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Here's venom in your eye: Spitting cobras hit their mark
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Spitting cobras have an exceptional ability to spray venom into eyes of potential attackers. A new study published in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology reveals how these snakes maximize their chances of hitting the ta ...
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Respiratory risk from hospital cleaning fluids
Mar 27, 2009 |
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Cleaning fluids used in hospitals may pose a health risk to both staff and patients. A pilot study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Environmental Health has found that potentially hazardous chemicals are cont ...
New study provides further evidence that apple juice can delay onset of Alzheimer's disease
Jan 22, 2009 |
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A growing body of evidence demonstrates that we can take steps to delay age-related cognitive decline, including in some cases that which accompanies Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the January 2009 ...
Quantum dots as midinfrared emitters
Feb 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “People are interested in the mid-infrared,” Dan Wasserman tells PhysOrg.com. Infrared light has a wavelength longer than visible light, and many molecules have numerous very strong optical resonances in the ...
Printable, Flexible Carbon-Nanotube Transistors
Jan 08, 2008 |
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Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Brewer Science, Inc. have used carbon nanotubes as the basis for a high-speed thin-film transistors printed onto sheets of flexible plastic. Their method may allow ...
Background TV found to have negative effect on parent-child interactions
Sep 15, 2009 |
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More than a third of American infants and toddlers live in homes where the television is on most or all the time, even if no one's watching. A new study looks for the first time at the effect of background TV on interactions ...
The Beatles Return to Mono
Nov 11, 2009 |
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From the White Album to Yellow Submarine modern releases of the Beatles present their music in stereo sound. But this Christmas, hard-core Beatles fans will eagerly unwrap "The Beatles in Mono," an 11-CD box set designed ...
Study suggests transfer of poor health from mother to child in India
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found a link between a mother's height and the health of her children in a study using national data from India.
Credit crunch threatens new medicines
Oct 27, 2008 |
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The global financial crisis could seriously delay the discovery and production of many new life-saving medicines, warns a major international conference today (Monday).
Study Links Warming of Indian Ocean to Decreased Rainfall in Africa
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A study led by a team of geographers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, suggests that warming of the Indian Ocean –– a direct result of climate change –– is to blame for a steep decline in ...
Researchers Fabricate Complex SWNT Architectures Using Newly Developed Assembly Process
Dec 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Given the sheer number of potential applications for carbon nanotubes, experts in the field of nanotechnology are developing effective ways to mass produce intricate nanoscale structures for electronics, ...
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