XMM-Newton's massive discovery
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has discovered the most massive cluster of galaxies seen in the distant Universe until now. The galaxy cluster is so big that there can only be ...
Catalyst for water oxidation adopted from plants: a means for energy-efficient production of hydrogen?
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen will be one of the most important fuels of the future. It would be ideal to obtain hydrogen by splitting water instead of from petroleum. However, the electrolysis of water is a very ...
Operating quantum memory at room temperature
Aug 25, 2008 |
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Quantum dots, along with quantum wires, have been attracting notice over the past decade as possible building blocks of quantum information processing. Indium arsenide quantum dots (InAs) can be used for memory operations ...
Century-old rule of chemistry overturned -- major implications for drug delivery
Aug 25, 2008 |
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A new study by research chemists at the University of Warwick has challenged a century old rule of pharmacology that defined how quickly key chemicals can pass across cell walls. The new observations of the Warwick researchers ...
Scientists discover leptin can also aid type 1 diabetics
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Terminally ill rodents with type 1 diabetes have been restored to full health with a single injection of a substance other than insulin by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
New study shows health benefits of probiotic could extend to the entire body
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Data from a recent study demonstrate the anti-inflammatory and pathogen protection benefits of Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 a probiotic bacterial strain of human origin. Gastrointestinal benefits of probiotics have been w ...
Model helps computers sort data more like humans
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. Faced with a large set of data, computers don't know where ...
New process extracts pure hydrogen from contaminant in unrefined oil
Aug 25, 2008 |
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A commercial-scale process to extract and reuse pure hydrogen from the hydrogen sulfide that naturally contaminates unrefined oil, including oil sands, is one step closer to reality thanks to a collaboration between the U.S. ...
Future for clean energy lies in 'big bang' of evolution
Biology /
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Amid mounting agreement that future clean, "carbon-neutral", energy will rely on efficient conversion of the sun's light energy into fuels and electric power, attention is focusing on one of the most ancient groups of organism, ...
'Perfect Pitch' in Humans Far More Prevalent than Expected
Aug 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences have developed a unique test for perfect pitch, and have found surprising results.
Brain study could lead to new understanding of depression
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brain scientists have moved a step closer to understanding why some people may be more prone to depression than others.
System thwarts Internet eavesdropping
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The growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and College of ...
Nano-sized 'trojan horse' to aid nutrition
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 25, 2008 |
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Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized "trojan horse" particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body.
Keeping cells youthful: How telomere-building proteins get drawn into the fold
Biology /
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It may take just one or two proteins to polish off a simple cellular task, but life-or-death matters, such as caring for the ends of chromosomes known as telomeres, require interacting crews of proteins, all with a common ...
Anti-cancer flower power
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Could a substance from the jasmine flower hold the key to an effective new therapy to treat cancer? Prof. Eliezer Flescher of The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University thinks so. He and his colleagues have developed ...
