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3-D Computer Simulation of Cell Sorting

Surface tension drives segregation within cell mixtures

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What does a mixture of two different kinds of cells have in common with a mixture of oil and water? The same basic force causes both mixtures to separate into two distinct regions.





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Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police (AP)

Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police

Technology / Other

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(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.


GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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(AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.


Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she said in Spanish.


Signal fading on radio traffic reports

Technology / Other

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.


Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The discovery that an ancient light harvesting protein plays a pivotal role in the photosynthesis of green algae should help the effort to develop algae as a biofuels feedstock. Researchers with the Lawrence ...


Bling bling with your ring ring: Dekoden craze sees cell phones get a touch of glitz, glamour

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell phone owners are ringing the changes and putting a smile on their dial by adorning their mobiles with ornamental stickers, charms and beads -- and the craze just keeps getting bigger.


Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea (AP)

Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea

Technology / Business

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.


The skyline of Tokyo in Japan, where scientists have criticised the new government for plans to slash research budgets

Japan scientists attack govt research cut plans

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Top Japanese scientists, including four Nobel laureates, have criticised the new government for plans to slash research budgets, warning the country will loose its high-tech edge.


First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

First-ever blueprint of a minimal cell is more complex than expected

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 4

What are the bare essentials of life, the indispensable ingredients required to produce a cell that can survive on its own? Can we describe the molecular anatomy of a cell, and understand how an entire organism ...


Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. ...



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