Water forms floating 'bridge' when exposed to high voltage
Sep 28, 2007 |
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While it's one of the most important and abundant chemical compounds on Earth, water is still a puzzle to scientists. Much research has been done to uncover the structure of water beyond the H2O scale, whi ...
Mysterious energy burst stuns astronomers
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Astronomers studying archival data from an Australian radio telescope have discovered a powerful, short-lived burst of radio waves that they say indicates an entirely new type of astronomical phenomenon.
NASA's Ion Engine Breaks Performance Record
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2007 |
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An ion engine prototype developed at NASA's Glenn Research Center has now accumulated more than 12,000 hours of operation and processed over 245 kilograms of xenon, setting a record for most propellant throughput ever demonstrated ...
Treating obstructive sleep apnea, preventing heart attacks and strokes
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Researchers in Brazil have found that treating patients who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) dramatically reduces early indications of atherosclerosis in just months, ...
Surprise in the organic orchard -- a healthier worm in the apple
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Insects can catch more than a cold from certain viruses. Some viruses can be lethal to pest species - turning their insides to soup - without harming beneficial insects or other organisms. Hence they are used ...
Measurements from the edge: magnetic properties of thin films
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, together with colleagues from IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have pushed the measurement of thin films to the ...
Neuroscientists connect neural activity and blood flow in new brain stimulation technique
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time measured the electrical activity of nerve cells and correlated it to changes in blood flow in response to transcranial magnetic ...
Researchers use remote sensing technology to go back in time on the Ethiopian Plateau
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2007 |
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The cliffs that rise above the Blue Nile contain 750 million years of exposed geologic history. But it’s what’s happened in the past 6 million years that intrigues Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam, an associate professor of geology ...
'Dead time' limits quantum cryptography speeds
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Quantum cryptography is potentially the most secure method of sending encrypted information, but does it have a speed limit" According to a new paper by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and ...
Playing video games reduces sex differences in spatial skills
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2007 |
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University of Toronto researchers have discovered that differences between men and women on some tasks that require spatial skills are largely eliminated after both groups play a video game for only a few hours. The research, ...
Babies raised in bilingual homes learn new words differently than infants learning one language
Sep 28, 2007 |
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Infants who are raised in bilingual homes learned two similar-sounding words in a laboratory task at a later age than babies who are raised in homes where only one language is spoken.
Recovery from acid rain 'much slower than expected'
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Acid rain was one of the world’s worst pollution problems of the 1970s and 1980s, affecting large areas of upland Britain, as well as Europe and North America.
New research shows how H5N1 virus causes disease
Sep 28, 2007 |
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H5N1 influenza, also known as avian influenza, is considered a major global threat to human health, with high fatality rates. While little had been known about the specific effects of H5N1 on organs and cells targeted by ...
Researchers investigate new suspect in West Nile deaths of pelicans
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Sep 28, 2007 |
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Veterinary entomologist Greg Johnson of Montana State University said earlier this year that he considered the possibility that lice were transmitting West Nile virus to pelicans. He became suspicious after collecting very ...
Women have a poorer quality of life after a stroke than men, study reveals
Sep 28, 2007 |
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A new University of Nottingham study has found that women have a poorer quality of life than men following a stroke.
