Archive: 03/30/2007
Cells selectively absorb short nanotubes
DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) shorter than about 200 nanometers readily enter into human lung cells and so may pose an increased risk to health, according to scientists at the National ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Traces of nanobubbles determine nano-boiling
Using a microscope and some extreme “snapshot” photography with shutter speeds only a few nanoseconds long, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have uncovered ...
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Titanium dioxide -- It slices, it dices ...
Chemists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Arizona State University have proposed an elegantly simple technique for cleaving proteins into convenient pieces for analysis. The prototype ...
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Researchers Identify Connection between Sleep Disruption and Increased Cardiovascular Risk
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that sleep disruption in seemingly healthy subjects is associated with increased clotting of the blood, which has previously ...
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Scientists identify how development of different species uses same genes with distinct features
Biologists at New York University have identified how different species use common genes to control their early development and alter how these genes are used to accommodate their own features. The findings, which were discovered ...
Biology /
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Abrupt climate change more common than believed
It came on quickly and then lasted nearly two decades, eventually killing more than one million people and affecting 50 million more. All of this makes the Sahel drought, which first struck West Africa in the late 1960s, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Congress Commends UM-Led Math Team's Breakthrough E8 Calculation
A major mathematical breakthrough by a team of 18 scientists, led by University of Maryland mathematician Jeffrey Adams, has been commended by Congress, one week after the work made international headlines when it was announced by the American Instit ...
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Scientists shed new light on cold fusion
U.S. scientists say the concept of cold fusion, a controversial concept once hailed as a scientific breakthrough, may be ready for rebirth.
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Wolves remain elusive in lower Michigan
Michigan wildlife officials said they are convinced there are gray wolves in the Lower Peninsula even though no one has spotted a pack.
Biology /
Mar 30, 2007 |
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HP to Launch Printer Management Tool Designed for SMBs
HP has designed a new printer management tool that allows small and midsize businesses to manage up to 15 HP LaserJet printers and multi-function printers.
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Former Presidents Bush and Clinton Seek Unity Through Wireless
The pair says the wireless industry should focus on ways to use technology to help grow the global economy.
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Apple's Boot Camp Now Supports Vista
The Mac maker will now support Microsoft's newest OS, as well as XP, with its Boot Camp software, which allows Windows to run on its Intel-based machines.
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Ancient rock collisions may have formed Western Australia
A new 3D picture of the geology of Western Australia, captured by measuring seismic waves from deep in the Earth’s crust, has provided evidence that it was created when vast regions of ancient world slammed into each other.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Neuroscientists find different brain regions fuel attention
If you spotted an anaconda poised to strike, the signal to pay attention would originate in a different part of your brain than if you gazed at an anaconda in the zoo, neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute ...
Mar 30, 2007 |
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Alcatel Rolls Out Spring Line of Fashion Phones
Alcatel, a French/Chinese phone maker is making a big splash in the U.S. this year, with twenty – yes, twenty – phones for the U.S. market. The look? Chic and stylish.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 30, 2007 |
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