Mirrors could be a key to quantum computing
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“We want to push the envelope,” Pierre Meystre tells PhysOrg.com. “We are trying to figure out how big an object can be and still be measured quantum mechanically.”
Ancient yucca chaws yield ancient DNA
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 31, 2007 |
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In a groundbreaking study, two Harvard scientists have for the first time extracted human DNA from ancient artifacts. The work potentially opens up a new universe of sources for ancient genetic material, which ...
Sharp unveils ultra-sensitive touch-screen LCD
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Japan's Sharp Corp, a leading producer of liquid crystal displays, on Friday unveiled a new LCD system equipped with an ultra-sensitive touch screen.
Red wine compound shown to prevent prostate cancer
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have found that nutrients in red wine may help reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer.
Dark Pit on Mars' Arsia Mons, with Sunlit Wall
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 31, 2007 |
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The High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has confirmed that a dark pit seen on Mars in an earlier HiRISE image really is a vertical shaft that cuts through ...
DNA used as a template for nanolithography
Aug 31, 2007 |
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DNA is one of the most popular building blocks of nanotechnology and is commonly used to construct ordered nanoscale structures with controlled architectures. For the most part, DNA is looked upon as a promising building ...
Chandra Peers at Cosmic Super Bubbles
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers explored a particular region of clouds and gas where stars are forming in one of the Milky Way's closest galactic neighbors.
Digital Dandelions
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 31, 2007 |
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What looks like the head of a digital dandelion is a map of the Internet generated by new algorithms from computer scientists at UC San Diego. This map features Internet nodes – the red dots – and linkages ...
A genetic trigger for the Cambrian explosion unraveled?
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Aug 31, 2007 |
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A team of scientists led by young Croatian evolutionary geneticist Tomislav Domazet-Lošo from Ruder Boškovic Institute (RBI) in Zagreb, Croatia, developed a novel methodological approach in evolutionary studies. Using the ...
Novel 3-D cell culture model shows selective tumour uptake of nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 31, 2007 |
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A nanoparticle drug delivery system designed for brain tumour therapy has shown promising tumour cell selectivity in a novel cell culture model devised by scientists at The University of Nottingham. The project, conducted ...
Professor looks for life in and under antarctic ice
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Aug 31, 2007 |
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Antarctica is home to the largest body of ice on Earth. Prior to approximately 10 years ago, no one thought that life could exist beneath the Antarctic ice sheets, which can be more than two miles thick in places, because ...
SMART-1: Europe on the Moon, 1 year on
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 31, 2007 |
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A year ago, as Europe reached the Moon for the first time, scientists on Earth eagerly watched SMART-1’s spectacular impact. New results from the impact analysis and from the instruments still keep coming.
Secondhand smoke is a health threat to pets
Aug 31, 2007 |
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It has been in the news for years about how secondhand smoke is a health threat to nonsmokers. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that secondhand smoke is attributed with killing thousands of adult nonsmokers ...
Longer is Better for Nanotube Optical Properties
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 31, 2007 |
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If you want to exploit the ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to absorb, fluoresce and scatter light, take the advice of a sandlot quarterback and “go long.”
Baiji Dolphin previously thought extinct spotted in the Yangtze River
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Aug 31, 2007 |
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The reported sighting of a Yangtze River dolphin, or Baiji, means there is still a chance for people to take further action and protect the cetaceans in the Yangtze from extinction, according to World Wildlife Fund.
