News tagged with physical mechanism


Predicting the fate of underground carbon

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new modeling methodology for determining the capacity and assessing the risks of leakage of potential underground carbon-dioxide reservoirs.





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Physicists lay the groundwork for cooler, faster computing

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 5

University of Toronto quantum optics researchers Sajeev John and Xun Ma have discovered new behaviours of light within photonic crystals that could lead to faster optical information processing and compact computers that ...


Scientists discover mechanism behind superinsulation

Scientists discover mechanism behind superinsulation

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered the microscopic mechanism behind the phenomenon of superinsulation, the ability of certain materials ...


Helping hands

Helping hands

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In capstone project, mechanical engineering students apply innovative and collaborative skills to create a rehab glove that stroke patients can use at home


Measuring and modeling blood flow in malaria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When people have malaria, they are infected with Plasmodium parasites, which enter the body from the saliva of a mosquito, infect cells in the liver, and then spread to red blood cells. Inside the blood cells, the parasites ...


Long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Intensive exercise prevented shortening of telomeres, a protective effect against aging of the cardiovascular system, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


NSAIDs: Take 'em early and often when competing? Think again

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Athletes' superstitions and rituals can help them get psyched up for contests, but when these rituals involve non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which many athletes gobble down before and during events, they ...


Hunt for Higgs boson: Mass of top quark narrows search

Hunt for Higgs boson: Mass of top quark narrows search

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 29

(PhysOrg.com) -- New high-energy particle research by a team working with data from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory further heightens the uncertainty about the exact nature of a key theoretical component ...


Five tips for stress-free exams

Five tips for stress-free exams

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's exam time, and for many students that means long days, late nights and lots of coffee. It's easy to let the anxiety get to you, so what can you do to cope with exam tension?


Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.


Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The discovery that an ancient light harvesting protein plays a pivotal role in the photosynthesis of green algae should help the effort to develop algae as a biofuels feedstock. Researchers with the Lawrence ...



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