New start-up schedule for world's most powerful particle accelerator
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Speaking at the 142nd session of the CERN Council today, the Organization’s Director General Robert Aymar announced that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will start up in May 2008, taking the first steps towards studying physics ...
Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic effects in the brain
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Why does putting our feelings into words — talking with a therapist or friend, writing in a journal — help us to feel better" A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists reveals why verbalizing our feelings makes our ...
'Blown Bubble' Method Disperses Nanostructures Over Large Areas
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Researchers from Harvard University and the University of Hawaii at Manoa recently announced a new method for organizing nanowires and carbon nanotubes across large areas: blowing bubbles.
Great Lakes slowly losing water
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Boaters on Lake Superior said the water is so low it appears the world's largest freshwater lake is disappearing.
Archeologists Turn to Professional MythBusters for Stone-Age Experiment
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2007 |
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In the Stone Age, prehistoric peoples created weapons by making stone projectile points and affixing them to arrow and spear shafts. Until now, no one has researched the technological advantage or disadvantage ...
UCLA Study First to Show Autistic Brains Can Be Trained to Recognize Visual and Vocal Cues
Jun 22, 2007 |
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To understand the meaning of a conversation, kids automatically do what adults do —besides processing the meaning of words, they unconsciously "read" the expression on a person's face and listen to their tone of voice, then ...
New nano-method may help compress computer memory
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 22, 2007 |
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A team of chemists at Brown University have devised a simple way to synthesize iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires while controlling both size and composition. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment ...
Archeologist says Holy Grail is in Rome
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 22, 2007 |
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An Italian archeologist says the Holy Grail -- a cup used by Jesus Christ at the Last Supper -- is buried beneath a church in Rome.
Gallbladder removed through woman's mouth
Jun 22, 2007 |
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An Oregon doctor is the first surgeon in the United States to remove a woman's gallbladder through her mouth.
Microbiologist hits pay dirt
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Jun 22, 2007 |
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The current edition of science journal Nature describes how Macquarie University microbiologist Dr Belinda Ferrari has been the first scientist worldwide to culture a particular family of bacteria in the lab, by growing it in ...
Multifunctional nanoparticle platforms for targeting and imaging cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 22, 2007 |
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There has been much recent interest in how nanotechnology will impact the field of medicine. Unfortunately, a number of promising nanostructured systems have turned out to be extremely toxic to humans, thus precluding their ...
Scientists seek marijuana's isotopic fingerprint
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Scientists at the Alaska Stable Isotope Facility can tell whether marijuana confiscated in a traffic stop in Fairbanks likely came from Mexico or the Matanuska Valley. They're also working on a way to determine whether it ...
Insulin pill may mean end to daily shots
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 22, 2007 |
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A British company has developed an insulin pill that may provide better control of diabetes symptoms than daily insulin injections.
Biochemist says makeup isn't healthy
Jun 22, 2007 |
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A British biochemist says women who use make-up daily are absorbing almost five pounds of chemicals a year.
Fujitsu Develops Technology for High-Reliability Gallium Nitride HEMT
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a new high-reliability technology for high power gallium nitride (GaN) high electron-mobility transistors (HEMT), paving the way for commercialization ...
