Luxim's tiny plasma lightbulb outshines LEDs
Mar 20, 2008 |
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A Tic-Tac-sized lightbulb that gives off as much light as a streetlamp may offer a peek at the ultra-efficient lighting of the future. The bulb, developed by Luxim of Sunnyvale, California, uses plasma technology ...
Tiny buckyballs squeeze hydrogen like giant Jupiter
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Hydrogen could be a clean, abundant energy source, but it's difficult to store in bulk. In new research, materials scientists at Rice University have made the surprising discovery that tiny carbon capsules called buckyballs ...
Death of massive star creates brightest burst ever seen
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Gamma-Ray Bursts are the most powerful explosive events in the Universe. They occur in far-off galaxies and so are usually faint. But on the morning of March 19th 2008 the Swift satellite found a burst which ...
Researchers achieve dramatic increase in thermoelectric efficiency
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products — from semiconductors ...
Time scale established for proton transfer
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“In the past,” Masanari Nagasaka tells PhysOrg.com, “we only knew that proton transfer was a fast process. Now we are able to determine the speed of proton transfer. This is a step in understanding the mechanism of proton ...
Physicists Bring Quantum Computing Closer to Reality
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Researchers at the U. S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Microsoft Station Q have made significant advancements in understanding a fundamental problem ...
Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan's Crust
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2008 |
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation ...
Mantis shrimp vision reveals new way that animals can see
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Mar 20, 2008 |
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Mantis shrimp can see the world in a way that had never been observed in any animal before, researchers report in the March 20th Current Biology. The discovery—which marks the fourth type of visual system ...
Money buys happiness when you spend on others: research
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Harvard Business School have found that it’s possible to buy happiness after all: when you spend money on others.
Research shows Earth's earliest animal ecosystem was complex and included sexual reproduction
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Mar 20, 2008 |
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Two paleontologists studying ancient fossils they excavated in the South Australian outback argue that Earth’s ecosystem has been complex for hundreds of millions of years – at least since around 565 million ...
Nanoscience will change the way we think about the world
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2008 |
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The ubiquity of mineral nanoparticles in natural waters, the atmosphere, and in soils and their intriguing properties provide Earth scientists with another dimension in which to understand our planet.
Meteorites Study: Mars, Earth, Moon Grew Up In Unique Planetary Nursery
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 20, 2008 |
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A study of meteorites suggests that Mars, the Earth and the Moon share a common composition from ‘growing up’ in a unique planetary nursery in the inner solar system. The finding could lead to a rethink of ...
Do Attractive Women Want it All? New Study Reveals Relationship Standards are Relative
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 20, 2008 |
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Although many researchers have believed women choose partners based on the kind of relationship they are seeking, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals women’s preferences can be influenced by their own ...
Substantial improvement in essential cheap solar cell process
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2008 |
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A cheap alternative to silicon solar cells can be found in dye-sensitised solar cells. This type of cell imitates the natural conversion of sunlight into energy by, for instance, plants and light-sensitive bacteria. Annemarie ...
Tuatara, the fastest evolving animal
Biology /
Mar 20, 2008 |
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In a study of New Zealand’s “living dinosaur” the tuatara, evolutionary biologist, and ancient DNA expert, Professor David Lambert and his team from the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution recovered DNA ...
