With its large clumps of cascading white tendrils, the Hericium erinaceus looks less like a mushroom and more like a lion's mane (its nickname).
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Copper -- the stuff of pennies and tea kettles -- is also one of the few metals that can turn carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels with relatively little energy. When fashioned into an electrode and stimulated with voltage, ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 11, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- In the hyperpolarized world of the 2012 election, misinformation among Americans remains widespread, a new University of Wisconsin-Madison study finds.
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A new report by the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA estimates that more than 400,000 California public school students were suspended at least once during the 2009–10 school year, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2012
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Today's best computer chips boast staggering transistor arrays exceeding 2 1/2 billion, but new nanometer-level technologies hold the promise of boosting that number even more. Nanotransistors may be fabricated from materials ...
Nanophysics
Apr 11, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Cornell materials scientists have developed an inexpensive, environmentally friendly way of synthesizing oxide crystal sheets, just nanometers thick, which have useful properties for electronics and alternative ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 11, 2012
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A group of researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) have created a new method for producing carbon nanotubes.
Nanomaterials
Apr 11, 2012
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Microsoft is counting down the days until it is through with the Windows XP operating system for personal computers.
Software
Apr 11, 2012
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Apple said it is crafting a weapon to vanquish a Flashback virus from Macintosh computers and working to disrupt the command network being used by hackers behind the infections.
Software
Apr 11, 2012
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Learning to work in teams may explain why humans evolved a bigger brain, according to a new study published on Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
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