials with tunability ...
