Can a Polymer Help Curb Arctic Ice Melting?
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In order to help prevent the melting of Arctic ice, a process that has been occurring at alarming rates in recent years, which many scientists believe is due gradual global warming, a group of researchers ...
High-Flying Electrons May Provide New Test of Quantum Theory
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Max Planck Institute for Physics in Germany believe they can achieve a significant increase in the accuracy of one of the fundamental constants ...
Absinthe uncorked: The 'Green Fairy' was boozy -- but not psychedelic
Apr 29, 2008 |
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A new study may end the century-old controversy over what ingredient in absinthe caused the exotic green aperitif’s supposed mind-altering effects and toxic side-effects when consumed to excess. In the most ...
Scientists provide explanation for how cancer spreads
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Metastasis, the spread of cancer throughout the body, can be explained by the fusion of a cancer cell with a white blood cell in the original tumor, according to Yale School of Medicine researchers, who say that this single ...
Scientists aim to boost world energy supplies -- with microbes
Apr 29, 2008 |
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British and Canadian scientists expect to begin trials next month (May) to find out whether microbes can unlock the vast amount of energy trapped in the world's unrecoverable heavy oil deposits. An estimated six trillion ...
Scientists make chemical cousin of DNA for use as new nanotechnology building block
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In the rapid and fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are continually on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck of dust.
Lenovo Debuts IdeaPad U110 laptop
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Lenovo today announced the availability of the IdeaPad U110 consumer notebook PC, the star of Lenovo’s IdeaPad entertainment and fashion-oriented notebook collection and winner of three Best-of-Show awards ...
Shakespeare's 'man of the sonnets' revealed
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Bristol University students researching for a new display of Tudor portraits in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery have uncovered a ghost figure which may be Shakespeare’s only known patron Henry ...
Brain-training to improve memory boosts fluid intelligence
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Brain-training efforts designed to improve working memory can also boost scores in general problem-solving ability and improve fluid intelligence, according to new University of Michigan research.
Too much nanotechnology may be killing beneficial bacteria
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Too much of a good thing could be harmful to the environment. For years, scientists have known about silver’s ability to kill harmful bacteria and, recently, have used this knowledge to create consumer products containing ...
Compact galaxies in early universe pack a big punch
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Imagine receiving an announcement touting the birth of a baby 50 centimetres long and weighing 80 kilograms. After reading this puzzling message, you would immediately think the baby’s weight was a misprint.
Oldest Known Objects Are Surprisingly Immature
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Some of the oldest objects in the Universe may still have a long way to go, according to a new study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These new results indicate that globular clusters might be surprisingly ...
Before fossil fuels, Earth's minerals kept CO2 in check
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a finely-tuned natural feedback system— a system that human emissions have recently overwhelmed. A joint University of Hawaii / Carnegie ...
Nanoengineered barrier invented to protect plastic electronics from water degradation
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 29, 2008 |
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A breakthrough barrier technology from Singapore A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) protects sensitive devices like organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and solar cells from moisture 1000 times ...
Cassini Spacecraft Tracks Raging Saturn Storm
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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As a powerful electrical storm rages on Saturn with lightning bolts 10,000 times more powerful than those found on Earth, the Cassini spacecraft continues its five-month watch over the dramatic events.
