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Intensive therapy for narrowed arteries linked to fewer heart events

Medicine & Health / Research

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Intensive medical therapy, including aggressive control of blood pressure and cholesterol levels, for patients with asymptomatic plaque buildup in their carotid arteries (which supply blood to the brain) appears to be associated ...


Scientists discover mechanism behind superinsulation

Scientists discover mechanism behind superinsulation

Physics / General Physics

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered the microscopic mechanism behind the phenomenon of superinsulation, the ability of certain materials ...


Scientist uncovers relics of ancient cosmos

Scientist uncovers relics of ancient cosmos

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Manchester scientist, working as part of an international team, has uncovered an unexpectedly rich trove of relicts from the ancient cosmos.


A new kind of micro-mobility: Moving tiny particles using magnetic fields

A new kind of micro-mobility: Moving tiny particles using magnetic fields (w/ Video)

Physics / General Physics

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new microscopic system devised by researchers in MIT's department of materials science and engineering could provide a novel method for moving tiny objects inside a microchip, and could also provide new ...


Newly identified enzymes help plants sense elevated CO2 and could lead to water-wise crops

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Biologists have identified plant enzymes that may help to engineer plants that take advantage of elevated carbon dioxide to use water more efficiently. The finding could help to engineer crops that take advantage of rising ...


New techniques make carbon-based integrated circuits more practical

New techniques make carbon-based integrated circuits more practical

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford engineers have built what they believe is a chip with the most advanced computing and storage elements made of carbon nanotubes to date by devising a way to root out the stubborn ...


Microscopic gyroscopes, the key for motion sensing

Microscopic gyroscopes, the key for motion sensing

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny devices made possible by combining the latest advances in mechanical and electronics technology could be at the heart of next-generation personal navigation and vehicle stabilisation ...


Carnegie Mellon scientists discover first evidence of brain rewiring in children

Scientists discover first evidence of brain rewiring in children

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Carnegie Mellon University scientists Timothy Keller and Marcel Just have uncovered the first evidence that intensive instruction to improve reading skills in young children causes the brain to physically ...


Prof gets messages from space

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Barbara Frisken received several messages from outer space this year on her answering machine.


Study reveals how Arctic food webs affect mercury in polar bears

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

With growing concerns about the effects of global warming on polar bears, it's increasingly important to understand how other environmental threats, such as mercury pollution, are affecting these magnificent Arctic animals.


'Shoot-'em-up' video game increases teenagers' science knowledge

Biology / Other

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

While navigating the microscopic world of immune system proteins and cells to save a patient suffering from a raging bacterial infection, young teenage players of the "Immune Attack" video game measurably improved their understanding ...


Researchers finds hidden sensory system in the skin

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Researchers report that the human body has an entirely unique and separate sensory system aside from the nerves that give most of us the ability to touch and feel. Surprisingly, this sensory network is located throughout ...


New York autopsies show 2009 H1N1 influenza virus damages entire airway

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In fatal cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza, the virus can damage cells throughout the respiratory airway, much like the viruses that caused the 1918 and 1957 influenza pandemics, report researchers from the National Institutes ...


Archaeological study of ostrich eggshell beads collected from SDG site

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ostrich eggshell (OES) beads from SDG site reflect primordial art and a kind of symbolic behavior of modern humans. Two different manufacturing pathways are usually used in the manufacture of OES beads in Upper Paleolithic. ...


Munich lab demonstrates diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

German researchers demonstrate diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Just three months after the Euro 5 Norm for exhaust emissions went into force for all new car models, researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany) have demonstrated an engine that is ...