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 ...
Scientists provide explanation for how cancer spreads
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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 ...
Can a Polymer Help Curb Arctic Ice Melting?
Apr 29, 2008 |
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Scientists aim to boost world energy supplies -- with microbes
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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.
Too much nanotechnology may be killing beneficial bacteria
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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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 ...
'Rotten eggs' in the blood
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Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a gas most commonly associated with the smell of stink bombs, sewage and rotten eggs, but a team of researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England and King’s College Lo ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Hyperviscous fluids: Better treatment for severe blood loss
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Intravenous administration of isotonic fluids is the standard emergency treatment in the U.S. for patients with severe blood loss, but UC San Diego bioengineering researchers have reported improved resuscitation ...
'Emotional inflation' leads to stock market meltdown
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Investors get carried away with excitement and wishful ‘phantasies’ as the stock market soars, suppressing negative emotions which would otherwise warn them of the high risk of what they are doing, according to a new study ...
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.
