Magic solar milestone reached: UNSW claims 25 percent solar cell efficiency title
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University of New South Wales ARC Photovoltaic Centre of Excellence has reported the first silicon solar cell to achieve the milestone of 25 per cent effiency.
Potent greenhouse gas more prevalent in atmosphere than previously assumed
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A powerful greenhouse gas is at least four times more prevalent in the atmosphere than previously estimated, according to a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC ...
Secrets from within planets pave way for cleaner energy
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Research that has provided a deeper understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in the world's quest for cleaner energy.
Spirituality protects against depression better than church attendance
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Those who worship a higher power often do so in different ways. Whether they are active in their religious community, or prefer to simply pray or meditate, new research out of Temple University suggests that a person's religiousness ...
Study finds genomic changes in the brains of people who commit suicide
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Are genes destiny? Alternatively, are we simply the products of our environment? There is a growing sense that neither of these two possibilities fully captures the essence of the risk for psychiatric disorders. New light ...
If your systolic stinks, 'rotten egg' gas may be why
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Anyone with a nose knows the rotten-egg odor of hydrogen sulfide, a gas generated by bacteria living in the human colon. Now an international team of scientists has discovered that cells inside the blood vessels of mice ...
The Good Vibrations of Nearby Stars
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Some of the first data collected by the CoRoT space telescope mission, launched in December 2006, provides valuable information about the physical vibrations and surface characteristics of nearby stars that ...
Scientists find potential strategy to eliminate poisonous protein from Alzheimer brains
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have identified a new strategy to destroy amyloid-beta (AB) proteins, which are widely believed to cause Alzheimer's disease (AD). Li Gan, PhD, and her ...
Chemists Devise Devises Self Assembling 'Organic Wire'
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- From pacemakers constructed of materials that so closely mimic human tissues that a patient's body can't discern the difference to devices that bypass injured spinal cords to restore movement to paralyzed ...
With hot coffee, we see a warm heart, researchers find
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Our judgment of a person's character can be influenced by something as simple as the warmth of the drink we hold in our hand.
Could your initials influence where you choose to work?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2008 |
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One of the most important decisions that we can make is what company we will work for. There are a number of factors to consider when making this decision, including salary, benefits and work location. However, there may ...
Field-hospital-on-a-chip project awarded to nanoengineer from UC San Diego
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 23, 2008 |
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With a $1.6M grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), UC San Diego NanoEngineering professor Joseph Wang will lead a project to create a "field hospital on a chip" that soldiers can wear on the ...
ASUStek Shows Off Concept Notebooks
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ASUStek showcased its concept notebook with both an internal display and external display for checking e-mail, utilizing a dedicated MP3 key without opening the notebook. The external display ...
Ancient cave draws MSU archaeologists to southeast Montana
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Eryka Thorley had already excavated ancient fire hearths and stone flakes, but a severe thunderstorm on the final day of field work added a new dimension to the archaeology dig in southeast ...
Green Tea May Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
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A powerful antioxidant in green tea may prevent or delay the onset of type 1 diabetes, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Researchers were testing EGCG, green tea's predominant antioxidant, in a laboratory ...
