How to Shrink a Carbon Nanotube
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A research group has devised a way to control the diameter of a carbon nanotube – down to essentially zero nanometers. This useful new ability, designed by scientists from the University of California at Berkeley ...
New wide-angle lens produces pictures without distortion
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South Korean researchers have designed and built an inexpensive optical lens that collects light from a large area and produces a virtually distortion-free wide-angle image. Standing in contrast to commonly ...
Speakers of different languages perceive rhythm differently
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Do the sounds of our native languages affect how we hear music and other non-language sounds" A team of American and Japanese researchers has found evidence that native languages influence the way people group non-language ...
Asymmetric ashes
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Astronomers are reporting remarkable new findings that shed light on a decade-long debate about one kind of supernovae, the explosions that mark a star's final demise: does the star die in a slow burn or with ...
Scientists Want to Solve Puzzle of Excess Water Vapor Near Cirrus Clouds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2006 |
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A number of researchers in recent years have reported perplexing findings of water vapor at concentrations as much as twice what they should be in and around cirrus clouds high in the atmosphere, a finding that could alter ...
Probing Question: What makes somebody a morning person or a night owl?
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I'm a dyed-in-the-wool morning guy: up at 5, nodding off by 9 p.m. My college-freshman son, on the other hand, is the proverbial night owl: up around noon, and I don't even want to know when he gets to bed.
It's a gamble: Econophysicists meld science, economics
Nov 30, 2006 |
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Predicting financial markets is more of a gamble than traditional economists will admit, and making sense of such numbers is more like trying to decipher noise blasting from a loudspeaker, says one University of Houston econophysicist, ...
Strontium atomic clock demonstrates super-fine 'ticks'
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Using an ultra-stable laser to manipulate strontium atoms trapped in a "lattice" made of light, scientists at JILA have demonstrated the capability to produce the most precise "ticks" ever recorded in an optical ...
Nike+iPod Sport Kit raises privacy concerns
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 30, 2006 |
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This holiday season, gift-givers may unwittingly give their favorite athlete a workout accessory that can double as a tracking device. Researchers in computer science and engineering at the University of Washington ...
Healthy bodies help fight disease? Clues to how diet affects the immune system
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Scientists are proposing that dietary fats can affect how well our immune system works and have discoveredthat one of the earliest steps in immune system activation relies on a molecule that binds fats.
Scientist spin human brain cell silicone
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British scientists say they have succeeded in spinning fine threads of biocompatible silicone that contain viable living human brain cells.
The abortion pill compound prevents breast tumor growth
Nov 30, 2006 |
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The chemical compound for the abortion pill has been found to prevent the growth of mammary tumors caused by the mutant gene responsible for a majority of breast and ovarian cancers, according to UC Irvine scientists.
New Horizons Gets First Glimpse of Pluto
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The New Horizons team got a faint glimpse of the mission's distant, main planetary target when one of the spacecraft's telescopic cameras spotted Pluto for the first time.
One-off treatment to stop back pain -- Using patients' own stem cells
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A University of Manchester researcher has developed a treatment for lower back pain using the patient’s own stem cells, which could replace the use of strong painkillers or surgery that can cause debilitation, neither of ...
With fruit fly sex, researchers find mind-body connection
Biology /
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Male fruit flies are smaller and darker than female flies. The hair-like bristles on their forelegs are shorter, thicker. Their sexual equipment, of course, is different, too.
