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Bronze age necklace unearthed

Bronze age necklace unearthed

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 4,000-year-old amber necklace has been discovered at a dig organised by a team of archeologists in Manchester.





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Archaeologist Finds Oldest Known Gold Artifacts in the Americas

Archaeologist Finds Oldest Known Gold Artifacts in the Americas

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Gold has long been more than a fashion statement, and wearing jewelry and other adornments made of it often connotes prestige. And it did not take long for ancient people to figure that out.


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Michigan Tech Team Models Molecular Transistor

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Electronic gadgetry gets tinier and more powerful all the time, but at some point, the transistors and myriad other component parts will get so little they won't work. That's because when ...


Sensor necklace aims to increase elderly and clinical trial participant drug compliance

Sensor necklace aims to increase elderly and clinical trial participant drug compliance

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 05, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers now have a possible solution for the one in three adults who fail to take their medicines as prescribed by their doctors, as well as for everyone else who occasionally forgets: a sensor necklace ...


NASA's micro-satellites complete mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 30, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA says its three orbiting micro-satellites known as Space Technology 5 have completed their planned 90-day mission and will conclude operations.


Coming Soon: Protein Synthesis Without Amino Acids?

Chemistry /

created Jul 19, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 0

Usually, the synthesis of short protein chains (polypeptides) begins with the production of their components, the amino acids. But it can be done differently: In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Chinese researchers report a ...


Biophysics : When chromosomes stretch

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created Apr 26, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Biophysicists at the Institut Curie/CNRS (France), in collaboration with CNRS and University Pierre et Marie Curie physicists and biologists, have just demonstrated the remarkable elasticity of chromatin, the DNA-protein ...


Magnets may pose serious risks for patients with pacemakers and ICDs

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 30, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Magnets may interfere with the operation of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, according to a study published in the December 2006 edition of Heart Rhythm.


Room's Ambience Fingerprinted By Phone

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Your smart phone may soon be able to know not only that you're at the mall, but whether you're in the jewelry store or the shoe store.


Buckyballs used as 'passkey' into cancer cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 18, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Scientists at Rice University and pediatric specialists at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a new way to use Rice's famed buckyball nanoparticles as passkeys that allows drugs to enter cancer cells.


Pedal pusher: Engineering professor, students plan citywide bike paths

Pedal pusher: Engineering professor, students plan citywide bike paths

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 05, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An earthy mobile of cyclists hangs above Peter Furth’s office computer. A gift from his children, the dangling artifact originates from an African country where bikes are a primary mode of ...



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