Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from ...
Debut of TEAM 0.5, the World's Best Microscope
Jan 22, 2008 |
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TEAM 0.5, the world's most powerful transmission electron microscope — capable of producing images with half‑angstrom resolution (half a ten-billionth of a meter), less than the diameter of a single ...
Researchers develop darkest manmade material
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University have created the darkest material ever made by man.
Daily exercise dramatically lowers men's death rates
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Increased exercise capacity reduces the risk of death in African-American and Caucasian men, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The missing link between belly fat and heart disease?
Jan 22, 2008 |
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By now, everyone knows that overweight people have a higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and other problems that arise from clogged, hardened arteries. And people who carry their extra weight around their waist – giving ...
Study raises questions about diagnosis, medical treatment of ADHD
Jan 22, 2008 |
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A new UCLA study shows that only about half of children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, exhibit the cognitive defects commonly associated with the condition.
Ocean Bridge Links Climate In Mid-Latitudes And Tropics
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 22, 2008 |
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It's no surprise when a tropical El Niño brings wet storms to the U.S. Southwest; now researchers are finding that the relationship may be two-way, with atmospheric variability outside of the tropics impacting the formation ...
New technique quickly detects cancer indicator
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Researchers have developed a new way to detect protein movements inside cells, which signal a variety of cellular changes such as those in cancer cell development. The method could help diagnose cancer in ...
Hot springs microbes hold key to dating sedimentary rocks, researchers say
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Scientists studying microbial communities and the growth of sedimentary rock at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park have made a surprising discovery about the geological record of life and the environment.
A good fight may keep you and your marriage healthy
Jan 22, 2008 |
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A good fight with your spouse may be good for your health, research suggests. Couples in which both the husband and wife suppress their anger when one attacks the other die earlier than members of couples where one or both ...
CMS celebrates the lowering of its final detector element
Jan 22, 2008 |
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In the early hours of the morning the final element of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) detector began the descent into its underground experimental cavern in preparation for the start-up of CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) ...
Johns Hopkins to participate in 1000 Genomes Project
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine (IGM) at Johns Hopkins will join other national and international scientists in the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort that will involve sequencing ...
Scientists find better way to boost the immune system
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Queen’s University immunologists have discovered how to manipulate the immune system to increase its power and protect the body from successive viral infections.
Low vitamin E levels associated with physical decline in elderly
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that a low concentration of vitamin E in the blood is linked with physical decline in older persons.
Burgers, fries, diet soda: Metabolic syndrome blue-plate special
Jan 22, 2008 |
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Otherwise-healthy adults who eat two or more servings of meat a day — the equivalent of two burger patties — increase their risk of developing metabolic syndrome by 25 percent compared with those who eat meat twice a week, ...
