Archive: 04/24/2007
Discovery of new family of pseudo-metallic chemicals
The periodic table of elements, all 111 of them, just got a little competition. A new discovery by a University of Missouri-Columbia research team, published in Angewandte Chemie allows scientists to manipulate a molecule discov ...
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New model describes avalanche behavior of superfluid helium
By utilizing ideas developed in disparate fields, from earthquake dynamics to random-field magnets, researchers at the University of Illinois have constructed a model that describes the avalanche-like, phase-slip cascades ...
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Global warming creates an island
An island has separated from mainland Greenland because of global climate change.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2007 |
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U.S. DoE designates reactor as user facility
The U.S. Department of Energy has designated its Idaho National Laboratory's Advanced Test Reactor as a National Scientific User Facility.
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Panel: Social Security funds gone in 2041
The six-member Washington panel that oversees Medicare and Social Security spending says Medicare will become insolvent by 2019.
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Ohio CO2 sequestration test well completed
The U.S. Department of Energy said an 8,000-foot-deep well has been completed in Ohio in preparation for a geological sequestration field test.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 24, 2007 |
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New car smell is bad for you
That "new car smell" can be hazardous to your health, The Ecology Center, a Berkeley, Calif., environmental group said.
Apr 24, 2007 |
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U.S. astrophysicist Bohdan Paczynski dies
U.S. astrophysicist Bohdan Paczynski, renowned for his research into celestial phenomena, has died after a three-year battle with brain cancer.
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High insulin levels impair intestinal metabolic function
Nutritional scientists at the University of Alberta are the first to establish a connection between high insulin levels and dysfunction of intestinal lipid metabolism in an animal model. They believe this finding supports ...
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Revamped experiment could detect elusive particle, physicists say
An experiment called "shining light through walls" would seem hard to improve upon. But University of Florida physicists have proposed a way to do just that, a step they say considerably improves the chance of detecting one ...
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Government patents diesel fuel technology
An innovative methodology developed by U.S. government scientists might help speed reformulated diesel fuels to market.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Moonlighting enzyme linked to neurodegenerative disease
Friedreich's ataxia is one of those diseases few have heard of unless you know someone with the condition. For that individual -- usually a child or teenager -- it is devastating. Symptoms are mild at first: muscle weakness ...
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Prof: People should mull over how much wine, beer they pour
While many people are aware of the potential health hazards posed by oversized food servings, a Purdue University expert says consumers face the same risks at the neighborhood bar as they do at a buffet bar.
Apr 24, 2007 |
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Scientists unravel clue in cortisol production
When a person's under stress or injured, the adrenal gland releases cortisol to help restore the body's functions to normal. But the hormone's effects are many and varied, lowering the activity of the immune system, helping ...
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Apr 24, 2007 |
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Meeting the ethanol challenge: Scientists use supercomputer to target cellulose bottleneck
Termites and fungi already know how to digest cellulose, but the human process of producing ethanol from cellulose remains slow and expensive. The central bottleneck is the sluggish rate at which the cellulose ...
Apr 24, 2007 |
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