Mirrors could be a key to quantum computing
Aug 31, 2007 |
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
Genetic link between body clocks and blood pressure
Aug 31, 2007 |
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A region of DNA involved in the body’s inbuilt 24 hour cycle (the circadian rhythm) is also involved in controlling blood pressure, report scientists from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (WTCHG) at the University ...
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 ...
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.
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.”
'Wiki City Rome' to draw a map like no other
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 31, 2007 |
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Residents of Italy's capital will glimpse the future of urban mapmaking next month with the launch of "Wiki City Rome," a project developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that uses data from ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Invasive species spreads to Vilas County lake in Wisconsin
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The spiny water flea, a small but aggressive aquatic invasive species, has made its way into another of Wisconsin's lakes, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reported last week.
Professor looks for life in and under antarctic ice
Biology /
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 ...
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 ...
