Scientists solve mystery of glassy water
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Water has some amazing properties. It is the only natural substance found in all three states — solid, liquid and gas — within the range of natural Earth temperatures. Its solid form is less dense than its liquid form, which ...
The end to a mystery?
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Astronomers at the University of St Andrews believe they can “simplify the dark side of the universe” by shedding new light on two of its mysterious constituents.
Listen to Headphones Without Blocking Out the World
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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A new set of headphones can enable music lovers to enjoy their music while still hearing the outside world at the same time. Outi´s Vibe Body Sound headphones use bone conduction technology to send vibrations ...
DNA analysis unlocks students' pasts
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For most of her life, Georgia State doctoral student Erin Harper thought of herself as African-American with French ancestry.
Researchers find that humans are cause of diminishing water flow in the West
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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The Rocky Mountains have warmed by 2 degrees Fahrenheit. The snowpack in the Sierras has dwindled by 20 percent and the temperatures there have heated up by 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
Using musical chords to analyze and illustrate hydrogen molecule's response to laser pulses
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For Kansas State University physics professor Uwe Thumm, confirmation of a theory about the behavior of small molecules became music to his ears -- literally. He and colleagues in Heidelberg, Germany, have shown how a hydrogen ...
Lost City pumps life-essential chemicals at rates unseen at typical black smokers
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Hydrocarbons – molecules critical to life – are being generated by the simple interaction of seawater with the rocks under the Lost City hydrothermal vent field in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
The key to a more efficient nanolaser?
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“There are some discussions about the recent applications on photonic nanolasers and photonic integrated circuits based on photonic crystals,” Toshihiko Baba tells PhysOrg.com in an email. Baba, a scientist at the Yokoha ...
Scientists Develop Novel Vaccine Concept
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Creating vaccines to protect people against viral diseases like AIDS, cervical cancer and infectious hepatitis is a delicate balancing act: If the immune system’s response to the vaccine is too strong, toxic side effects ...
Scientists achieve major genetics breakthrough
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University of Adelaide geneticist Dr Jozef Gecz and a team of Belgium and UK scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in discovering the causes of intellectual disability.
Impoverished areas of Africa and Asia face severe crop losses from climate change in 20 years
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Many of the world’s poorest regions could face severe crop losses in the next two decades because of climate change, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford University’s Program on Food Security and the Environment ...
Scientists discover new species of giant elephant-shrew
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Although there is unquestionably much left to be discovered about life on Earth, charismatic animals like mammals are usually well documented, and it is rare to find a new species today—especially from a group ...
Anti-parasite drug may provide new way to attack HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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A drug already used to treat parasitic infections, and once looked at for cancer, also attacks the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a new and powerful way, according to research published today online in the open access ...
Scientists outline novel approach to ecosystem management
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Traditional ecosystems in which communities of plants and animals have co-evolved and are interdependent are increasingly rare, due to human-induced ecosystem changes. As a result, historical assessments of ecosystem health ...
Six simple steps to protect against and stop the spread of noroviruses
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Recent outbreaks of norovirus–also known as stomach flu–indicate the highly contagious, fast-moving virus is again a public health concern. The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has ...
