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Motorized knee can make you run faster

Motorized knee can make you run faster

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Tsukuba University in Japan have come up with a motorized knee you can attach to your leg to make you run faster and use less muscle power.


School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air

School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The air in some school classrooms may contain higher levels of extremely small particles of pollutants — easily inhaled deep into the lungs — than polluted outdoor air, scientists in Australia and Germany ...


Replicating Climate Change to Forecast its Effects

Replicating Climate Change to Forecast its Effects

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are replicating the effects of climate change to see what the future holds for soybeans, wheat and the soils where they grow.


Genetic study reveals the origins of cavity-causing bacteria

Medicine & Health / Research

created 1hour ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have uncovered the complete genetic make-up of the cavity-causing bacterium Bifidobacterium dentium Bd1, revealing the genetic adaptations that allow this microorganism to live and cause decay in the human oral ...


Nut Roasting Benefits: Antioxidant levels of nuts increases after roasting

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The chemical reaction that darkens a batch of roasting peanuts also boosts the amount of antioxidants they contain, according to a new study in the journal Food Chemistry.


Global warming likely to be amplified by slow changes to Earth systems

Global warming likely to be amplified by slow changes to Earth systems

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (38) | comments 43

Researchers studying a period of high carbon dioxide levels and warm climate several million years ago have concluded that slow changes such as melting ice sheets amplified the initial warming caused by greenhouse ...


Researchers revise long-held theory of fruit-fly development

Researchers revise long-held theory of fruit-fly development

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For decades, science texts have told a simple and straightforward story about a particular protein—a transcription factor—that helps the embryo of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, pattern tissues in a m ...


Soil studies reveal rise in antibiotic resistance

Medicine & Health / Research

created 9 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antibiotic resistance in the natural environment is rising despite tighter controls over our use of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture, Newcastle University scientists have found.


Good cholesterol not as protective in people with type 2 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

High-density lipoprotein (HDL), known as "good" cholesterol, isn’t as protective for people with type 2 diabetes, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


A dolphin swims off the coast of Rangiroa

Oceans becoming noisier thanks to pollution -- report

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

The world's oceans are becoming noisier thanks to pollution, with potentially harmful effects for whales, dolphins and other marine life, US scientists said in a study published Sunday.



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