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Polarized light pollution leads animals astray

Polarized light pollution leads animals astray

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Human-made light sources can alter natural light cycles, causing animals that rely on light cues to make mistakes when moving through their environment. In the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, a coll ...





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New light shed on marine luminescence

New light shed on marine luminescence

Biology /

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The phenomenon of light emission by living organisms, bioluminescence, is quite common, especially in marine species. It is known that light is generated by chemical reactions in which oxygen molecules play ...


Moderate-to-heavy exercise may reduce risk of stroke for men

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Men who regularly take part in moderate-to-heavy intensity exercise such as jogging, tennis or swimming may be less likely to have a stroke than people who get no exercise or only light exercise, such as walking, golfing, ...


LEDs may help reduce skin wrinkles, researchers report

LEDs may help reduce skin wrinkles, researchers report

Chemistry /

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (26) | comments 3

Researchers in Germany are describing a potential alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery for easing facial wrinkles. Their study, scheduled for the November 5 issue of ACS' Crystal Growth & Design report ...


Squid 'sight': Not just through eyes

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

It's hard to miss the huge eye of a squid. But now it appears that certain squids can detect light through an organ other than their eyes as well.


Researchers Demonstrate 'Quantum Data Buffering' Scheme

Researchers Demonstrate 'Quantum Data Buffering' Scheme

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pushing the envelope of Albert Einstein's "spooky action at a distance," known as entanglement, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the Commerce Department's ...


Baby boomers' boon? LED light and green tea cream to smooth facial wrinkles

Baby boomers' boon? LED light and green tea cream to smooth facial wrinkles

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists in Germany are reporting a major improvement in their potential new treatment for facial wrinkles that could emerge as an alternative to Botox and cosmetic surgery. The non-invasive technique combines ...


Researchers develop ultrafast oscilloscope on a chip

Researchers develop ultrafast oscilloscope on a chip

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As photonics -- using beams of light in place of electricity for communications and computing -- becomes more common, engineers need new tools for troubleshooting. Now researchers at Cornell ...


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UV-B light sensing mechanism discovered in plant roots

Biology /

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered that plant roots can sense UV-B light and have identified a specific gene that is a vital player in UV-B signaling, the communication between cells.


Polarized light guides cholera-carrying midges that contaminate water supplies

Biology /

created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cholera is a major killer and since the first pandemic in the early 19th century it has claimed millions of lives. According to Amit Lerner from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, the lethal infection is harboured ...


Compressing photonic signals for greater bandwidth

Compressing photonic signals for greater bandwidth

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Cornell researchers have developed an ingenious method to time-compress optical signals. The process could enable optical communication systems to carry many more bits per second or could also be used to generate ...



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