Archive: 08/17/2006
Study finds brain cell regulator is volume control, not on/off switch
UC Davis researchers have discovered that proteins that regulate brain-cell activity by controlling the flow of potassium ions behave more like volume controls on stereos rather than on/off power switches. The research, which ...
Aug 17, 2006 |
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Scientists use electron beam to unravel the secrets of an 'atomic switch'
Scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used a beam of electrons to move a single atom in a small molecule back and forth between two positions on ...
Aug 17, 2006 |
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Molecules spontaneously form honeycomb network featuring pores of unprecedented size
UC Riverside researchers have discovered a new way in which nature creates complex patterns: the assembly of molecules with no guidance from an outside source. Potential applications of the finding are paints, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 17, 2006 |
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Mystery of Quintuplet stars in Milky Way solved
For the first time, scientists have identified the cluster of Quintuplet stars in the Milky Way's galactic center, next to the super massive black hole, as massive binary stars nearing the end of their life ...
Aug 17, 2006 |
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SMART-1 impact: last call for ground based observations
If you are a professional or amateur astronomer and want to contribute to the final phase of the SMART-1 mission, join ESA on the impact ground observation campaign.
Aug 17, 2006 |
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Study Provides Insight Into How the Brain Loses Plasticity of Youth
A protein once thought to play a role only in the immune system could hold a clue to one of the great puzzles of neuroscience: how do the highly malleable and plastic brains of youth settle down into a relatively stable adult ...
Aug 17, 2006 |
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Hubble Sees Faintest Stars in a Globular Cluster
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered what astronomers are reporting as the dimmest stars ever seen in any globular star cluster. Globular clusters are spherical concentrations of hundreds of thousands ...
Aug 17, 2006 |
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New Planets Shouldn’t Rock Your World
Don’t be scared, if you think you’ll have to memorize the potentially growing number of planets.
Aug 17, 2006 |
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Some online video games found to promote 'sociability,' researchers say
Hang in there, parents. There is some hopeful news on the video-gaming front. Researchers have found that some of the large and hugely popular online video games – although condemned by many as time-gobbling, people-isolating ...
Aug 17, 2006 |
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Spinal cord bridge bypasses injury to restore mobility
The body's spinal cord is like a super highway of nerves. When an injury occurs, the body's policing defenses put up a roadblock in the form of a scar to prevent further injury, but it stops all neural traffic from moving ...
Aug 17, 2006 |
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US ITER project completes management team
A team of scientists and engineers has been chosen to manage the United States' role in a multinational project to harness the power of fusion, the project manager announced Monday.
Aug 17, 2006 |
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Artificial muscles may enable more lifelike color displays
Scientists have unveiled a new technology that could lead to video displays that faithfully reproduce a fuller range of colors than current models, giving such a life-like viewing experience that it could be ...
Aug 17, 2006 |
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