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Scientists break light modulation speed record -- twice

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers have constructed a light-emitting transistor that has set a new record with a signal-processing modulation speed of 4.3 gigahertz, breaking the previous record of 1.7 gigahertz held by a light-emitting diode.





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Understanding DNA Repair and Cancer

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A protein that plays a key role in copying DNA also plays a vital role in repairing breaks in it, UC Davis scientists have found. The work is helping researchers understand how cancer cells can resist radiation ...


Hidden structure revealed in characteristics of transistor laser

Hidden structure revealed in characteristics of transistor laser

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created Apr 06, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (29) | comments 0

The transistor laser, invented by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been full of surprises. Researchers recently coaxed the device to reveal fundamental properties of the transistor, ...


Adhering to healthy lifestyle habits associated with reduced lifetime risk of heart failure

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Men who exercised regularly, drank moderately, did not smoke, who were not overweight and had a diet that included cereal and fruits and vegetables had a lower lifetime risk of heart failure, according to a study in the July ...


New NASA boss: Astronauts on Mars in his lifetime

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5

(AP) -- NASA's new boss says he will be "incredibly disappointed" if people aren't on Mars - or even beyond it - in his lifetime.


Physically active have reduced risk of prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lifetime physically active men have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. The effect was observable in those who had been sitting for less ...


Bright lights: Mystery of glowing antibody solved

Chemistry /

created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 0

A chance discovery of a uniquely luminescent monoclonal antibody nearly ten years ago has proven to be far more interesting -- and far more tenacious -- than anyone might have suspected.


Sex Talk Revelations of the Lonely Y Chromosome

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the week that the University of Leicester celebrates the 25th anniversary of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting (Thursday September 10) new findings from the world-renowned University of Leicester Department ...


Chromosomes dance and pair up on the nuclear membrane

Chromosomes dance and pair up on the nuclear membrane (w/ Video)

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(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 ...


Single-stranded DNA-binding protein is dynamic, critical to DNA repair

Single-stranded DNA-binding protein is dynamic, critical to DNA repair

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers report that a single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB), once thought to be a static player among the many molecules that interact with DNA, actually moves back and forth along single-stranded ...


'Achilles' heel' in Y chromosome linked to sex disorders

'Achilles' heel' in Y chromosome linked to sex disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The unique mechanism behind the evolutionary survival of the human Y chromosome may also be responsible for a range of sex disorders, from failed sperm production to sex reversal to Turner Syndrome.



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