Killer Electrons Surf Celestial Tsunamis
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2008 |
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It's as if we took a trip into space with our best friends, and they turned into mutants and attacked us. Electrons are the best friends we've ever had from the subatomic world. We harness their flow as electricity ...
Researchers Developing More Efficient Ethanol Production Method
Feb 26, 2008 |
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A University of Wyoming professor has received a $485,000 grant to explore a more economical way to produce ethanol.
Taking the fight against cancer to heart
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Hormones produced by the heart eliminated human pancreatic cancer in more than three-quarters of the mice treated with the hormones and eliminated human breast cancer in two-thirds of the mice, according to researcher David ...
The next-best thing to being on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Last week, two MIT students began living, working and communicating with the outside world as if they were on a mission to Mars. Whenever they go outside their small, round habitat where eight people are spending ...
Team-based e-learning turns a new page
Feb 26, 2008 |
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How do students, who may be located across the globe, collaborate together on team-based project work? European researchers have developed the first online platform that integrates elements of e-learning, social networking ...
Out-of-whack protein may boost Parkinson's
Feb 26, 2008 |
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A single change in a protein may play a role in whether someone develops Parkinson’s disease, say University of Florida Genetics Institute researchers writing in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
From delicious to death: Understanding taste
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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Despite the significance of taste to both human gratification and survival, a basic understanding of this primal sense is still unfolding.
Overtaking assistant could help prevent many traffic-related deaths
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Overtaking on two-lane roads is easier if drivers use what is known as an overtaking assistant, a system which indicates when it is safe to overtake. This system prevents reckless drivers overtaking when it is not safe and ...
What women think during their first pregnancy
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 26, 2008 |
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Pregnant women who perceive having had a well-balanced relationship with their parents during their childhood will experience fewer difficulties in the transition to motherhood, as opposed to women whose relationship with ...
Brain stress system presents possible treatment
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A brain circuit that underlies feelings of stress and anxiety shows promise as a new therapeutic target for alcoholism, according to new studies by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), ...
Study: Butterflyfish may face extinction
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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An Australian-U.S. study suggests the black, white and yellow butterflyfish admired by eco-tourists and aquarium keepers might be at risk of extinction.
Heart attack rates fall following national smoking bans
Feb 26, 2008 |
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French researchers announced a striking 15% decrease in admissions of patients with myocardial infarction to emergency wards since the public ban on smoking came into effect in restaurants, hotels and casinos in France last ...
Research reveals structure and behavior of collagen
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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The structure and behavior of one of the most common proteins in our bodies has been resolved at a level of detail never before seen, thanks to new research performed at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the U.S. Department ...
Federal toxics disclosure law could help inform public of nanotechnology risks
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 26, 2008 |
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The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) is releasing a first-time legal analysis that finds a key federal toxics reporting statute could be applied to production and commercialization of nanotechnology, providing the ...
Researchers identify and shut down protein that fuels ovarian cancer
Feb 26, 2008 |
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A protein that stimulates blood vessel growth worsens ovarian cancer, but its production can be stifled by a tiny bit of RNA wrapped in a fatty nanoparticle, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. ...
