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Going with the flow: Scientists solve 100-year-old engineering problem

Going with the flow: Scientists solve 100-year-old engineering problem

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (33) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- As a car accelerates up and down a hill then slows to follow a hairpin turn, the airflow around it cannot keep up and detaches from the vehicle. This aerodynamic separation creates additional ...





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NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket (AP)

NASA tries 2nd time to launch experimental rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Bad weather was interfering with NASA's attempt to launch a new, experimental rocket for the second day in a row early Wednesday.


Improvement of liver stem cell engraftment by protein delivery

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at INSERM (France) have engineered a chimeric protein that increases cell survival, migration and proliferation to improve stem cell engraftment. The results, which appear in the September 2009 issue of Experimental Bi ...


Foresight Institute Announces Feynman Prize Winners

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology.


Thalidomide does not improve survival in small cell lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treating patients with thalidomide in combination with chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) did not improve their survival but did increase their risk of blood clots, according to a new study published online July ...


A Change for the better

A Change for the better: Improving properties of enzymes

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An international team of scientists from the Czech Republic, Germany and Japan have developed a new method for improving the properties of enzymes. The method has potential for wide application in the chemical, ...


Researchers find room design can enhance patient care

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The design of a consultation room can improve the quality of a visit to the physician's office. A collaborative research study developed by Nurture by Steelcase and Mayo Clinic, was conducted to understand the extent to which ...


Where Did the Uranium Go?

Where Did the Uranium Go?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Uranium's migration through the soil depends on groundwater's chemical composition, according to a recent study by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Scientists showed that uraniumattached ...


Scientists demonstrate importance of niche differences in biodiversity

Scientists demonstrate importance of niche differences in biodiversity

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found strong evidence that niche differences are critical to biodiversity. Their findings are published online in this week's issue of the journal Nature.


Longer toes eyed as sprinters' edge

Biology / Other

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Longer toes may give sprinters a leg up on other runners, according to a new study.


Physicists Propose a Method to Observe Dirac Monopoles

Physicists Propose a Method to Observe Dirac Monopoles

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- For decades, scientists have been intrigued by the hypothetical existence of magnetic monopoles - particles with only a north or south magnetic pole, thus having a nonzero magnetic charge. ...



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