'Powerhouses' from living cells power new explosives detector November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers in Missouri have borrowed the technology that living cells use to produce energy to develop a tiny, self-powered sensor for rapid detection of hidden explosives. The experimental sensor, about the size of a postage ... | |
 Left untouched, world's largest mangrove forest recovering fast November 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The world's largest mangrove forest is recovering fast from one of the worst disasters in its history, a year after it was badly damaged by a devastating cyclone, Bangladesh officials say. | |
 New deep-sea observatory goes live November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Off the coast of Central California, in the inky darkness of the deep sea, a bright orange metal pyramid about the size of two compact cars sits quietly on the seafloor. Nestled within the metal pyramid is ... | |
Scientists scratch heads over why we itch November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists are baffled by one of humankind's most annoying problems - itching - an almost universal misery for which there is, as yet, no adequate explanation or treatment. | |
 Qualcomm to link people to Internet without computers November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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US wireless technology titan Qualcomm on Wednesday said it is unleashing technology that will let people in poor countries connect to the Internet without personal computers. | |
High-normal phosphate levels linked to early atherosclerosis November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Healthy adults with higher levels of phosphate in the blood are more likely to have increased levels of calcium in the coronary arteries—a key indicator of atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular disease risk, reports a ... | |
Sleep helps people learn complicated tasks November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sleep helps the mind learn complicated tasks and helps people recover learning they otherwise thought they had forgotten over the course of a day, research at the University of Chicago shows. | |
Spammers sent packing -- for now -- by Web shutdown November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(AP) -- E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly junk ... | |
 India celebrates planting its flag on moon November 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- India rejoiced Saturday at joining an elite club by planting its flag on the moon as the country's space agency released the first pictures of the cratered surface taken by its maiden lunar mission. | |
 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' game provides clue to efficiency of complex networks November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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As the global population continues to grow exponentially, our social connections to one another remain relatively small, as if we're all protagonists in the Kevin Bacon game inspired by "Six Degrees of Separation," ... | |
 Astronomers detect matter torn apart by black hole 16 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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The team of European and US astronomers used ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope, both in Chile, to study light from Sagittarius A* at near-infrared wavelengths ... | |
 Micro Fuel Cells Get Closer to Replacing Batteries November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 67 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mobile electronics have the potential to offer digital luxuries beyond our imagination, but they will never get there on today’s lithium ion batteries. Power has been the weak spot in the ... | |
 Major study of Chinese-Americans debunks 'model minority' myth November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Chinese Americans, one of the most highly educated groups in the nation, are confronted by a "glass ceiling," unable to realize full occupational stature and success to match their efforts, concludes a new ... | |
New research expected to improve laser devices and make photovoltaics more efficient November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Chicago scientists have induced electrons in the nanocrystals of semiconductors to cool more slowly by forcing them into a smaller volume. This has the potential to improve satellite communications ... | |
 Sicilian word enters British genetic language November 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A scientific team from the John Innes Centre and University of St Andrews has identified a key gene that was transferred from a Sicilian plant into a close relative in Britain, showing how genetic cross-talk ... | |
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