Discovering How to Focus on Tiniest of the Very Small
Jun 19, 2006 |
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If you need a good picture of a molecule, your first job is getting its atoms to pose for you, says John Silcox, Cornell's David E. Burr Professor of Engineering and an expert in the realm of the very tiny.
Victory and defeat: Are you a wolf or a sheep?
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Are all people stressed out by a defeat or does it hurt some more than others? It may depend on whether you're a power-hungry wolf or a sheep, according to University of Michigan psychology researchers.
Earliest hominid: Not a hominid at all?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 19, 2006 |
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The earliest known hominid fossil, which dates to about 7 million years ago, is actually some kind of ape, according to an international team of researchers led by the University of Michigan. The finding, they ...
Nanoparticles and Lasers Create Cancer-Killing Microbubbles
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 19, 2006 |
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One promising use of gold nanoparticles is to use them to convert laser energy into heat that can kill malignant cells. Now, in a promising twist on this approach to anticancer therapy, an international team of investigators ...
Serious Fish Virus Found in Northeast for First Time
Jun 19, 2006 |
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A deadly fish virus has been found for the first time in a variety of freshwater fish in the northeastern United States by Cornell University researchers.
Teenage and 60-year-old mums are consequences of evolution
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Before society criticises teenage girls for having sex behind the bike sheds and becoming pregnant, or women in their 60s for seeking IVF treatment, it is important to consider fertility not just in terms of the 21st century ...
Single-electron ammeter based on bidirectional counting of single-electrons
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, in collaboration with the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and the Tohoku University, has successfully demonstrated an extremely ...
Finding a better way to make biodiesel
Jun 19, 2006 |
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They're only 250 billionths of a meter in diameter. But fill them with the right chemistry and Iowa State scientists say the tiny nanospheres they've developed could revolutionize how biodiesel is produced.
Engineering electrically conducting tissue for the heart
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Patients with complete heart block, or disrupted electrical conduction in their hearts, are at risk for life-threatening rhythm disturbances and heart failure. The condition is currently treated by implanting ...
In Brief: Rackable launches 273-tera storage servers
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Rackable Systems Monday announced the launch of a new line of data-storage servers capable of holding up to 273 terabytes of information.
Sticky Surfaces Turn Slippery With the Flip of a Molecular Light Switch
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Changing a surface from sticky to slippery could now be as easy as flipping a molecular light switch. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created an “optically switchable” material that alters its surface ...
Researchers develop system to thwart unwanted video and still photography
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera function in a given area. Commercial versions of the technology could be used to stymie unwanted ...
Corals facing 'biggest impact in history'
Jun 19, 2006 |
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A new study has found that the damage caused by human activity to some of the world's iconic coral reefs in the past 30 years is greater than at any time in the last 220,000 years.
Full speed ahead for cosmic ray project
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Construction is accelerating on a $17 million cosmic ray observatory west of Delta, Utah, thanks to two U.S. agencies: the Bureau of Land Management issued a permit, and the National Science Foundation approved ...
DNA Repair in Mammal Embryos Is a Matter of Timing
Jun 19, 2006 |
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Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that the cells of the developing nervous system of the mammalian embryo have an exquisite sense of timing when it comes to fixing broken chromosomes: ...
