News tagged with pairs
Superconductivity can induce magnetism
Sep 11, 2008 |
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When an electrical current passes through a wire it emanates heat - a principle that's found in toasters and incandescent light bulbs. Some materials, at low temperatures, violate this law and carry current without any heat ...
High-temperature superconductor 'pseudogap' imaged
Sep 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers and colleagues have produced the first atomic-scale description of what electrons are doing in the mysterious "pseudogap" in high-temperature superconductors.
Electron pairs precede high-temperature superconductivity
Nov 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like astronomers tweaking images to gain a more detailed glimpse of distant stars, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have found ways to sharpen ...
Memory trick shows brain organization
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 28, 2008 |
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A simple memory trick has helped show UC Davis researchers how an area of the brain called the perirhinal cortex can contribute to forming memories. The finding expands our understanding of how those brain areas that form ...
Scientists Detect 'Fingerprint' of High-Temp Superconductivity Above Transition Temperature
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of U.S. and Japanese scientists has shown for the first time that the spectroscopic "fingerprint" of high-temperature superconductivity remains intact well above the super chilly temperatures ...
Twin study defines shared features of human gut microbial communities: Variations linked to obesity
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Trillions of microbes make their home in the gut, where they help to break down and extract energy and nutrients from the food we eat. Yet, scientists have understood little about how this distinctive mix of microbes varies ...
Iron-arsenic superconductors in class of their own
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have experimentally demonstrated that the superconductivity mechanism in the recently-discovered iron-arsenide superconductors is unique compared to all other ...
Covering the bases: Quantum effect may hold promise for low-cost DNA sequencing, sensor applications
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 22, 2009 |
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A ghostly property of matter, called quantum tunneling, may aid the quest for accurate, low-cost genomic sequencing, according to a new paper in Nature Nanotechnology Letters by Stuart Lindsay and his collab ...
JQI researchers create entangled photons from quantum dots
Nov 18, 2009 |
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To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement—the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded from one another. Now, physicists ...
Single molecule tracking helps reveal mechanism of chromosome separation in dividing cells
Mar 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Washington (UW) researchers are helping to write the operating manual for the nano-scale machine that separates chromosomes before cell division. The apparatus is called a spindle ...
Chromosomes dance and pair up on the nuclear membrane (w/ Video)
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Meiosis - the pairing and recombination of chromosomes, followed by segregation of half to each egg or sperm cell - is a major crossroads in all organisms reproducing sexually. Yet, how the ...
Researchers Reveal Structure of Key Genetic Proofreading Protein
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature might abhor a vacuum, but it loves a backup plan. In living organisms, physiological systems are kept under tight control by hierarchies of organic safety catches and emergency releases, ...
Study finds genetic link between sleep disorders and depression in young children
Feb 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Sleep was the first to use twin data to examine the longitudinal link between sleep problems and depression. Results of this study demonstrate that sleep problems predict later ...
Prescribers miss potentially dangerous drug pairs, research shows
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Research led by The University of Arizona College of Pharmacy has found that medication prescribers correctly identified fewer than half of drug pairs with potentially dangerous drug-drug interactions.
Link uncovered between viral RNA and human immune response
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In its fight against an intruding virus, an enzyme in our immune system may sense certain types of viral RNA pairs, according to scientists.
