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Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create ...





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Scientific debate sparked over carbon sink data

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to research published this week in Nature Geoscience, emissions of carbon dioxide continue to outstrip the ability of the world’s natural ‘sinks’ to absorb carbon. ...


Most top medical journals have conflict of interest policies available for public review

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nearly 90 percent of medical journals with relatively high impact factors have policies addressing author conflict of interest (COI) available for public review, according to a report in the November 25 issue of JAMA. But ma ...


Climate variability and dengue incidence

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research published this week in PLoS Medicine demonstrates associations between local rainfall and temperature and cases of dengue fever, which affects an estimated fifty million people per year worldwide. But the study ...


Scientists suggest certain genes boost chances for distributing variety of traits, drive evolution

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Genes that don't themselves directly affect the inherited characteristics of an organism but leave them increasingly open to variation may be a significant driving force of evolution, say two Johns Hopkins scientists.


Human emissions rise 2 percent despite GFC

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 percent since 2000

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (18) | comments 7

The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb carbon is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. ...


First comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3

The first comprehensive review of the state of Antarctica's climate and its relationship to the global climate system is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). The review - Antarctic ...


Study: Slowdown in warming last year not permanent

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (19) | comments 18

(AP) -- Cooler temperatures in North America last year do not mean global warming is easing, government and academic scientists said Friday.


Cell phones to provide picture of human interaction

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell phones to their ears, a team of research participants will report their interpersonal interactions in real time to provide a better view of human behavior thanks to a $1 million grant from the National ...


Most eligible patients miss out on cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most patients with heart failure likely to benefit from a pacemaker including the capacity for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do not receive such an implantable device, reports a national study in the December 2009 ...


When It Comes to Drug Delivery, Size Matters

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the great promises of nanotechnologies lies in its ability to create drug-containing nanoparticles decorated with targeting molecules that recognize and bind to cancer cells, providing drug delivery ...



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