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Electrons in concert: A simple probe for collective motion in ultracold plasmas

(PhysOrg.com) -- Collective, or coordinated behavior is routine in liquids, where waves can occur as atoms act together. In a milliliter (mL) of liquid water, 1022 molecules bob around, colliding. When a bre ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Graphene: Supermaterial goes superpermeable

Graphene is one of the wonders of the science world, with the potential to create foldaway mobile phones, wallpaper-thin lighting panels and the next generation of aircraft. The new finding at the University ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (31) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Patterns of connections reveal brain functions

For more than a decade, neuroscientists have known that many of the cells in a brain region called the fusiform gyrus specialize in recognizing faces. However, those cells don’t act alone: They need to ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Silk microneedles deliver controlled-release drugs painlessly

Bioengineers at Tufts University School of Engineering have developed a new silk-based microneedle system able to deliver precise amounts of drugs over time and without need for refrigeration. The tiny needles can be fabricated ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

MRI may be noninvasive method to measure breast cancer prognosis

Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging measures were associated with prognostic tumor markers, demonstrating the potential of magnetic resonance imaging for prediction of disease prognosis and stratification of patients ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stroke: Restructuring the brain

(Medical Xpress) -- Neuroscientists are exploring the structural changes in the brain’s white and grey matter that underlie learning. Understanding the precise cellular nature of those changes may improve ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Supercomputer reveals new details behind drug-processing protein model

Supercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are giving scientists unprecedented access to a key class of proteins involved in drug detoxification.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Autism may involve disordered white matter in the brain

It's still unclear what's different in the brains of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), but evidence from genetic and cell studies points to abnormalities in how brain cells (neurons) connect to each other. A study ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FLEX-ible insight into flame behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether free-burning or smoldering, uncontrolled fire can threaten life and destroy property. On Earth, a little water, maybe some chemicals, and the fire is smothered.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 7 | with audio podcast

'Heading' a soccer ball could lead to brain injury

Using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to study the effects of soccer 'heading,' researchers have found that players who head the ball with high frequency have brain abnormalities similar to those found in traumatic brain injury ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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