Looking for neutralinos at the Large Hadron Collider July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 63 vote(s)
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“We are looking at the heavens, and using the very biggest things to help up predict what will happen with the very smallest things,” David Toback tells PhysOrg.com. Toback is a professor at Texas A&M University in ... | |
 Australia bans exotic cat breed August 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Australia has banned imports of an exotic breed of cat, calling it an extreme risk to the country's native wildlife, a minister said Sunday. | |
Researchers fuel the next generation of hybrid cars July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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Monash University scientists have revolutionised the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build. | |
 Scientists find quick method to make magnets July 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultra-strong, high-temperature, high-performance permanent magnet compounds, such as Samarium Cobalt, are the mainstay materials for several industries that rely on high-performance motor ... | |
First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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Photovoltaic cells, once so costly they could be used only to power million-dollar satellites, are today turning up even on humble parking meters. Now a brash Tempe, Ariz., company called First Solar plans to take the technology ... | |
 Portuguese team makes first paper based transistor July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Elvira Fortunato and colleagues from the Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Cenimat/I3N), at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, made the first Field Effect ... | |
Could arthritis wonder drugs provide clues for all disease? July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Drugs that have helped treat millions of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers may hold the key to many more medical conditions, including atherosclerosis – a leading cause of heart disease – says the researcher who jointly invented ... | |
New biomass technology dramatically increases ethanol yield from grasses and yard waste July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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University of Georgia researchers have developed a new technology that promises to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass—and even ... | |
 N.M. researchers hope to cultivate 'calming herb' July 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The plant has been described by local residents as magical, its qualities almost mythical. The native herb yerba mansa, translated from Spanish as the "calming herb," has been used for centuries throughout ... | |
Limiting fructose may boost weight loss July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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One of the reasons people on low-carbohydrate diets may lose weight is that they reduce their intake of fructose, a type of sugar that can be made into body fat quickly, according to a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical ... | |
A 'New Dimension' at the LHC July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Later this year, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland, will begin operating, sending beams of protons hurling around circular tracks ... | |
 The Pole star comes to life again July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Northern Star, whose vibrations were thought to be dying away, appears to have come to life again. | |
 Abandoned baby panda adopted by cat at Dutch zoo July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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A baby panda rejected by its mother has been adopted by a domestic cat which is suckling the animal along with its own young, Amsterdam's Artis zoo said Wednesday. | |
 Internet flaw could let hackers take over the Web (Update) July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Computer industry heavyweights are hustling to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that would let hackers control traffic on the World Wide Web. | |
'Green' potato health risk can be eliminated by cutting away affected area July 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Potatoes that have turned 'green' can potentially contain a naturally occurring toxin called Glycoalkaloids (GA) and pose a risk to public health according to a review paper published in the latest online issue of SCI's Journal ... | |
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