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Absorbing Hydrogen Fluoride Gas to Enhance Crystal Growth

Absorbing Hydrogen Fluoride Gas to Enhance Crystal Growth

Physics / Condensed Matter

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a method to control the buildup of hydrogen fluoride gas during the growth of precision crystals ...


NASA's WISE infrared satellite to reveal new galaxies, stars, asteroids

NASA's WISE infrared satellite to reveal new galaxies, stars, asteroids

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data from the satellite, says principal investigator and UCLA professor Edward Wright, will help scientists answer fundamental questions about the history of our solar system, the Milky Way ...





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Researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

Researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

Biology / Biotechnology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The genetically modified cyanobacterium consumes carbon dioxide and produces the liquid fuel isobutanol by using energy from sunlight.


1,700 UK scientists back climate science

Space & Earth / Environment

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(AP) -- Fighting back against climate skeptics, over 1,700 scientists in Britain have signed a statement defending the evidence that climate change is being caused by humans, Britain's weather office said Thursday.


Experiment to test killing 1 owl to help another

Biology / Ecology

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(AP) -- Scientists want to determine if killing the aggressive barred owl that has invaded old growth forests of the Northwest would help the protected spotted owl.


Roasting Does More than Enhance Flavor in Peanuts

Roasting Does More than Enhance Flavor in Peanuts

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have shown that increasing roast color intensity steadily ramps up the antioxidant capacities of peanuts, peanut flour and peanut skins.


Family's inherited condition links prion diseases, Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory connection between Alzheimer's disease and brain-wasting diseases such as the human form of mad cow disease has moved into the clinic for what is believed to be the first time, manifesting itself ...


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Life on Mars theory boosted by new methane study

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 11

Scientists have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered to Mars by meteorites, raising fresh hopes that the gas might be generated by life on the red planet, in research published tomorrow in Earth an ...


Researchers demonstrate that stem cells can be engineered to kill HIV

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA AIDS Institute researchers have for the first time demonstrated that human blood stem cells can be engineered to target and kill HIV-infected cells.


Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion

Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

There is more to the snowflake than its ability to delight schoolchildren and snarl traffic.


South Asian oral history archive goes online

South Asian oral history archive goes online

Other Sciences / Other

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique collection of hundreds of interviews with people who witnessed Indian independence and the final days of the British Raj is being put online.


Study shows nearly 1/3 of human genome is involved in gingivitis

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Gingivitis, which may affect more than one-half of the U.S. adult population, is a condition commonly attributed to lapses in simple oral hygiene habits. However, a new study shows that development and reversal of gingivitis ...



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