News tagged with energy levels

Antibody injection promising for diabetes and obesity

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Genetech Inc. in South San Francisco, California, led by molecular biologist Junichiro Sonoda, have discovered that a single injection of antibodies into obese diabetic mice provided a marked ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Still in the dark about dark matter

Dark matter, the mysterious stuff thought to make up about 80 percent of matter in the universe, has become even more inscrutable.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 67

The shadows in a city reveal its energy flow

Researchers at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM, Spain) have created "shadow models" and a type of software that calculates the amount of solar radiation that reaches streets and buildings in high resolution. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hungary likely source of elevated radioactivity levels: IAEA

Elevated levels of the radioactive element iodine-131 that were detected in several nations have been identified as likely originating at a Hungarian research institute, nuclear authorities said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Novel nanocrystals with advanced optical properties developed for use as luminescent biomarkers

Upconversion emission materials are ideal for bioimaging due to its effectiveness as contrast agents for the detection of cancer cells, more so when the background emission of non-cancerous tissues can be minimised. These ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Putting artificial atoms on the clock

Around the turn of the century, scientists began to understand that atoms have discrete energy levels. Within the field of quantum physics, this sparked the development of quantum optics in which light is ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First clinical trial of red wine ingredient shows metabolic shifts

When obese men take a relatively small dose of resveratrol in purified form every day for a month, their metabolisms change for the better. In fact, the effects appear to be as good for us as severe calorie restriction. Resveratrol ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Restraint improves dielectric performance, lifespan

Just as a corset improves the appearance of its wearer by keeping everything tightly together, rigidly constraining insulating materials in electrical components can increase their energy density and decrease their rates ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For diabetics, spectroscopy may replace painful pinpricks

Part of managing diabetes involves piercing a finger several times daily to monitor blood sugar levels. Raman spectroscopy could let diabetics monitor glucose without those daily pinpricks. In the past, this would have required ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Making sodium-ion batteries that are worth their salt

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although lithium-ion technology dominates headlines in battery research and development, a new element is making its presence known as a potentially powerful alternative: sodium.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Elaborate plumage due to testosterone?

(PhysOrg.com) -- In many bird species males have a more elaborate plumage than females. This elaborate plumage is often used to signal body condition, to intimidate rivals or to attract potential mates. In ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

This is your brain on estrogen

It's no secret that women often gain weight as they get older. The sex hormone estrogen has an important, if underappreciated, role to play in those burgeoning waistlines.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New record for measurement of atomic lifetime

Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have measured the lifetime of an extremely stable energy level of magnesium atoms with great precision. Magnesium atoms are used in research with ultra-precise atomic ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Innovation is step toward digital graphene transistors

Researchers are making progress in creating digital transistors using a material called graphene, potentially sidestepping an obstacle thought to dramatically limit the material's use in computers and consumer ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Z-prime search may hurdle Higgs hunt

If you're bummed about humanity's biggest accelerator not producing a Higgs particle yet, maybe the latest effort to find a Z-prime will make you feel better. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast