Researchers Suggest Quantum Dots as Media for Teleportation
Jun 21, 2007 |
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According to recent research, tiny clusters of atoms known as quantum dots may be excellent media for quantum teleportation, a physics phenomenon in which information – in the form of a quantum state, a very specific mathematical ...
The smallest piece of ice reveals its true nature
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Collaborative research between scientists in the UK and Germany (published in this week’s Nature Materials) has led to a breakthrough in the understanding of the formation of ice.
New picture of Earth's lower mantle
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Laboratory measurements of a high-pressure mineral believed to exist deep within the Earth show that the mineral may not, as geophysicists hoped, have the right properties to explain a mysterious layer lying just above the ...
Probing Question: How do dimples make golf balls travel farther?
Jun 21, 2007 |
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A golfer's worst enemy may be divots, but his or her best friend may be dimples -- the dimples on a golf ball that send it sailing farther down the fairway.
Paving the way toward a vaccine against Alzheimer's disease
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Scientists have provided new details about how proteins used to destroy bacteria and viruses may help treat Alzheimer’s disease. Gunnar K. Gouras, associate professor of neurology and neuroscience at Weill Medical College ...
NVIDIA Ushers In the Era of Personal Supercomputing
Jun 21, 2007 |
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High-performance computing in fields like the geosciences, molecular biology, and medical diagnostics enable discoveries that transform billions of lives every day. Universities, research institutions, and ...
Pregnancy Nausea/Vomiting May Indicate Lower Risk of Breast Cancer
Jun 21, 2007 |
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It may not seem so at the time, but women who suffer through morning sickness during their pregnancies actually may be fortunate.
Ancient Virus Sheds Light on Modern HIV Infection
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Human resistance to a retrovirus that infected chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates 4 million years ago ironically may be at least partially responsible for the susceptibility of humans to HIV infection today.
Antarctic icebergs -- Hotspots of ocean life
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Global climate change is causing Antarctic ice shelves to shrink and split apart, yielding thousands of free-drifting icebergs in the nearby Weddell Sea. According to a new study in this week’s journal Science these ...
IMEC reports 40 microwatt from micromachined piezoelectric energy harvester
Jun 21, 2007 |
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IMEC has fabricated an energy harvester to generate energy from mechanical vibrations by using micromachining technology. The harvester comes together with a model which can be used to optimize the device ...
Scientists close in on missing carbon sink
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Forests in the United States and other northern mid- and upper-latitude regions are playing a smaller role in offsetting global warming than previously thought, according to a study appearing in Science this week.
Ice Age extinction claimed highly carnivorous Alaskan wolves
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Jun 21, 2007 |
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The extinction of many large mammals at the end of the Ice Age may have packed an even bigger punch than scientists have realized. To the list of victims such as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats, a Smithsonian-led team ...
Catching Waves: Measuring Self-Assembly in Action
Jun 21, 2007 |
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By making careful observations of the growth of a layer of molecules as they gradually cover the surface of a small silicon rectangle, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and ...
Study identifies novel Parkinson's disease drug target
Jun 21, 2007 |
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Researchers at the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease (MGH-MIND) have identified a potential new drug target for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and possibly for other degenerative neurological disorders.
Revealed -- Mosquito genes that could be controlling the spread of killer viruses
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Jun 21, 2007 |
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The genes that make up the immune system of the Aedes aegypti mosquito which transmits deadly viral diseases to humans have been identified in new research out today in Science.
