New methane storage technology exceeds DOE goals
Jan 21, 2008 |
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In a major advance in alternative fuel technology, researchers report development of a sponge-like material with the highest methane storage capacity ever measured. It can hold almost one-third more methane ...
In diatom, scientists find genes that may level engineering hurdle
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Jan 21, 2008 |
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Denizens of oceans, lakes and even wet soil, diatoms are unicellular algae that encase themselves in intricately patterned, glass-like shells. Curiously, these tiny phytoplankton could be harboring the next ...
Chemists solve biological challenge
Jan 21, 2008 |
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Chemistry professor Ronald Kluger and PhD candidate Svetlana Tzvetkova have made discoveries that could not only allow scientists to generate new kinds of proteins —the building blocks of life—but also eventually lead to ...
LED Cell Phone Has No Screen
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 21, 2008 |
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Designer Tao Ma has recently unveiled an LED cell phone concept, where hundreds of LEDs replace the conventional screen. Besides boasting a stylish modern appearance, the LED phone will likely have reduced ...
Mercury Flyby Sets Stage for New Discoveries
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2008 |
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"Discoveries are at hand!" That's what members of the MESSENGER science team are saying after their spacecraft flew past Mercury on Jan. 14th at a distance of only 124 miles. The historic flyby netted 500 ...
Epidemic superbug strains evolved from one bacterium: study
Jan 21, 2008 |
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Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are caused primarily by a single strain—USA300—of an evolving bacterium that has spread with “extraordinary transmissibility” ...
Rich nations' environmental footprints tread heavily on poor countries
Jan 21, 2008 |
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The environmental damage caused by rich nations disproportionately impacts poor nations and costs them more than their combined foreign debt, according to a first-ever global accounting of the dollar costs ...
Ebola virus disarmed by excising a single gene
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Jan 21, 2008 |
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The deadly Ebola virus, an emerging public health concern in Africa and a potential biological weapon, ranks among the most feared of exotic pathogens.
Palpable computing: a taste of things to come
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 21, 2008 |
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Virtually everyone stands to benefit from the more pervasive use of computer technology. But while adding microchips to more everyday objects can make lives easier – and even save them – the approach creates ...
Study reveals strongest predictors for Oscar nominations
Jan 21, 2008 |
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If you're an actor angling for an Academy Award nomination on Tuesday, you better hope you didn't leave the audience rolling in the aisles, suggests a new study from UCLA's California Center for Population Research.
Dark Matter Music
Jan 21, 2008 |
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School of Physics and Astronomy Professor Prisca Cushman has created a Youtube video of the Dark Matter Music Box which uses data from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS) and converts them into sound and light.
Study shows link between caffeine and miscarriage
Jan 21, 2008 |
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High doses of daily caffeine during pregnancy – whether from coffee, tea, caffeinated soda or hot chocolate -- cause an increased risk of miscarriage, according a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. The ...
Saline nasal wash helps improve children's cold symptoms
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 21, 2008 |
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A saline nasal wash solution made from processed seawater appears to improve nasal symptoms and may help prevent the recurrence of respiratory infections when used by children with the common cold, according to a report in ...
A new view of drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 21, 2008 |
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Powerful drugs used to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a profound, previously unrecognized effect on the immune system, breaking up molecular “training camps” for rogue cells that play an increasingly recognized ...
From and for the heart, My Dear Valentine: Broccoli!
Jan 21, 2008 |
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Wishing your Valentine good heart health on February 14 — and throughout 2008" Then consider the food some people love to hate, and hand over a gift bag of broccoli along with that heart-shaped box of chocolates. ...
