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Mounting evidence shows red wine antioxidant kills cancer

March 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 69 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Rochester researchers showed for the first time that a natural antioxidant found in grape skins and red wine can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells by reaching to the cell's core energy source, or mitochondria, and crippling ...


Some colleges checking students' social-networking sites

September 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | User comments: 3

Lauren Pfeiffer said she doesn't have to worry about what's on her Facebook profile, but she can't say the same about her fellow students.


Logo Can Make You 'Think Different'

March 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 89 vote(s) | User comments: 7

Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and ...


Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky

January 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 124 vote(s) | User comments: 27

Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from ...


sQuba: World's First Underwater Car

December 20, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 96 vote(s) | User comments: 3

A Swiss company called Rinspeed has recently announced its newest project: an underwater car. Named "sQuba," the car can both drive on roads, and then - at the push of a button - dive up to 10 meters (33 feet) ...


Running slows the aging clock, researchers find

August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 68 vote(s) | User comments: 11

Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer ...


New study proves that pain is not a symptom of arthritis, pain causes arthritis

September 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 73 vote(s) | User comments: 5

Pain is more than a symptom of osteoarthritis, it is an inherent and damaging part of the disease itself, according to a study published today in journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. More specifically, the study revealed ...


Intel cuts electric cords with wireless power system

August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 126 vote(s) | User comments: 24

Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.


Before the Big Bang: A Twin Universe?

April 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 274 vote(s) | User comments: 30

Until very recently, asking what happened at or before the Big Bang was considered by physicists to be a religious question. General relativity theory just doesn’t go there – at T=0, it spews out zeros, infinities, ...


Giant garbage patch floating in Pacific

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 309 vote(s) | User comments: 21

An enormous island of trash twice the size of Texas is floating in the Pacific Ocean somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii.


Scientists Predict How to Detect a Fourth Dimension of Space

May 25, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 308 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Scientists at Duke and Rutgers universities have developed a mathematical framework they say will enable astronomers to test a new five-dimensional theory of gravity that competes with Einstein's General Theory ...


Strap-On Helicopter Could Offer Solo Flying Experience

May 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 77 vote(s) | User comments: 24

Ever since the first human saw a bird soaring through the clouds, our species has harbored a great envy for the freedom that flying gives.


The Dark Side of Light

February 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 193 vote(s) | User comments: 23

Light may not seem very interesting in our everyday lives. But to scientists, light’s properties are a constant source of intrigue. The nature of light as both wave and particle, light as the universal speed ...


Study: Facebook profiles can be used to detect narcissism

September 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 102 vote(s) | User comments: 10

A new University of Georgia study suggests that online social networking sites such as Facebook might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a narcissist.


Kites could provide electricity for 100,000 homes

August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 110 vote(s) | User comments: 46

High-flying kites tethered to generators could supply as much as 100 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 100,000 homes, according to researchers from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. ...


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