Genetic studies endow mice with new color vision
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Mar 22, 2007 |
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Although mice, like most mammals, typically view the world with a limited color palette – similar to what some people with red-green color blindness see – scientists have now transformed their vision by introducing ...
Goal of nanoscale optical imaging gets boost with new hyperlens
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a "hyperlens" that brings them one major step closer to the goal of nanoscale optical imaging. The new hyperlens, described in the Feb. 23 ...
Quantum existence testing gives extreme solutions to increase network speed
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Using a novel quantum computing algorithm, scientists have simplified the process for finding extreme values in a database compared with classical and earlier quantum computing methods. With its reduced time and minimal error ...
Scientists question our understanding of the universe
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Cosmologists from around the world will meet at Imperial College London next week to challenge the theories behind the 'standard model' used to understand the universe. Speakers at the four-day conference, ...
Researchers unveil details of chip cooling breakthrough
Mar 22, 2007 |
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At the IEEE Semi-Therm Conference 2007, IBM researchers unveiled details of a new technique to significantly increase capabilities to cool computer chips.
The Next Great Earthquake
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2007 |
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The 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and resulting tsunami are now infamous for the damage they caused, but at the time many scientists believed this area was unlikely to create a quake of such magnitude. In ...
Scientists compute death throes of white dwarf star in 3D
Mar 22, 2007 |
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University of Chicago scientists will demonstrate how to incinerate a white dwarf star in unprecedented detail at the “Paths to Exploding Stars” conference on Thursday, March 22, in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Enceladus geysers mask the length of Saturn's day
Mar 22, 2007 |
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In a David and Goliath story of Saturnian proportions, the little moon Enceladus is weighing down giant Saturn’s magnetic field so much that the field is rotating slower than the planet. This phenomenon makes ...
Practicing Tai Chi Boosts Immune System in Older Adults
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Tai chi chih, the Westernized version of the 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art characterized by slow movement and meditation, significantly boosts the immune systems of older adults against the virus that leads to the painful, ...
Cause of historic New Madrid quake found
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2007 |
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A Canadian-led study of major 1811-12 central U.S. earthquakes has identified a possible driving mechanism for intraplate seismicity.
Bird sex is something else
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Mar 22, 2007 |
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We’ve all heard about the birds and the bees. But apparently when it comes to birds, they have an unusual take on his and hers – and the difference is genetic. Species with differentiated sex chromosomes (X and Y in humans, ...
Energy supplement under study for Parkinson's disease
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Whether a supplement used by athletes to boost energy levels and build muscle can slow progression of Parkinson’s disease is the focus of a North American study.
Nokia N95 multimedia computer starts shipping
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Mar 22, 2007 |
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Nokia today announced that the Nokia N95 started shipping in key European, Asian and Middle Eastern markets, with expanded shipments to other markets in those regions in the coming weeks.
Position of car indicator lights affects safety
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 22, 2007 |
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People find it harder to make rapid decisions about which way a car will turn if its amber indicator lights are inside the headlights (i.e. nearer the middle of the car) than if the indicator lights are outside the headlights, ...
Mitochondrial genes move to the nucleus -- but it's not for the sex
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Mar 22, 2007 |
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Why mitochondrial genes ditch their cushy haploid environs to take up residence in a large and chaotic nucleus has long stumped evolutionary biologists, but Indiana University Bloomington scientists report in this week's ...
