Genetic 'telepathy'? A bizarre new property of DNA
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Scientists are reporting evidence that intact, double-stranded DNA has the “amazing” ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands from a distance. And then like friends with similar interests, the bits of genetic ...
Microscope Sees with Nanoscale Resolution
Jan 28, 2008 |
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Researchers have recently built an x-ray microscope that has a pixel resolution of just 15 nanometers, allowing scientists to study the properties of materials at the molecular scale and beyond.
Helium-8 study gives insight into nuclear theory, neutron stars
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The most neutron-rich matter that can be made on Earth—the nucleus of the helium-8 atom—has been created, trapped and characterized by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. ...
Hyperfast Star Proven to be Alien
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A young star is speeding away from the Milky Way so fast that astronomers have been puzzled by where it came from; based on its young age it has traveled too far to have come from our galaxy.
Scientists propose test of string theory based on neutral hydrogen absorption
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Ancient light absorbed by neutral hydrogen atoms could be used to test certain predictions of string theory, say cosmologists at the University of Illinois. Making the measurements, however, would require a gigantic array ...
New kind of transistor radios shows capability of nanotube technology
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Carbon nanotubes have a sound future in the electronics industry, say researchers who built the world’s first all-nanotube transistor radios to prove it.
Linked Hawaiian Telescopes Catch a Nova Surprise
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First results from a new NASA-funded scientific instrument at the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are helping scientists overturn long-standing assumptions about powerful explosions called novae ...
Sedentary lifestyles associated with accelerated aging process
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Individuals who are physically active during their leisure time appear to be biologically younger than those with sedentary lifestyles, according to a report in the January 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of ...
Professors see solutions in slime
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You know algae. It’s the gunk that collects on the sides of a fish tank when you forget to clean it. It’s the slime that makes you slip on rocks while crossing a stream. You probably think of algae as a nuisance, ...
New polymer could improve semiconductor manufacturing, packaging
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2008 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Polyset Company have developed a new inexpensive, quick-drying polymer that could lead to dramatic cost savings and efficiency gains in semiconductor manufacturing ...
AMD Delivers ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 GPU
Jan 28, 2008 |
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AMD today announced the immediate availability of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics processor, expanding the visual boundaries of PC entertainment well beyond the 1080P High Definition (HD) threshold. The ...
Modified Atkins diet can cut epileptic seizures in adults
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A modified version of a popular high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet can significantly cut the number of seizures in adults with epilepsy, a study led by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The Atkins-like diet, which has ...
Cancer drug activates adult stem cells
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The use of a drug used in cancer treatment activates stem cells that differentiate into bone appears to cause regeneration of bone tissue and be may be a potential treatment strategy for osteoporosis, according to a report ...
Scientists Link Natural Gas Formation by Bacteria to Climate Change and Renewable Energy
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2008 |
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Natural gas reservoirs in Michigan’s Antrim Shale are providing new information about global warming and the Earth’s climate history, according to a recent study by Steven Petsch, a geoscientist at the University of Massachusetts ...
El Nino at Play as Source of More Intense Regional U.S. Wintertime Storms
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2008 |
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The next time you have to raise your umbrella against torrents of cold winter rain, you may have a remote weather phenomenon to thank that many may know by name as El Nino, but may not well understand.
