Bacteria

Plasma produces KO cocktail for MRSA

Physics / General Physics

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MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and un ...


Monster Waves on the Sun are Real

Monster Waves on the Sun are Real (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft are telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as the "solar ...


Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice

Implant-based cancer vaccine is first to eliminate tumors in mice

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A cancer vaccine carried into the body on a carefully engineered, fingernail-sized implant is the first to successfully eliminate tumors in mammals, scientists report this week in the journal ...


Cosmic 'dig' reveals vestiges of the Milky Way's building blocks

Cosmic 'Dig' Reveals Vestiges of the Milky Way's Building Blocks

Space & Earth / Astronomy

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Peering through the thick dust clouds of our galaxy's "bulge" (the myriads of stars surrounding its center), a team of astronomers has unveiled an unusual mix of stars in the stellar grouping ...


Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car

Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter ...


Superconductor magnet heat shield being developed

Superconductor magnet spacecraft heat shield being developed

Physics / General Physics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- European space agencies and an aerospace giant are developing a new re-entry heat shield that will use superconductor magnets to generate a magnetic field strong enough to deflect the superhot ...


Sony optimistic on 3-D TVs, in-house display (AP)

Sony optimistic on 3-D TVs, in-house display

Technology / Hi Tech

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(AP) -- A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday.


This curvaceous humanoid made of layers of cardboard is billed as the first eco-friendly robot

Robo-chefs and fashion-bots on show in Tokyo

Electronics / Robotics

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Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims.


Russia: no space for space tourists (AP)

Russia: no space for space tourists

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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(AP) -- A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station.


Should I buy a PC or Mac?

Technology / Software

created 12 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 8

Q. Our 6-year-old PC computer is dying a slow death and we are considering moving to a new iMac but have a few concerns. First, of all, we have several Word documents on our disk drive now that we want to keep and add to ...


Time Inc., Conde Nast and Hearst are preparing to launch an online newsstand described as an "iTunes for magazines"

Magazine publishers creating 'iTunes for magazines': reports

Technology / Internet

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US magazine publishers Time Inc., Conde Nast and Hearst are preparing to launch an online newsstand described as an "iTunes for magazines," according to published reports.


No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive

Spirit Mars Rover: No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sol 2095 (Tuesday, Nov. 24), Spirit performed a set of diagnostic actions related to a stall of the right-rear wheel on the previous drive, three days earlier.


ORNL 'deep retrofits' can cut home energy bills in half

ORNL 'deep retrofits' can cut home energy bills in half

Technology / Energy

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Oak Ridge National Laboratory has announced plans to conduct a series of deep energy retrofit research projects with the potential to improve the energy efficiency in selected homes by as ...


Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar (AP)

Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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(AP) -- New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same.


Variable Temperatures Leave Insects wtih a Frosty Reception

Biology / Plants & Animals

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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists at The University of Western Ontario have shown that insects exposed to repeated periods of cold will trade reproduction for immediate survival.