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New cancer target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, ...


Nuclear weapons: Predicting the unthinkable

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4

If a nuclear weapon were detonated in a metropolitan area, how large would the affected area be? Where should first responders first go? According to physicist Fernando Grinstein, we have some initial understanding to address ...


Atomic-level Snapshot Catches Protein Motor in Action (w/ Video)

Atomic-level Snapshot Catches Protein Motor in Action (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The atomic-level action of a remarkable class of ring-shaped protein motors has been uncovered by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory using a state-of-the-art protein ...


Tapering a Free-Electron Laser to Extract More Juice

Tapering a Free-Electron Laser to Extract More Juice

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the NSLS and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) have demonstrated a technique that could be used to significantly improve the quantity and quality of light ...


Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Lehigh University's Energy Research Center (ERC) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop methods of recovering and reusing the heat that would be generated by the carbon-dioxide (CO2) compressio ...


Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD (AP)

Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.


Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved

Mystery of the Solar Tsunami -- Solved (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (25) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as ...


Highlight: Damping of acoustic vibrations in gold nanoparticles

Highlight: Damping of acoustic vibrations in gold nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vibrations in nanostructures offer applications in molecular-scale biological sensing and ultrasensitive mass detection. To approach single-atom sensing, it is necessary to reduce the dimensions of the structures ...


Drug studied as possible treatment for spinal injuries

Drug studied as possible treatment for spinal injuries

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers have shown how an experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in spinal cord injuries by preventing short circuits caused when tiny "potassium channels" in the fibers are exposed.


On the Crest of Wave Energy

On the Crest of Wave Energy

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency, and the ...



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