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San Diego Supercomputer Center begins cloud computing research using the Google-IBM CluE cluster

Feb 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, have been awarded a two-year, $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to explore new ways for academic researchers ...

Game provides clue to improving remote sensing

Technology / Computer Sciences

Jan 27, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

A newly developed mathematical model that figures out the best strategy to win the popular board game CLUE© could some day help robot mine sweepers navigate strange surroundings to find hidden explosives.

Toward a long-sought saliva test for autism

Chemistry /

Jan 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Researchers in Italy are reporting discovery of abnormal proteins in the saliva of autism patients that could eventually provide a clue for the molecular basis of this severe developmental disorder and could be used as a ...

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Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Nov 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 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. ...

Don't Blame Tryptophan for Thanksgiving Snooze

Medicine & Health / Health

Nov 20, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Blame it on the heavy meal, the alcohol, or simply the opportunity afforded by a free afternoon on a traditional holiday. Just don't blame it on the tryptophan, say experts at the University ...

Inventor seeks next big thing in cancer fight

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Nov 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Robert Goldman is a geek's geek, a Silicon Valley inventor who likes to know exactly how things work.

Fatty acids clue for Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 13, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The amount of fatty acids in the brain varies between healthy people and those with Alzheimer's according to new research from the University of Bristol, UK, supported by the Alzheimer's Research ...

A faraway planet intrigues: Exoplanet with extremely tilted orbit raises new interest in stellar astronomy

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Nov 12, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (12) | 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two teams of astronomers have found a planet outside the solar system that might be orbiting backwards compared to its star's rotation, a discovery that could shed light on how unique the ...

Exoplanets Clue to Sun's Curious Chemistry

Space & Earth / Astronomy

Nov 11, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (21) | 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing "lithium mystery" observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems. ...

The upside of feeling down

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Nov 09, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (18) | 4

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 ...

Words, gestures are translated by same brain regions, says new research

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Nov 09, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

Your ability to make sense of Groucho's words and Harpo's pantomimes in an old Marx Brothers movie takes place in the same regions of your brain, says new research funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication ...

Genetic tests for UK asylum seekers draw criticism

Medicine & Health / Genetics

Nov 05, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(AP) -- Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights ...