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 ...
Moral philosopher questions memory manipulation
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Is medicated memory manipulation ethically sound? And perhaps more importantly, who should be charged with the decision to deliver such a treatment: patient or physician?
Scientists discover the double life of proteins
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Apr 29, 2008 |
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Scientists at The Australian National University are a step closer to understanding the rare Hartnup disorder after discovering a surprising link between blood pressure regulation and nutrition that could also help to shed ...
Ancient ecosystems organized much like our own
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Apr 29, 2008 |
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It was an Anomalocaris-eat-trilobite world, filled with species like nothing on today's Earth. But the ecology of Cambrian communities was remarkably modern, say researchers behind the first study to reconstruct ...
Making a good impression: Nanoimprint lithography tests at NIST
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 29, 2008 |
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In what should be good news for integrated circuit manufacturers, recent studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology have helped resolve two important questions about an emerging microcircuit ...
12 new species discovered in Brazil
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Researchers discovered a legless lizard and a tiny woodpecker along with 12 other suspected new species in Brazil’s Cerrado, one of the world’s 34 biodiversity conservation hotspots.
Ancient sunflower fuels debate about agriculture in the Americas
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Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture in the Americas Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Florida State University have confirmed evidence of domesticated sunflower in Mexico — 4,000 ...
Compact galaxies in early universe pack a big punch
Apr 29, 2008 |
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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.
'Broken Heart' Image the Last for NASA's Long-Lived Polar Mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 29, 2008 |
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As far as endings go, this one’s a real heart breaker. NASA’s Polar satellite concludes its successful mission at the end of April with a breathtaking visible-light image of the colorful dancing lights of ...
Researchers Discover Genes for Frost Tolerance in Wheat
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The genes responsible for the wide range of freezing temperatures that can be tolerated by different wheat varieties have been identified by a team of U.S. and European scientists, led by a plant scientist ...
Micro-origami: Researchers fold up micrometer-scale 'voxels' for drug delivery
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at the USC Information Sciences Institute have demonstrated a way to manufacture miniscule closed containers that might be used to deliver precise micro- or even nano-quantities of drugs.
Bison can thrive again, study says
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Apr 29, 2008 |
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Bison can repopulate large areas from Alaska to Mexico over the next 100 years provided a series of conservation and restoration measures are taken, according to continental assessment of this iconic species ...
Aspirin-like compounds increase insulin secretion in otherwise healthy obese people
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Aspirin-like compounds (salicylates) can claim another health benefit: increasing the amount of insulin produced by otherwise healthy obese people. Obesity is associated with insulin resistance, the first step toward type ...
Orchid sexual deceit has male wasps in a loved-up frenzy
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Orchids are admired by humans and insects alike, but according to Macquarie University research, one Australian wasp is so enthralled by ‘Orchid Fever' that actually he ejaculates while pollinating orchid ...
Scientists, Engineers Use Autonomic Computing to Study the Secret Lives of Plants
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Apr 29, 2008 |
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Scientists and engineers at The University of Arizona's Biospehere 2 are teaming up to study the secret lives of plants – secrets that the plants have kept well hidden until now.
