 Newly detected air pollutant mimics damaging effects of cigarette smoke August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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A previously unrecognized group of air pollutants could have effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke, Louisiana scientists are reporting in a study scheduled for presentation ... | |
Researchers link cocoa flavanols to improved brain blood flow August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Cocoa flavanols, the unique compounds found naturally in cocoa, may increase blood flow to the brain, according to new research published in the Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment journal. The researchers suggest ... | |
Researchers discover technology that silences genes August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Mount Sinai researchers have developed a new gene silencing technology that could be used to target genes that can lead to the development of certain diseases. This technology could pave the way for preventing diseases where ... | |
 Olympic Swimmers Shattering Records in NASA-Tested Suit August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Swimmers from around the world are setting world and Olympic records in Beijing this month and most are doing it wearing a swimsuit made of fabric tested at NASA. | |
 New climate record shows century-long droughts in eastern North America 17 hours ago | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A stalagmite in a West Virginia cave has yielded the most detailed geological record to date on climate cycles in eastern North America over the past 7,000 years. The new study confirms that during periods ... | |
Scientists Move Optical Computing Closer to Reality 17 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have theorized a way to increase the speed of pulses of light that bound across chains of tiny metal particles to well past the speed of light by altering the ... | |
New study shows false memories affect behavior 17 hours ago | User rating: 3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Do you know someone who claims to remember their first day of kindergarten? Or a trip they took as a toddler? While some people may be able to recall trivial details from the past, laboratory research shows that the human ... | |
Clueless about trading? Start networking online 17 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- Erin O'Brien and her friends are do-it-yourself investors. As part of an online community at the brokerage Zecco, they consult each other on terminology, tax law and investment philosophy. Having tagged each other ... | |
 Biomarkers reveal our biological age 16 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Not a day passes when we don’t get a little bit older. However, the exact processes involved in human aging are still puzzling. Scientists working with Lenhard Rudolph and Hong Jiang from ... | |
Gasoline produced from biomass could be in fuel tanks by 2010 with new technology 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Turning everyday waste into gasoline may seem like a distant dream, but thanks to researchers with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and Byogy Renewables Inc., it could become a reality within ... | |
Researchers Isolate Microorganisms That Convert Hydrocarbons to Natural Gas 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a group of University of Oklahoma researchers began studying the environmental fate of spilt petroleum, a problem that has plagued the energy industry for decades, they did not expect to eventually isolate ... | |
 Yale Professor wins Godel Prize for showing how computer algorithms solve problems August 13, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Daniel A. Spielman, professor of applied mathematics and computer science at Yale, has been awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize for developing a technique, known as Smoothed Analysis, that helps predict the ... | |
 Using live fish, new tool a sentinel for environmental contamination August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Researchers have harnessed the sensitivity of days-old fish embryos to create a tool capable of detecting a range of harmful chemicals. | |
 Smells like bees' spirit August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Bumblebees choose whether to search for food according to how stocked their nests are, say scientists from Queen Mary, University of London. | |
Bringing Martian samples to Earth August 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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New Rochelle, NY, August 13, 2008 – A critical component of NASA's Mars exploration program involves bringing planetary samples back to Earth for in-depth analysis, plans for which are detailed in the latest issue of Astrobiology, ... | |
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