Fast quantum computer building block created
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated by researchers at University of Michigan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and ...
A better way to make hydrogen from biofuels
Aug 20, 2008 |
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Researchers here have found a way to convert ethanol and other biofuels into hydrogen very efficiently. A new catalyst makes hydrogen from ethanol with 90 percent yield, at a workable temperature, and using inexpensive ingredients.
Alexander technique offers long-term relief for back pain
Aug 20, 2008 |
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Alexander technique lessons in combination with an exercise programme offer long-term effective treatment for chronic back pain, according to a study published on BMJ.com today.
MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow’s miniature electronic devices could come from tiny microbatteries about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses.
Polymer electric storage, flexible and adaptable
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The proliferation of solar, wind and even tidal electric generation and the rapid emergence of hybrid electric automobiles demands flexible and reliable methods of high-capacity electrical storage. Now a ...
An Unconventional Metal
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 20, 2008 |
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The semiconductor silicon and the ferromagnet iron are the basis for much of mankind's technology, used in everything from computers to electric motors. In this week's issue of the journal Nature (August 21st) ...
Unregulated nanoparticles from diesel engines inhibit lungs
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air, slipping through government regulation and vehicle filters. A new University of Michigan simulation shows that these nanoparticles can get ...
Most Black Holes Might Come in Only Small and Large
Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Black holes are sometimes huge cosmic beasts, billions of times the mass of our sun, and sometimes petite with just a few times the sun's mass. But do black holes also come in size medium? ...
Hubble sees magnetic monster in erupting galaxy
Aug 20, 2008 |
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NGC 1275 is one of the closest giant elliptical galaxies and lies at the centre of the Perseus Cluster of galaxies. It is an active galaxy, hosting a supermassive black hole at its core, which blows bubbles ...
Living with a Star
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 20, 2008 |
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What if you woke up one morning and found your whole planet had been swallowed by the atmosphere of a star?
Study shows toll roads are more fair than taxes
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Popular wisdom may suggest that toll roads are unfair to the poor, but a new joint study by UCLA and USC researchers shows that these pay-as-you-go transportation options may actually be fairer to all income ...
New book further supports controversial theory of 'Man the Hunted'
Biology /
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Despite popular theories to the contrary, early humans evolved not as aggressive hunters, but as prey of many predators. "Humans are no more born to be hunters than to be gardeners," argues Robert W. Sussman, ...
New research reports new method to protect brain cells from diseases like Alzheimer's
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New research led by Chu Chen, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, provides evidence that one of the only naturally occurring fatty acids in the brain that has the ability to ...
Researcher develops novel method to grow human embryonic stem cells
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Aug 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of researchers working with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) – cells which produce any type of specialized adult cells in the human body – use animal-based materials for culturing ...
New 'nano-positioners' may have atomic-scale precision
Aug 20, 2008 |
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Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer ...
