Molecular memory a game-changer
Nov 21, 2008 |
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A team at Rice University has determined that a strip of graphite only 10 atoms thick can serve as the basic element in a new type of memory, making massive amounts of storage available for computers, handheld media players, ...
The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Makes Some Noise
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of physicists studying heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a large particle accelerator located on Long Island, New York, recently showed that the collisions ...
Samsung Now Producing 256GB Solid State Drives
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Samsung Electronics announced today that it has begun mass producing 256 gigabyte (GB) solid state drives for use in notebooks and desktop PCs. With the addition of the high-speed 256GB drive, Samsung now ...
Red, red wine: How it fights Alzheimer's
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists call it the "French paradox" — a society that, despite consuming food high in cholesterol and saturated fats, has long had low death rates from heart disease. Research has suggested it is the red ...
Putting an end to turbulence
Nov 21, 2008 |
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When a flow reaches a certain speed, things get turbulent: The fluid or the gas no longer flows in an orderly fashion but whirls around wildly. However, in contrast to what researchers assumed until now, this ...
Scientists See New Mechanism for Superconductivity
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have posited an explanation for superconductivity that may open the door to the discovery of new, unconventional forms of superconductivity.
Bipolar disorder genes, pathways identified
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Neuroscientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine have created the first comprehensive map of genes likely to be involved in bipolar disorder, according to research published online Nov. 21 in the American Journal of ...
Beta Pictoris planet finally imaged?
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The hot star Beta Pictoris is one of the best-known examples of stars surrounded by a dusty 'debris' disc. Debris discs are composed of dust resulting from collisions among larger bodies like ...
Hairspray is linked to common genital birth defect, says study
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study published today in the ...
Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Researchers have found new evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is being stripped away by solar wind. It's not a gently continuous erosion, but rather a ripping process in which chunks of Martian air detach ...
Researchers develop breakthrough technique to unlock the secret of plasmas
Nov 21, 2008 |
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University of British Columbia researchers have developed a technique that brings scientists a big step closer to unlocking the secrets of the most abundant form of matter in the universe.
Scientists discover new species of Ebola virus
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Nov 21, 2008 |
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Scientists report the discovery of a new species of Ebola virus, provisionally named Bundibugyo ebolavirus, November 21 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens. The virus, which was responsible for a hemorrhagic fever ...
Scientists identify blood component that turns bacteria virulent
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Nov 21, 2008 |
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Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have discovered the key chemical that signals Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax, to become lethal. This finding opens up new avenues of exploration for th ...
Mars Express observes aurorae on the red planet
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using ESA's Mars Express have produced the first crude map of aurorae on Mars. These displays of ultraviolet light appear to be located close to the residual magnetic fields generated ...
Study of ancient and modern plagues finds common features
Nov 21, 2008 |
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In 430 B.C., a new and deadly disease—its cause remains a mystery—swept into Athens. The walled Greek city-state was teeming with citizens, soldiers and refugees of the war then raging between Athens and Sparta. As streets ...
