Search results for contradiction
Newly refined antibody therapy may be potent treatment for autoimmune diseases
Apr 28, 2008 |
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An old, fickle therapy for a variety of autoimmune diseases is getting a makeover, thanks to a decade-long investigation by Rockefeller University researchers. The original treatment, called intravenous immunoglobulin or ...
Study plunges standard Theory of Cosmology into Crisis
May 05, 2009 |
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As modern cosmologists rely more and more on the ominous “dark matter” to explain otherwise inexplicable observations, much effort has gone into the detection of this mysterious substance in the last two decades, yet no direct ...
Can Neutrons be Used in Quantum Computers?
Dec 20, 2006 |
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“In quantum mechanics, you typically have arguments about locality and non-locality,” Yuji Hasegawa tells PhysOrg.com. “But in our experiment we are testing correlation between degrees of freedom.”
Melting glaciers may release DDT and contaminate Antarctic environment
May 26, 2008 |
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In an unexpected consequence of climate change, scientists are raising the possibility that glacial melting is releasing large amounts of the banned pesticide DDT, which is contaminating the environment in ...
Anti-HAV antibodies in beta-thalassemia
Apr 30, 2008 |
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Thalassemic patients were found to present a higher prevalence of anti-HAV IgG antibodies than matched healthy subjects from the same geographic area. This finding is difficult to explain, but it may be attributed to the ...
Physicists resolve a paradox of quantum theory
Jan 14, 2009 |
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University of Toronto quantum physicists Jeff Lundeen and Aephraim Steinberg have shown that Hardy's paradox, a proposal that has confounded physicists for over a decade, can be confirmed and ultimately resolved, a task which ...
This is your brain on politics
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 02, 2008 |
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U.S. presidential candidates have been stumping for nearly two years with their every move being analyzed and reported ad nauseum. Logically, voters should be able to tap into lots of information when they make their decisions ...
Study Reconciles Long-Standing Contradiction of Deep-Earth Dynamics
Aug 25, 2005 |
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Scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) have solved a long-standing contradiction about the workings of the deep Earth.
Just look: When it comes to art, viewing may be as satisfying as buying
Dec 15, 2008 |
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The experience of purchasing art shares much in common with viewing it in exhibits, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Author Yu Chen (Oakland University) shows that visiting a gallery can provid ...
Vatican gives nod to Darwin, not Design
Jan 19, 2006 |
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The official Vatican newspaper has published an article praising as "correct" a recent U.S. court decision that intelligent design is not science.
Tapping the power of lightsticks
Aug 21, 2006 |
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Scientists have applied the principle behind lightsticks -- those snap-to-glow devices that light up without electricity -- to produce remote photopolymerization, a long-sought process for sealing inaccessible cracks and ...
AT&T complains Google Voice blocks calls it can't (Update)
Sep 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Friday that Google Inc.'s Internet phone program gets an unfair advantage from blocking calls to rural communities where local carriers charge high connection fees.
Biologists identify genes that prevent changes in physical traits due to environmental changes
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Nov 04, 2008 |
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New York University biologists have identified genes that prevent physical traits from being affected by environmental changes. The research, which studied the genetic makeup of baker's yeast, appears in the latest issue ...
Physicists make discovery in quantum mechanics
Sep 23, 2009 |
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(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in quantum mechanics using a superconducting electrical circuit. The finding is reported in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
Religious beliefs focus too much on self
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Moving away from traditional religious beliefs to trendy, self-focused religions and spirituality is not making young adults happier, according to new research.
