Physicists find a new state of matter in a 'transistor'
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McGill University researchers have discovered a new state of matter, a quasi-three- dimensional electron crystal, in a material very much like those used in the fabrication of modern transistors. This discovery could have ...
Robotic ants building homes on Mars?
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent discoveries of water and Earth-like soil on Mars have set imaginations running wild that human beings may one day colonise the Red Planet. However, the first inhabitants might not be ...
Geobiologists Discover Unique 'Magnetic Death Star' Fossil
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists has discovered microscopic, magnetic fossils resembling spears and spindles, unlike anything previously seen, among sediment layers deposited during an ...
Understanding the nervous system by walking in a neuron's shoes
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you want to understand and predict the behavior of your young daughter, explains neurobiologist Christopher Fiorillo, you might observe how she reacts to various environmental factors. ...
The effect of gamma waves on cognitive and language skills in children
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New studies conducted by April Benasich, professor of neuroscience at Rutgers University in Newark, and her colleagues reveal that gamma wave activity in the brains of children provide a window into their cognitive development, ...
Scientists enhance immune system attacks on cancer
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In an Early Edition issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) published online on October 20, 2008, the scientists describe how they used multiple tactics to rev up both innate and adaptive immuni ...
Serendipitous observations reveal rare event in life of distant quasar
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A bit of serendipity has given astronomers a surprise view of a never-before-observed event in the birth of a galaxy.
A Brief Mystery: What are Short Gamma-ray Bursts?
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For decades it was baffling. Out of the still night sky, astronomers peering through their telescopes would occasionally glimpse quick bursts of high-energy light popping off like flashbulbs at the far side ...
Secret Lives of Catalysts Revealed
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first-ever glimpse of nanoscale catalysts in action could lead to improved pollution control and fuel cell technologies. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley ...
Researchers Resolve 40-Year Dispute Over Disappearing Physical Property
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A property that can be used for memory in electronic devices disappears at high temperatures, and University of Arkansas scientists and colleagues in the Czech Academy of Sciences have used both theory and ...
Throwing light on the dark side of the Universe
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Although we may believe humans know a lot about the Universe, there are still a lot of phenomena to be explained. A team of cosmologists from the University of the Basque Country, Spain, are searching for the model that best ...
A claret-colored cloud with a massive heart
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gum 29 is a huge region of hydrogen gas that has been stripped of its electrons (ionised) by the intense radiation of the hot young stars located at its centre. Astronomers call this an HII ...
Building Better Bees
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A UC Davis researcher known for her honey bee line "New World Carniolans" has crossed her bees with their Old World counterparts to enhance their positive characteristics.
Rare corals breed their way out of trouble
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Rare corals may be smarter than we thought. Faced with a dire shortage of mates of their own kind, new research suggests they may be able to cross-breed with certain other coral species to breed themselves out of a one-way ...
Researchers develop cross-protective vaccine
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors have always hoped that scientists might one day create a vaccination that would treat a broad spectrum of maladies. They could only imagine that there might be one vaccine that would protect against, ...
