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Two lasers better when attacking cancer

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Two lasers may be better than one when attacking cancer cells, according to a paper by Rice University scientists.





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Shuttle to carry Rensselaer experiment to International Space Station

Shuttle to carry 'Constrained Vapor Bubble' experiment to International Space Station

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

An experimental heat transfer system designed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is scheduled to depart Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. Astronauts will install the system into a laboratory ...


Warming oceans may diminish length of day

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 07, 2007 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (19) | comments 0

German scientists say a redistribution of ocean waters caused by global warming will likely affect the Earth's rotation and the length of days.


Computation helps predict heat transfer in diamond

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researcher Derek Stewart and collaborators have calculated the exact mechanism by which diamond conducts heat, a breakthrough that could lend insight into many fields, including electronics.


Seattle area could see record-setting high temperatures this week

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Western Washington is braced for unusually hot weather this week, but University of Washington scientists say this could be one for the record books, with Seattle experiencing historic triple-digit readings.


Orientation of antenna protein in photosynthetic bacteria described

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have figured out the orientation of a protein in the antenna complex to its neighboring membrane in a photosynthetic bacterium, a key find in the process of energy transfer ...


'Taco shell' protein: Orientation of middle man in photosynthetic bacteria described

'Taco shell' protein: Orientation of middle man in photosynthetic bacteria described

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have figured out the orientation of a protein in the antenna complex to its neighboring membrane in a photosynthetic bacterium, a key find ...


Improved techniques will help control heat in large data centers

Improved techniques will help control heat in large data centers

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Approximately a third of the electricity consumed by large data centers doesn't power the computer servers that conduct online transactions, serve Web pages or store information. Instead, that electricity ...


Fungi important in Arctic nitrogen cycle

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 09, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

U.S. biologists say a new method of calculating nitrogen transfer from mushrooms to plants is proving that fungi is important in the Arctic nitrogen cycle.


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Scientists Develop First Chip-Scale Thermoelectric Cooler

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer chips become more powerful, they also become hotter. Nearly all the power that flows into a chip comes out of it as waste heat, and that heat hurts the performance of the chip. ...


NASA Selects Material for Orion Spacecraft Heat Shield

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ablator system for ...



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