New pill increases dreaming sleep
Feb 06, 2006 |
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A new sleeping pill that increases dreaming sleep improves memory capacity, according to the results of new research.
Muscles burn lactic acid as well as carbos
Apr 19, 2006 |
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Most athletes see lactic acid as their enemy, and think that training helps them eliminate the metabolic waste product from their muscles so they will function longer and harder. But UC Berkeley physiologist George Brooks ...
21st century technology cracks alchemists' secret recipe
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 22, 2006 |
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A 500-year old mystery surrounding the centerpiece of the alchemists' lab kit has been solved by UCL (University College London) and Cardiff University archaeologists.
The Best Way to Board a Plane
Feb 14, 2008 |
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Most airlines board passengers the same way, first filling the seats in the back of the plane, and then moving to the front. After a recent experience boarding a plane in this manner, Fermilab physicist Jason ...
Humans Do Not Understand Mirror Reflections, Say Researchers
Dec 21, 2005 |
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Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have found that people still find it difficult to understand how mirrors work.
Scientists develop bird flu vaccine
Jan 26, 2006 |
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University of Pittsburgh scientists say they've genetically engineered an avian flu vaccine that has proven 100 percent effective in mice and chickens.
'Mighty Mouse' robot frees stuck radiation source
Dec 15, 2005 |
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A Sandia National Laboratories robot recently withstood enough radiation to kill 40 men in freeing a stuck radiation source -- the size of a restaurant salt shaker -- at a White Sands Missile Range lab so that ...
Jesus Walked on Ice, Study Says
Apr 04, 2006 |
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The New Testament story describes Jesus walking on water in the Sea of Galilee but according to a study led by Florida State University Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof, it's more likely that he walked on ...
Coffee is number one source of antioxidants
Aug 29, 2005 |
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Coffee provides more than just a morning jolt; that steaming cup of java is also the number one source of antioxidants in the U.S. diet, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Scranton (Pa.). Their study ...
Researchers stumped by drug addiction paradox
Apr 16, 2008 |
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From chocolate and caffeine to nicotine and cocaine, many of our most addictive foods and drugs come from plant toxins. Considering that plants originally developed these toxins to deter herbivorous predators, ...
The forgotten methane source
Jan 11, 2006 |
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In the last few years, more and more research has focused on the biosphere; particularly, on how gases which influence the climate are exchanged between the biosphere and atmosphere. Researchers from the Max ...
A mighty number falls
May 21, 2007 |
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Mathematicians and number buffs have their records. And today, an international team has broken a long-standing one in an impressive feat of calculation.
The mathematics of cloaking
Dec 26, 2006 |
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The theorists who first created the mathematics that describe the behavior of the recently announced "invisibility cloak" have revealed a new analysis that may extend the current cloak's powers, enabling it to hide even act ...
Free software brings affordability, transparency to mathematics
Dec 06, 2007 |
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Until recently, a student solving a calculus problem, a physicist modeling a galaxy or a mathematician studying a complex equation had to use powerful computer programs that cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. ...
Archaeology Team Discovers Oldest Remains of Sea-faring Ships in the World
Feb 27, 2006 |
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A team of archaeologists from Boston University and the University of Naples l’Orientale recently uncovered the oldest remains of sea-faring ships in the world and cargo boxes containing goods from the lost-land of Punt – ...
