Researchers solve decade-old mystery of hydrogen storage material
Feb 27, 2008 |
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Environmentally friendly hydrogen gas fueled vehicles can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lessen the country’s dependence on sources of fossil fuel. Though several hydrogen vehicles exist on the market today, ...
Jump into the screen with 360-degree immersive video
Feb 27, 2008 |
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As you watch a video, have you ever wondered what's happening beyond the camera frame? If you could jump inside the video and look around, you would have a 360-degree view of the world in your TV screen or ...
In jazz improv, large portion of brain's prefrontal region 'takes 5' to let creativity flow
Feb 27, 2008 |
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When John Coltrane was expanding the boundaries of the well-known song “My Favorite Things” at the Village Vanguard in May 1966, no one could have known what inspired him to take the musical turns he took. But imaging researchers ...
First look: Princeton researchers peek into deepest recesses of human brain
Feb 27, 2008 |
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A team of scientists from Princeton University has devised a new experimental technique that produces some of the best functional images ever taken of the human brainstem, the most primitive area of the brain.
Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanity
Feb 27, 2008 |
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A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide.
Scientists devise approach that stops HIV at earliest stage of infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 27, 2008 |
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Their study, which appears this week in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), may re-energize attempts to create a preventive/therapeutic vaccine against HIV, say the authors. ...
Bacteria beware: MIT graduate invents knock-out punch for antibiotic resistance
Biology /
Feb 27, 2008 |
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MIT graduate student and synthetic biologist Timothy Lu is passionate about tackling problems that pose threats to human health. His current mission: to destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
New method ranks quality of scientific journals by field
Feb 27, 2008 |
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Worldwide, the number of scientists is increasing as is the number of scientific journals and published papers, the latter two thanks in large part to the rise of electronic publishing. Scientists and other researchers are ...
Mercury's 'tail' is longer than thought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 27, 2008 |
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U.S. scientists have used sodium atoms to determine Mercury's comet-like tail is much longer than had been thought.
Does gingko biloba affect memory?
Feb 27, 2008 |
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Taking the supplement ginkgo biloba had no clear-cut benefit on the risk of developing memory problems, according to a study published in the February 27, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the Americ ...
Parental instinct found in the brain
Feb 27, 2008 |
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A possible basis for parental instinct has been found in the brain, according to a team led by Oxford University scientists.
Animal magnetism provides a sense of direction
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They may not be on most people’s list of most attractive species, but bats definitely have animal magnetism. Researchers from the Universities of Leeds and Princeton have discovered that bats use a magnetic substance in their ...
Stress and fear can affect cancer's recurrence
Feb 27, 2008 |
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After the surgical removal of a malignant tumor, the chance that cancer will re-appear in a different location of the body remains high. But new research from Tel Aviv University, in a bold new field called Psychoneuroimmunology, ...
Why juniper trees can live on less water
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Feb 27, 2008 |
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An ability to avoid the plant equivalent of vapor lock and a favorable evolutionary history may explain the unusual drought resistance of junipers, some varieties of which are now spreading rapidly in water-starved ...
NASA Views Landing Site Through Eyes of Future Moon Crew
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2008 |
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NASA has obtained the highest resolution terrain mapping to date of the moon's rugged south polar region, with a resolution to 20 meters per pixel. Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, ...
