Chemical signaling may power nanomachines
Mar 31, 2008 |
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In a finding that could provide controlled motion in futuristic nanomachines used for drug delivery, fuel cells, and other applications, researchers in Pennsylvania report that chemical signaling between synthetic ...
Mathematician foresees romps for Major League Baseball's American League in 2008
Mar 31, 2008 |
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NJIT’s indefatigable math professor Bruce Bukiet is once again opining on outcomes for this season’s Major League Baseball teams. His picks are based on a mathematical model he developed in 2000. His goal is two-fold.
New Internet ID Card Prevents Online Fraud
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Times are getting hard for anyone trying to get away with online fraud. That’s because Siemens, in cooperation with a partner company, has developed an Internet ID card the size of an ATM card that enables ...
Hydrogen storage in nanoparticles works
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Dutch chemist Kees Baldé has demonstrated that hydrogen can be efficiently stored in nanoparticles. This allows hydrogen storage to be more easily used in mobile applications. Baldé discovered that 30 nanometre particles ...
First evidence that blocking key energy protein kills cancer cells
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Researchers in Taiwan report for the first time that blocking a key energy-supplying protein kills cancer cells. The finding, described as the first to test possible medical uses of so-called ATP-synthase ...
Data storage using ultra-small needles
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Dutch researcher Alexander le Fèbre has demonstrated that a field-emission current signal can be used to arrange the position of thousands of nanometre-sharp needles. These probes can be applied to write and read in new storage ...
Psychologist offers tips to remember more in today's high-tech world
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Today's technology has brought instant access to important information at our fingertips. It's also overwhelmed us with more things to remember -- from computer logins, passwords and codes, to instructions on how to run today's ...
Exploding star in NGC 2397
Mar 31, 2008 |
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NGC 2397, pictured in this image from Hubble, is a classic spiral galaxy with long prominent dust lanes along the edges of its arms, seen as dark patches and streaks silhouetted against the starlight. Hubble’s ...
Boosting self-esteem can backfire in decision-making
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Smart business leaders understand that confidence affects decision-making and ultimately a company’s earnings. But giving employees positive feedback in the hopes of promoting better decisions sometimes can backfire, suggests ...
Researchers study why high school boys dodge 'Phys Ed'
Mar 31, 2008 |
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As obesity and inactivity among youth becomes a growing concern for North American families, new research based at The University of Western Ontario is asking why some high school boys are reluctant to participate in Grade ...
Chloroform provides clue to 150 year old medical puzzle
Mar 31, 2008 |
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One of the earliest general anaesthetics to be used by the medical profession, chloroform, has shed light on a mystery that’s puzzled doctors for more than 150 years – how such anaesthetics actually work.
Are you my mother? Transference more pronounced when we are tired
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Extending the logic from existing research showing that individuals exhibited more stereotypic biases at a non-optimal time of day (i.e., in the morning for evening types and in the evening for morning types,) Kruglanski ...
Researchers develop tool that 'sees' internal body details 1,000 times smaller
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Doctors' quest to see what is happening inside a living body has been hampered by the limits on detecting tiny components of internal structures and events. Now a team of Stanford University School of Medicine researchers ...
New blood pressure medication has fewer side effects: Global study
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 31, 2008 |
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A major Canadian-led global study has found that a new blood pressure medication is effective in reducing cardiovascular death, with fewer side effects than the current standard of care.
2-drug blood pressure therapy lowers cardiovascular risk
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An international blood pressure study comparing two single-pill drug combinations has yielded results so significant that the study has been stopped early – and the researchers say their findings might alter the way high ...
