Tidal motion influences Antarctic ice sheet
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2006 |
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New research into the way the Antarctic ice sheet adds ice to the ocean reveals that tidal motion influences the flow of the one of the biggest ice streams draining the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Researchers achieve transmission rates of 107 Gbits per second over a single fiber channel
Dec 20, 2006 |
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In cooperation with Micram, the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (Heinrich-Hertz-Institut) and Eindhoven Technical University, Siemens has successfully tested the network of the future. This involved the 100% electrical ...
‘Atom-chips’ research wins multi-million pound funding
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Physicists at The University of Nottingham are to use refrigerators made from light that can cool atoms to the lowest temperature in the Universe to develop the next generation of ultra-small electronic devices.
New ergonomic backpack lightens the load
Dec 20, 2006 |
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An MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) biomechanics expert has invented an ergonomic backpack that uses rubber bands to reduce the effects of heavy loads on shoulders and joints and permits wearers to run more comfortably ...
Human-chimp difference may be bigger
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Dec 20, 2006 |
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Approximately 6 percent of human and chimp genes are unique to those species, report scientists from Indiana University Bloomington and three other institutions. The new estimate, reported in the inaugural ...
Paying attention sets off symphony of cell synchronization
Dec 20, 2006 |
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You know the sensation. When something has your full attention you see it vividly. And when you don't pay attention, you're liable to miss something important. Now a new Northwestern University study sheds light on how attention ...
How blood flow dictates gene expression
Dec 20, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have pinpointed a key regulatory protein that translates blood flow into gene expression. The investigators showed that in a model of mouse embryonic ...
Contrary to Common Wisdom, Some Mammals Can Smell Objects Under Water
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Dec 20, 2006 |
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A Vanderbilt researcher has discovered that some stealthy mammals have been doing something heretofore thought impossible -- using the sense of smell under water.
Trash talk: molecular conversations trigger cell suicide in yeast
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Dec 20, 2006 |
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For cells, like people, relationships are based on good communication. In yeast cells, however, scientists have shown that communication between certain molecules involved in gene regulation can trigger the cell’s suicide ...
Impulsiveness linked to activity in brain's reward center
Dec 20, 2006 |
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A new imaging study shows that our brains react with varying sensitivity to reward and suggests that people most susceptible to impulse -- those who need to buy it, eat it, or have it, now -- show the greatest activity in a r ...
Researchers use stem cells to regenerate parts of teeth
Dec 20, 2006 |
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A multi-national research team headed by USC School of Dentistry researcher Songtao Shi, DDS, PhD, has successfully regenerated tooth ro ot and supporting periodontal ligaments to restore tooth function in a swine (an animal) ...
Singing for survival
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Dec 20, 2006 |
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It is well known that animals use song as a way of attracting mates, but researchers have found that gibbons have developed an unusual way of scaring off predators – by singing to them.
Researcher turns turkey away from the dark side
Dec 20, 2006 |
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"White meat or dark?" That question, now as much a part of holiday traditions as rum and eggnog, will be asked again and again at dinner tables this Christmas, as carving knifes prepare to slice into the bird's crisp skin.
Students Design System to Return Astronauts to Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2006 |
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NASA's planned mission to the moon won't lift off for more than seven years, but student engineers at Texas A&M University are already designing the systems that could get it safely back to the ground.
New game teaches energy conservation
Dec 20, 2006 |
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U.S. engineers have designed a board game that teaches middle school children how their energy choices directly impact energy conservation.
