Conclusive proof that polar warming is being caused by humans
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2008 |
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New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has demonstrated for the first time that human activity is responsible for significant warming in both polar regions.
Searching for primordial antimatter
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Scientists are on the hunt for evidence of antimatter - matter's arch nemesis – left over from the very early Universe. New results using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ...
Hubble scores a perfect ten
Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Hubble Space Telescope is back in business after a one-month breakdown with a snapshot of the fascinating galaxy pair Arp 147. Scientists made two repair attempts, and last week's effort ...
Samsung Goes Brave New World With 40-Inch OLED Panel
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung showed off its 40-inch OLED panel at FPD International in Yokahama, Japan. It is a work in progress with a full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080, a contrast ratio of a million to one and ...
Ultrafast lasers give researchers a snapshot of electrons in action
Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the quest to slow down and ultimately understand chemistry at the level of atoms and electrons, University of Colorado at Boulder and Canadian scientists have found a new way to peer into ...
Ancient mummy has no modern children, says 'Iceman' study
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 30, 2008 |
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The 5,300 year old human mummy – dubbed Öetzi or 'the Tyrolean Iceman' – is highly unlikely to have modern day relatives, according to new research published today.
Optimal dose of vitamin E maximizes benefits, minimizes risk
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Vitamin E has been heralded for its ability to reduce the risk of blood clots, heart attack, and sudden death. Yet in some people, vitamin E causes bleeding. Scientists have known for more than 50 years that excess vitamin ...
Scientists identify machinery that helps make memories
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A major puzzle for neurobiologists is how the brain can modify one microscopic connection, or synapse, at a time in a brain cell and not affect the thousands of other connections nearby. Plasticity, the ability of the brain ...
Biologists discover motor protein that rewinds DNA
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Two biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered the first of a new class of cellular motor proteins that "rewind" sections of the double-stranded DNA molecule that become unwound, ...
Magnetic fields record the early histories of planets
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Meteorites that are among the oldest rocks ever found have provided new clues about the conditions that existed at the beginning of the solar system, solving a longstanding mystery and overturning ...
'Living fossil' tree contains genetic imprints of rain forests under climate change
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A "living fossil" tree species is helping a University of Michigan researcher understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to global warming in the ...
Geologists blame gas drilling for Indonesia mud disaster
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2008 |
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A resounding vote of international petroleum geologists from around the globe concluded that the mud volcano was triggered by drilling of a nearby gas exploration well. This may have implications for compensation ...
Drinking milk to ease milk allergy?
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Giving children with milk allergies increasingly higher doses of milk over time may ease, and even help them completely overcome, their allergic reactions, according to the results of a study led by the Johns Hopkins Children's ...
Experience soccer games through your cell phone vibration
Oct 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Buzz buzz...it’s a goal for the home team! By synchronizing a cell phone’s vibrations with the ball in the field, researchers have designed a method that allows cell phone users to experi ...
Engineer creating more sensitive, safer landmine detectors
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Long after a conflict, landmines remain buried underground unless someone can locate and detonate them. According to the United Nations (UN), there are more than 100 million landmines buried in 68 countries around the world. ...
