Spider Payload on Space Station Becomes a Media Hit, Internet Music Video
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Colorado at Boulder payload of web-spinning spiders and wannabe butterflies delivered to the International Space Station by the space shuttle Endeavour Nov. 14 has generated ...
Study: Want to be happier? Be more grateful
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Want to quickly improve your happiness and satisfaction with life? Then the pen may be a mighty weapon, according to research done by Kent State University's Dr. Steven Toepfer.
Semantic desktop paves the way for the semantic web
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed innovative software to make finding information on your computer and sharing it with others considerably easier. In the process, they may have solved the chicken and egg ...
Scientists achieve repair of injured heart muscle in lab tests of stem cells
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have been able to effectively repair damaged heart muscle in an animal model using a novel population of stem cells they discovered that is derived from human skeletal ...
Europe unveils 20-year plan for brilliant future in astronomy
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Europe is a leader in astronomy today, with the world's most successful optical observatory, ESO's Very Large Telescope, and cutting-edge facilities in radio astronomy and in space. In an unprecedented effort ...
Scientists use bubbles to future-proof fibre optics
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- They're tiny, are rarely thought about by the people who use them, but are essential to how we access information, communicate with one another and live our everyday lives.
Drink brewed tea to avoid tooth erosion
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Today, the average size soft drink is 20 ounces and contains 17 teaspoons of sugar. More startling is that some citric acids found in fruit drinks are more erosive than hydrochloric or sulfuric acid—which is also known as ...
Meteorite hits on Earth: There may be a recount
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Meteorite craters might not be as rare as we think. A University of Alberta researcher has found a tool that could reveal possibly hundreds of undiscovered craters across Canada and around the world.
Do you know you're having a stroke?
Nov 25, 2008 |
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A Mayo Clinic study shows a majority of stroke patients don't think they're having a stroke -- and as a result -- delay seeking treatment until their condition worsens. The findings appear in the current issue of Emergency Me ...
'Cool' idea for efficient climate control wins recognition
Nov 25, 2008 |
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A Michigan State University researcher and a colleague have won the Boston Innovation Prize for the design of a low-cost, energy-efficient method of cooling and dehumidifying residential and small commercial spaces.
Bright idea illuminates LED standards
Nov 25, 2008 |
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The lack of common measurement methods among light-emitting diode (LED) and lighting manufacturers has affected the commercialization of solid-state lighting products. In a recent paper, researchers at the National Institute ...
Jupiter's rocky core bigger and icier, according to new simulation
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter has a rocky core that is more than twice as large as previously thought, according to computer calculations by a University of California, Berkeley, geophysicist who simulated conditions ...
How knowledge is power: researchers link education, personal control
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Well-educated people feel a greater sense of personal control in their lives and new University of Toronto research pinpoints some of the reasons why.
High speed broadband will create energy bottleneck and slow Internet
Nov 25, 2008 |
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A surge in energy consumption resulting from increased uptake of broadband will further slow Australia's Internet, says University of Melbourne research to be presented this week at the Symposium on Sustainability of the ...
Scientists find more evidence the aging brain is easily distracted
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Canadian researchers have found more evidence that older adults aren't able to filter out distracting information as well as younger adults.
