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 ...
Old antibiotic may find new life as a stroke treatment
May 19, 2008 |
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An old intravenous antibiotic may have new life as a stroke treatment, researchers say. Minocycline appears to reduce stroke damage in multiple ways – inhibiting white blood cells and enzymes that, at least ...
Idemitsu, Sony Achieve World's Highest Level Of Luminous Efficiency For Blue Fluorescent
May 19, 2008 |
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Idemitsu Kosan and Sony today announced the achievement of 28.5% internal quantum efficiency (IQE) in deep blue fluorescent OLED devices, the world's highest level of luminous efficiency for this technology.
Dermatologists link family history to shingles susceptibility
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Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston have identified family history as one reason why some people might be more susceptible to shingles, a severe skin condition. Their findings are published in ...
Tracking influenza's every movement
May 19, 2008 |
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It’s the case of the missing flu virus. When the flu isn’t making people sick, it seems to just vanish. Yet, every year, everywhere on Earth, it reappears in the appropriate season and starts its attack. So where does it ...
Blood test for lung cancer may be possible
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A simple blood test may be able to detect lung cancer in its earliest stages with unprecedented accuracy, according to new research to be presented at American Thoracic Society’s 2008 International Conference in Toronto on ...
Software designers strut their talent at cost of profit, says new study
May 19, 2008 |
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Many software designers intentionally create unnecessarily complex products that do less to serve their companies and customers than to advance their careers, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue ...
Genetic loci assigned for musical aptitude in Finnish families
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Researchers from Finland and USA have identified one major and several potential loci associated with musical aptitude in the human genome. The results raise an interesting question about common evolutionary background of ...
Researchers close in on new melanoma gene
May 19, 2008 |
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It has long been known that prolonged exposure to the suns harmful UV rays can lead to Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. An unanswered question, however, is why some people are more likely to develop melanoma than ...
University of Chicago launches first archaeological dig at site of 1893 World's Fair
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 19, 2008 |
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A group of undergraduates at the University of Chicago has come in touch with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, launching the first archaeological dig of the famed Chicago fair site in Jackson Park.
Reproductive plasticity revealed: Neotropical treefrog can choose to lay eggs in water or on land
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When frogs reproduce, like all vertebrates, they either lay their eggs in water or on land – with one exception, according to new research by a team of Boston University scientists who discovered a treefrog (Dendropsophus ...
Broadband access opens doors to networking, economic development for rural areas
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Proactive policies are needed to facilitate broadband Internet access and adoption in rural areas so that rural hospitals, schools and businesses can drive social and economic development and better position themselves to ...
Scientists characterize protein structure of environmentally friendly bacteria
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have determined the structure of a key protein domain in a bacterium that could help with bioremediation of uranium-contaminated land ...
Mother's prenatal stress predisposes their babies to asthma and allergy
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Women who are stressed during pregnancy may pass some of that frazzlement to their fetuses in the form of increased sensitivity to allergen exposure and possibly future asthma risk, according to researchers from Harvard Medical ...
DNA clues to reproductive behaviour
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A species of wild yeast goes through a cycle of sexual reproduction once in every 1,000 asexual generations, according to new research by Imperial biologists published in the PNAS journal in April.
