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Scientists cage chemical demon

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 10

A Cambridge University-led research team has discovered a technique to safely handle and transport white phosphorous.


Study: White wine can make tooth stains darker

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It has long been known that red wine causes teeth to stain. But white wine? A recent study by NYU dental researchers found that drinking white wine can also increase the potential for teeth to take on dark stains.


White tea -- the solution to the obesity epidemic?

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Possible anti-obesity effects of white tea have been demonstrated in a series of experiments on human fat cells (adipocytes). Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism have shown ...


Body's immune system response to dental plaque varies by gender and race

Body's immune system response to dental plaque varies by gender and race

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Will neglecting to brush your teeth damage more than just your smile? Can failing to attack dental plaque increase your risk of heart damage?


Cheap and efficient white light LEDs new design described in AIP's Journal of Applied Physics

Cheap, efficient white light LEDs new design

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (26) | comments 5

Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents ...


Matter in hand: Jugglers have rewired brains

Matter in hand: Jugglers have rewired brains

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (22) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning to juggle leads to changes in the white matter of the brain, an Oxford University study has shown.


White glow: Dye-doped DNA nanofibers emit white light

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Efficient energy transport plays an important role in the development of optoelectonic materials. The true masters of energy transfer via a hierarchical arrangement of different molecules are the photosynthetic ...


Pulsating White Dwarfs Explained by 'Accidental Astronomer'

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Exploring distant parts of the galaxy, astrophysicist Denis Sullivan has collaborated on the discovery of about six extrasolar planets--not bad for an accidental astronomer.


Beetle shell inspires brilliant white paper

Beetle shell inspires brilliant white paper

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

An obscure species of beetle has shown how brilliant white paper could be produced in a completely new way. A team from Imerys Minerals Ltd. and the University of Exeter has taken inspiration from the shell ...


Unusual shape of exploded star puzzles scientists

Unusual shape of exploded star puzzles scientists

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 2

Penn State astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to produce a new image of a ghostly exploded star with an unusual shape in a galaxy near the Milky Way. Astronomers think the object may be ...


Bacteria 'launch a shield' to resist attack

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria that cause chronic lung infections can communicate with each other to form a deadly shield against the body's natural defenses. Studying these interactions could lead to new ways of treating bacteria that are resistant ...


Faulty 'wiring' in the brain triggers onset of schizophrenia

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A new study by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP), King's College London has discovered abnormalities in the white matter of the brain that seem to be critical for the timing of schizophrenia. The study, led ...


LED closes the yellow gap: Full conversion of blue into amber light by new nitride phosphor

LED closes the yellow gap: Full conversion of blue into amber light by new nitride phosphor

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Monochromatic light-emitting diodes cover a large part of the visible spectrum with high effi-ciency. For blue light, nitride diodes achieve external quantum efficiencies in excess of 65%, ...


Patient-doctor communication is worse for blacks than for whites, study finds

Patient-doctor communication is worse for blacks than for whites, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Black patients with high blood pressure experience poorer communication with their doctors than white patients do, a study led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researcher has found.


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Dell Launches World's Fastest Office Color Laser Printer

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dell today announced three new commercial workgroup printers to help businesses of all sizes increase productivity and lower their total cost of printing.