UA Physicists Ready for Science with World's Most Powerful Accelerator
Apr 28, 2008 |
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The University of Arizona is known for doing Big Science. It partners in the most powerful telescope projects on Earth and in space. It makes the world's largest telescope mirrors. It leads a global center ...
Language skills develop at 6, say researchers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that children as young as six are as adept at recognising possible verbs and their past tenses as adults.
Colo. tap water violates health standards
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Tap water being consumed in 37 small Colorado communities has been found to have violated state health standards, state records show.
Boost for 'green plastics' from plants
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Australian researchers are a step closer to turning plants into ‘biofactories’ capable of producing oils which can be used to replace petrochemicals used to manufacture a range of products.
MIT: In America, even the smallest carbon footprints are large
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Whether you live in a cardboard box or a luxurious mansion, whether you subsist on homegrown vegetables or wolf down imported steaks, whether you're a jet-setter or a sedentary retiree, anyone who lives in the U.S. contributes ...
Scientists find stem cells for the first time in the pituitary
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Apr 28, 2008 |
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A team of researchers led by scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have for the first time identified stem cells that allow the pituitary glands of mice to grow even after birth. They found that, in contrast to most ...
Physics Advance Leads to a Better Understanding of Optics at the Atomic Scale
Apr 28, 2008 |
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An advance by North Carolina State University physicists improves our understanding of how light interacts with matter, and could make possible the development of new integrated-circuit technologies that result in faster ...
Nitric oxide regulates plants as well as people
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Nitric oxide has emerged as an important signaling molecule in plants - as in mammals including people. In studies of a tropical medicinal herb as a model plant, researchers have found that nitric oxide targets a number of ...
Study: Oil painting predated European art
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Oil-based paint likely was used in Afghanistan up to 800 years before it first appeared in European art, a study of cave paintings has found.
Pricing can cut CO2 emissions from electric generators
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Levying a price on carbon dioxide released by electric generators could considerably reduce greenhouse gas emissions — even before the deployment of any environmentally friendly technology — according to scientists in Pennsylvania. ...
Decision making, is it all 'me, me, me'?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2008 |
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People act in their own best interests, according to traditional views of how and why we make the decisions that we do.
Samsung Announces Two New Blu-Ray Players
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Samsung is leading the effort to make Blu-ray a mainstream market. The company has the technology to offer the most diverse and powerful lineup, which now includes a new 4G Blu-ray player and 2G Blu-ray home ...
Warning buoys for right whales installed along Massachusetts Bay
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Endangered North Atlantic right whales are safer along Massachusetts Bay's busy shipping lanes this spring, thanks to a new system of smart buoys. The buoys recognize whales' distinctive calls and route the information to ...
Osteoporosis drug may be associated with irregular heartbeat
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Alendronate, a medication used to prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis, may be associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a type of abnormal heart rhythm, according to a report in the April 28 issue ...
Regulation of chemical in plastics probed
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U.S. congressional Democrats said they are investigating the regulation of a potentially hazardous chemical compound used in baby bottles and other plastics.
