 First particles observed in Large Hadron Collider August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Glasgow scientists, working at CERN, have observed the first particles in the Large Hadron Collider during preliminary tests ahead of the switch-on next month. | |
 Catalyst for water oxidation adopted from plants: a means for energy-efficient production of hydrogen? August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen will be one of the most important fuels of the future. It would be ideal to obtain hydrogen by splitting water instead of from petroleum. However, the electrolysis of water is a very ... | |
Physicists 'See' Single Top Quarks at the Tevatron August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the world's largest fully operating particle accelerator, the Tevatron at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Illinois, have discovered convincing evidence suggesting the existence ... | |
 Solar energy can meet all the world's energy demands: expert September 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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The world must speed up the deployment of solar power as it has the potential to meet all the world's energy needs, the chairman of an industry gathering which wrapped up Friday in Spain said. | |
 StellarWindow turns your laptop into a virtual planetarium September 05, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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If you enjoy looking at the stars, but get a little impatient trying to figure out which way to hold your star map to identify the constellations, a new software program may make things easier. Called StellarWindow, ... | |
 Fermilab physicists discover 'doubly strange' particle September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 60 vote(s)
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Physicists of the DZero experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered a new particle made of three quarks, the Omega-sub-b (Ωb). The particle contains ... | |
 Scientists take the sharpest image ever made with light August 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists from the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) and the ESRF in Grenoble (France) has produced the image of an object at the highest resolution ever achieved with X-ray ... | |
 Earthquakes may endanger New York more than formerly believed August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among ... | |
 New Zealand's colossal squid defies legends: scientists August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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New Zealand's mysterious colossal squid, the largest of the feared and legendary species ever caught, was not the T-Rex of the oceans but a lethargic blob, new research suggests. | |
Scientists identify genetic link that may neutralize HIV September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) and the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have identified a gene that may influence the production of antibodies that ... | |
Court: US can block mad cow testing August 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The Bush administration can prohibit meat packers from testing their animals for mad cow disease, a federal appeals court said Friday. | |
 Researchers turn one form of adult mouse cell directly into another August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a feat of biological prestidigitation likely to turn the field of regenerative medicine on its head, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) co-director Doug Melton and post doctoral fellow ... | |
Operating quantum memory at room temperature August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Quantum dots, along with quantum wires, have been attracting notice over the past decade as possible building blocks of quantum information processing. Indium arsenide quantum dots (InAs) can be used for memory operations ... | |
Nano-sized 'trojan horse' to aid nutrition August 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized "trojan horse" particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body. | |
Student study unmasks sushi scandal in New York August 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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A fourth of the fish for sale in New York City markets and sushi restaurants is mislabeled, a study launched by two high school students has found. | |
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