Scientists discover ground-breaking material: Graphane
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced a ground-breaking new material, graphane, which has been derived from graphene.
What are the Chances? Probability Solves an Evolutionary Puzzle
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The origin of species may be almost as random as a throw of the dice. Iosif Pinelis, a professor of mathematical sciences at Michigan Technological University, has worked out a mathematical solution to a biological puzzle: ...
New, Unusual Semiconductor is a Switch-Hitter
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group in Germany has discovered a semiconducting material that can switch its semiconducting properties -- turning from one type of semiconductor to another -- via a simple change in temperature. ...
Ocean acidification is accelerating and severe damages are imminent
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Urgent action is needed to limit damages to marine ecosystems, including coral reefs and fisheries, due to increasing ocean acidity, according to 155 of the world’s scientific experts who will release the Monaco Declaration ...
Cassini Finds Hydrocarbon Rains May Fill Titan Lakes
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A region on Saturn's moon Titan's southern latitudes appears to have been flooded by a summer cloudburst of hydrocarbon rain, as seen in images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken before ...
India's $10 Laptop to be revealed Feb. 3 (Updated)
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On February 3, the Indian government will display a prototype of the Rs 500, a $10 laptop that will hopefully give more young people the opportunity to learn and help increase the country's school enrollment.
Chemist sheds light on health benefits of garlic
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A Queen's-led team has discovered the reason why garlic is so good for us.
Simple genetic mechanism may be behind the origin of species
Biology /
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the secrets behind the emergence of new species have been uncovered in a genetic study, conducted in collaboration with bioscientists at The University of Nottingham.
Engineers develop novel method for accelerated bone growth
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Engineers at the University of California at San Diego have come up with a way to help accelerate bone growth through the use of nanotubes and stem cells. This new finding could lead to quicker and better recovery, for example, ...
Physics, math provide clues to unraveling cancer
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Biology exists in a physical world. That's a fact cancer researchers are beginning to recognize as they look to include concepts of physics and mathematics in their efforts to understand how cancer develops -- and how to ...
'Hot spot' for toxic harmful algal blooms discovered off Washington coast
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A part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which separates Washington state from Canada's British Columbia, is a potential "hot spot" for toxic harmful algal blooms affecting the Washington and British Columbia coasts.
Vaccines and autism: Many hypotheses, but no correlation
Jan 30, 2009 |
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An extensive new review summarizes the many studies refuting the claim of a link between vaccines and autism. The review, in the February 15, 2009 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases and now available online, looks at the ...
The paradox of temptation
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Does the mere availability of something tempting weaken the will to resist? The answer is of more than theoretical interest to public health experts, and the problem goes far beyond serious addictive disorders. Just think ...
Stem cell transplant reverses early-stage multiple sclerosis
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Researchers from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine appear to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of early-stage multiple sclerosis patients by transplanting their own immune stem cells into their ...
Stress May Hasten The Growth Of Melanoma Tumors But Common Beta-Blocker Medications Might Slow That Progress
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For patients with a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer - malignant melanoma - stress, including that which comes from simply hearing that diagnosis, might amplify the progression of their disease.
