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Cattle respond to magnetic fields from power lines

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 9

(AP) -- High-voltage power lines mess with animal magnetism. Researchers, who reported last year that most cows and deer tend to orient themselves in a north-south alignment, have now found that power lines can disorient ...





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Gene that magnetically labels cells shows potential as imaging tool

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mammalian cells can produce tiny magnetic nuggets after the introduction of a single gene from bacteria, scientists have found. The gene MagA could become a valuable tool for tracking cells' movement through the body via ...


Tiny magnetic discs could kill cancer cells: study

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (23) | comments 4

Tiny magnetic discs just a millionth of a metre in diameter could be used to used to kill cancer cells, according to a study published on Sunday.


Fingers, Loops and Bays in the Crab Nebula

Fingers, Loops and Bays in the Crab Nebula

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 06, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image gives the first clear view of the faint boundary of the Crab Nebula's X-ray-emitting pulsar wind nebula. The nebula is powered by a rapidly-rotating, highly-magnetized neutron star, ...


Mice Levitated for Space Research

Mice Levitated for Space Research

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 21 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have managed to levitate young mice in research carried out for NASA. Levitated mice may help research on bone density loss during long exposures to low gravity, such as in space ...


Trial raises doubts over alternative pain therapy for arthritis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in relieving arthritis pain, according to a new study led by a University of York academic.


Researchers set alarm for incoming space storms

Researchers set alarm for incoming space storms

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton has broken new ground in outer space by pinpointing the impact epicentre of an Earthbound space storm as it crashes into the ...


Surprisingly rapid changes in the Earth's core discovered

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (68) | comments 11

In a recent paper published in Nature Geoscience, the geophysicist Mioara MANDEA from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam and her Danish colleague Nils OLSEN from the National Space Institute/DTU Copenh ...


Researchers create 'synthetic magnetic fields' for neutral atoms

Researchers create 'synthetic magnetic fields' for neutral atoms

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Achieving an important new capability in ultracold atomic gases, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University ...


Pocket-sized magnetic resonance imaging

Pocket-sized magnetic resonance imaging

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 01, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 0

The term “MRI scan” brings to mind the gigantic, expensive machines that are installed in hospitals. But research scientists have now developed small portable MRI scanners that perform their services in the ...


Researcher Looks For Better Way to Kill Cancer Cells

Researcher Looks For Better Way to Kill Cancer Cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Physics Professor Diandra Leslie-Pelecky brought more with her when she arrived at UT Dallas than expertise in nanotechnology and shiny behemoth lab equipment. She brought an award for $84,000 from the National ...



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