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Researchers discover mechanism that helps humans see in bright and low light
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Ever wonder how your eyes adjust during a blackout? When we go from light to near total darkness, cells in the retina must quickly adjust. Vision scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...
STAR TRAK for November
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 03, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in the sky, will steadily approach each other during November as if drawn by their mutual brillliance. Finally they will have a spectacular encounter ...
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First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This spectacular image of our home planet was captured by the OSIRIS instrument on ESA's Rosetta comet chaser earlier today as the spacecraft approached Earth for the third and final swingby. ...
NASA to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
Review: New BlackBerry Storm improves on original
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use.
Vibrations key to efficiency of green fluorescent protein
Nov 11, 2009 |
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University of California, Berkeley, chemists have discovered the secret to the success of a jellyfish protein whose green glow has made it the darling of biologists and the subject of the 2008 Nobel Prize ...
A bubbling ball of gas (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2009 |
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The Sun is a bubbling mass. Packages of gas rise and sink, lending the sun its grainy surface structure, its granulation. Dark spots appear and disappear, clouds of matter dart up - and behind the whole thing ...
Children with autism show slower pupil responses, study finds
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Autism affects 1 in 150 children today, making it more common than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined. Despite its widespread effect, autism is not well understood and there are ...
The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2009 |
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This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst ...
Epson's new 4K panel for 3LCD projectors
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Seiko Epson Corporation has announced the world's first 4K panel for 3LCD (liquid crystal display) projectors. The panel will enable the projectors to produce a bright image of 4096 x 2160 ...
The upside of feeling down
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 09, 2009 |
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A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...
Engineers image nanostructure of a solid acid catalyst and boost its catalytic activity
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 09, 2009 |
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The catalytic processes that facilitate the production of many chemicals and fuels could become much more environmentally friendly thanks to a breakthrough achieved by researchers from Lehigh and Rice Universities.
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