News tagged with shell
Right/left handedness of snails changed in the lab
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like most animals, snails have either left- or right-handed asymmetry (chirality), both internally and externally, and the handedness is hereditary. A new study has for the first time found ...
How fish is cooked affects heart-health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids
Nov 17, 2009 |
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If you eat fish to gain the heart-health benefits of its omega-3 fatty acids, baked or boiled fish is better than fried, salted or dried, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions ...
Podcast: Tiny sea creature and a new medical adhesive
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Scientists questing after a long-sought new medical adhesive describe copying the natural glue secreted by a tiny sea creature called the sandcastle worm in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's ...
Tiny ancient shells point to earliest fashion trend
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Shell beads newly unearthed from four sites in Morocco confirm early humans were consistently wearing and potentially trading symbolic jewellery as early as 80,000 years ago. These beads add significantly to similar finds ...
All-in-one nanoparticle: A Swiss Army knife for nanomedicine
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Nanoparticles are being developed to perform a wide range of medical uses - imaging tumors, carrying drugs, delivering pulses of heat. Rather than settling for just one of these, researchers at the University ...
Testing begins to save legendary Vietnam turtle
Jun 13, 2009 |
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Researchers have begun testing mechanical "SediTurtles" they say will protect a legendary Vietnamese turtle while cleaning the historical lake in which the creature lives.
'The world's oldest manufactured beads' are older than previously thought
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists has uncovered some of the world’s earliest shell ornaments in a limestone cave in Eastern Morocco. The researchers have found 47 examples of Nassarius marine shells, ...
Researchers develop new test method to measure stored heat in firefighter suits
Apr 14, 2009 |
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For decades, researchers have evaluated the thermal performance of protective clothing worn by firefighters. A particular area of current interest is how to address the burns received by firefighters when they are not directly ...
'Taco shell' protein: Orientation of middle man in photosynthetic bacteria described
Apr 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have figured out the orientation of a protein in the antenna complex to its neighboring membrane in a photosynthetic bacterium, a key find ...
Mollusks taste memories to build shells (w/Video)
Apr 02, 2009 |
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University of California, Berkeley, graduate student Alistair Boettiger has amassed a beautiful collection of seashells, but not by combing the beach. He created them in his computer.
Scientists confirm crab's memory of pain
Mar 27, 2009 |
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New research published by a Queen’s University Belfast academic has shown that crabs not only suffer pain but that they retain a memory of it.
Researchers Control the Spin of Semiconductor Quantum Dot Shell States
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have recently demonstrated the ability to control the spin population of the individual quantum shell states of self-assembled indium arsenide (InAs) quantum ...
'Core-Shell' Silicon Nanowires May Improve Lithium-Ion Batteries
Jan 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found a way to incorporate silicon into the structure of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are used to power a wide variety of portable electronic devices, including ...
Study of oldest turtle fossil
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 26, 2008 |
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With hard bony shells to shelter and protect them, turtles are unique and have long posed a mystery to scientists who wonder how such an elegant body structure came to be.
Cone shell toxin offers new hope for chronic pain sufferers
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Better chronic pain relief could be possible in the future, according to research announced today by scientists at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute.
