During exercise, the human brain shifts into high gear on 'alternative energy'
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Alternative energy is all the rage in major media headlines, but for the human brain, this is old news. According to a study by researchers from Denmark and The Netherlands published in the October 2008 print issue of The FA ...
A Star That Bursts, Blinks and Disappears
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- "Twinkle, twinkle little star" goes the nursery rhyme. Now, astronomers are reporting on a strange case where one of the littlest of stars "twinkled" with gamma rays, X-rays, and light -- ...
When particles are so small that they seep right through skin
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Scientists are finding that particles that are barely there – tiny objects known as nanoparticles that have found a home in electronics, food containers, sunscreens, and a variety of applications – can breech our most personal ...
Eureka! How distractions facilitate creative problem-solving
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2008 |
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How many times have you spent hours slaving over an impossible problem, only to take a break and then easily solve the problem, sometimes within minutes of looking at it again? Although this is actually a common phenomenon, ...
The green Sahara, a desert in bloom
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Reconstructing the climate of the past is an important tool for scientists to better understand and predict future climate changes that are the result of the present-day global warming. Although there is still ...
New study on antioxidants shows mixed results for life extension
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First the good news: a study by scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research shows four common antioxidants extended lifespan in the nematode worm C. elegans. And the not such good news: those four were among 40 antioxidants ...
Dinosaurs survived 2 mass extinctions and 50 million years before taking over the world and dominating ecosystems
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Reporting in Biology Letters, Steve Brusatte, Professor Michael Benton, and colleagues at the University of Bristol show that dinosaurs did not proliferate immediately after they originated, but that their ...
Direct recording shows brain signal persists even in dreamless sleep
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Neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have taken one of the first direct looks at one of the human brain's most fundamental "foundations": a brain signal that never switches off and may ...
Super Talent Introduces a 128Gb SSD for Under $300
Sep 30, 2008 |
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If you have been waiting for the price of Solid State Drives (SSD) to come down in price, the time has finally come. Super Talent has introduced their 128Gb, 2.5-inch, SATA II "MasterDrive LX" for the affordable ...
Researchers develop world's fastest bar code reader
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on a series of recent breakthroughs in ultrafast analog-to-digital conversion, UCLA engineers have designed a bar code reader that is nearly a thousand times faster than any device currently in use.
When It Comes to Galaxies, Diversity Is Everywhere
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There's an old saying in astronomy: "Galaxies are like people. They're only normal until you get to know them." That view is supported by a group of astronomers after using NASA's Hubble Space ...
Immigrant children from poor countries academically outperform those from developed countries
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Immigrants who seek a better life in Western countries may not be able to escape the influence of their home country when it comes to their children's academic performance, according to findings from the October issue of ...
Study reveals an oily diet for subsurface life
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Thousands of feet below the bottom of the sea, off the shores of Santa Barbara, single-celled organisms are busy feasting on oil.
Computer hardware 'guardians' protect users from undiscovered bugs
Technology / Computer Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer processor chips grow faster and more complex, they are likely to make it to market with more design bugs. But that may be OK, according to University of Michigan researchers who have devised a ...
An accurate picture of ice loss in Greenland
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Researchers from TU Delft joined forces with the Center for Space Research (CSR) in Austin, Texas, USA, to develop a method for creating an accurate picture of Greenland's shrinking ice cap. On the strength ...
