Hydrogen breakthrough could open the road to carbon-free cars
May 22, 2007 |
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A new breakthrough in hydrogen storage technology could remove a key barrier to widespread uptake of non-polluting cars that produce no carbon dioxide emissions.
Scientists demonstrate quantum state exchange between light and matter
May 22, 2007 |
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Quantum computers offer the promise of processing information much more efficiently than classical computers. But before quantum computers can be built, scientists must confront several challenges, one of ...
Pure Oxygen Is Bad for Your Brain
May 22, 2007 |
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It's a scenario straight out of "Grey's Anatomy"— a paramedic or doctor plops a mask over the face of a person struggling to breathe and begins dispensing pure oxygen.
Nanoparticles Delivery of 'Suicide DNA' Kills Prostate Tumors
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 22, 2007 |
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Using nanoparticles developed by members of the Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, a team of investigators at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, in Philadelphia, has developed a DNA-based therapeutic agent that ...
'Not so fast, supercomputers,' say software programmers
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 22, 2007 |
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The fastest of the fastest computers - supercomputers used at national research centers, research universities and major corporations - will soon gain even more performance by taking advantage of multicore computing.
Follow the 'Green' Brick Road?
May 22, 2007 |
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Researchers have found that bricks made from fly ash--fine ash particles captured as waste by coal-fired power plants--may be even safer than predicted. Instead of leaching minute amounts of mercury as some ...
Mayday 23: World Population Becomes More Urban Than Rural
May 22, 2007 |
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There’s no big countdown billboard or sign in Times Square to denote it, but Wednesday, May 23, 2007, represents a major demographic shift, according to scientists from North Carolina State University and the University of ...
Panasonic Introduces Wide-Angle Compact Camera
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 22, 2007 |
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The appeal of Panasonic's new 12.2-megapixel Lumix DMC-FX100 is not its high megapixel count, but its 28mm wide angle—the first 12MP compact camera to include this capability, according to the company. In ...
HIV in breastmilk killed by flash-heating, new study finds
May 22, 2007 |
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A simple method of flash-heating breast milk infected with HIV successfully inactivated the free-floating virus, according to a new study led by researchers at the Berkeley and Davis campuses of the University ...
Want to Improve Your Relationship? Do the Dishes Because You Really Want To
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 22, 2007 |
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If you do something positive for your mate, does it matter why? The answer is yes, according to new research from University of Rochester research assistant professor Heather Patrick.
Researcher Announced Cure for Hepatitis C
May 22, 2007 |
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The use of peginterferon alone, or in combination with ribavirin, points to a cure for hepatitis C, the leading cause of cirrhosis, liver cancer and the need for liver transplant, a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher ...
Cassini 'CAT Scan' maps clumps in Saturn's rings
May 22, 2007 |
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Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of dense clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps, according to new findings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Switchable two-color light source on a silicon chip
May 22, 2007 |
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Silicon is the most important material for electronic chips and processors. Yet it has a big drawback: being a so-called indirect semiconductor, it hardly emits any light. Therefore worldwide efforts in the ...
Genetic research increases understanding of autoimmune disease risk
May 22, 2007 |
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Geneticists have identified a link between the number of copies of a specific gene an individual has and their susceptibility to autoimmune diseases like lupus. Research using DNA has revealed that people who have a below ...
GLAST: The Challenge of Too Much New Data
May 22, 2007 |
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The astrophysics community enthusiastically awaits the upcoming launch of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), the latest and most powerful gamma-ray telescope. But interpreting the huge amount of new data that ...
