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Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes (AP)

Fears mount over giant carp reaching Great Lakes

Space & Earth / Environment

created 12 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Fears that giant, voracious species of carp will get into the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to rising demands that the government close the waterway connecting the lakes to the Mississippi ...


Lasers used to make first boron-nitride nanotube yarn

Lasers used to make first boron-nitride nanotube yarn (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created 12 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have used lasers to create the first practical macroscopic yarns from boron nitride fibers, opening the door for an array of applications, from radiation-shielded spacecraft to ...


Suzaku spies treasure trove of intergalactic metal

Suzaku spies treasure trove of intergalactic metal

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Every cook knows the ingredients for making bread: flour, water, yeast, and time. But what chemical elements are in the recipe of our universe?


NASA Uses Twin Processes to Develop New Tank Dome Technology

NASA Uses Twin Processes to Develop New Tank Dome Technology

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has partnered with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., and MT Aerospace in Augsburg, Germany, to successfully manufacture the first full-scale friction stir welded and spun ...


A light touch: Iron complexes as efficient catalysts for the light-driven extraction of hydrogen from water

Chemistry / Materials Science

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen is a promising alternative energy carrier that can be efficiently converted into electrical energy in fuel cells. One hurdle to the introduction of sustainable hydrogen technology is the fact that ...


Will copper keep us safe from the superbugs?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Three papers scheduled for publication in the January issue of the Journal of Hospital Infection, published by Elsevier, suggest that copper might have a role in the fight against healthcare-associated infections.


Rocket test will carry Purdue experiment

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.


Heavy metal paradox could point toward new therapy for Lou Gehrig's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New discoveries have been made about how an elevated level of lead, which is a neurotoxic heavy metal, can slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease - findings that could point the way ...


Clinical trials launched for treating most aggressive brain tumor with personalized cell vaccines

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The University of Navarra Hospital (Spain) has launched a series of clinical trials in order to assess the efficacy of an immunotherapy treatment. This approach involves the application of personalised vaccines —produced ...


First metallic nanoparticles resistant to extreme heat

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A University of Pittsburgh team overcame a major hurdle plaguing the development of nanomaterials such as those that could lead to more efficient catalysts used to produce hydrogen and render car exhaust less toxic. The researchers ...



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