 New 'nano-positioners' may have atomic-scale precision 18 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Engineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer ... | |
Unregulated nanoparticles from diesel engines inhibit lungs 18 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Diesel engines emit countless carbon nanoparticles into the air, slipping through government regulation and vehicle filters. A new University of Michigan simulation shows that these nanoparticles can get ... | |
Study shows toll roads are more fair than taxes 18 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Popular wisdom may suggest that toll roads are unfair to the poor, but a new joint study by UCLA and USC researchers shows that these pay-as-you-go transportation options may actually be fairer to all income ... | |
Intensity of human environmental impact may lessen as incomes rise, analysis suggests 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The richer you are, the more of the world’s resources you can afford to consume. But in many parts of the world, rising incomes are not having the proportionate effect on energy consumption, croplands and ... | |
Intel and Yahoo! to Bring the Internet to Television 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Intel Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. today previewed plans for the Widget Channel, a television (TV) application framework optimized for TV and related consumer electronics (CE) devices that use the Intel Architecture. The Widget ... | |
 Living with a Star 19 hours ago | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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What if you woke up one morning and found your whole planet had been swallowed by the atmosphere of a star? | |
New insights into the regulation of PTEN tumor suppression function 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The PTEN tumor suppressor gene controls numerous biological processes including cell proliferation, cell growth and death. But PTEN is frequently lost or mutated; in fact, alteration of the gene is so common among various ... | |
Genome of saltwater creature could aid understanding of gene grouping 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The genetic code of a simple saltwater creature could help researchers learn more about how groups of genes function in humans and other species. | |
Molecular switch found in mice could lead to future obesity treatments 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A surprise discovery -- that calorie-burning brown fat can be produced experimentally from muscle precursor cells in mice -- raises the prospect of new ways to fight obesity and overweight, say scientists from Dana-Farber ... | |
 Hubble sees magnetic monster in erupting galaxy 19 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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NGC 1275 is one of the closest giant elliptical galaxies and lies at the centre of the Perseus Cluster of galaxies. It is an active galaxy, hosting a supermassive black hole at its core, which blows bubbles ... | |
 An Unconventional Metal 19 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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The semiconductor silicon and the ferromagnet iron are the basis for much of mankind's technology, used in everything from computers to electric motors. In this week's issue of the journal Nature (August ... | |
Joslin study identifies protein that produces 'good' fat 20 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A study by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center has shown that a protein known for its role in inducing bone growth can also help promote the development of brown fat, a "good" fat that helps in the expenditure of energy ... | |
Baby born to 61-year-old surrogate mother 20 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A 61-year-old woman in central Japan has given birth to a surrogate child for her daughter, an obstetrician said Wednesday. | |
 All hail to 'Space Invaders' at Europe's biggest games show 20 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Europe's biggest games convention marks 30 years since "Space Invaders" this week with a homage to the alien 'shoot-em-up' as well as 500 exhibitors showing how far the industry has come since then. | |
American launches in-flight Internet on 3 routes 20 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- One of the few remaining Internet-free havens vanished Wednesday as American Airlines launched airborne e-mail, Web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights. | |
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