Archive: 08/30/2006
Understanding of How Cells Turn Cancerous Advances at UCR
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have uncovered a key step in how healthy cells protect themselves from mutating into cancerous tumor cells.
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Deep-sea oil rigs inspire MIT designs for giant wind turbines
An MIT researcher has a vision: Four hundred huge offshore wind turbines are providing onshore customers with enough electricity to power several hundred thousand homes, and nobody standing onshore can see ...
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Bacteria beat the heat
How do some microorganisms manage to exist and even thrive in surroundings ranging from Antarctica to boiling hot springs? A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute's Plant Sciences Department, led by Prof. Avigdor ...
Biology /
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Kasei Valles outflow channel system
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the region of Kasei Valles, one of the biggest outflow channel systems on Mars. Kasei is the Japanese ...
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Physicists invent 'QuIET' - single molecule transistors
University of Arizona physicists have discovered how to turn single molecules into working transistors. It's a breakthrough needed to make the next-generation of remarkably tiny, powerful computers that nanotechnologists ...
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Electronic life extension
Everyone knows the frustration of battery discharge: that sinking feeling when your notebook computer shuts down before you've saved that vital document or the artistic annoyance when your digital camera cannot snap that ...
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Study finds that vioxx reduces the risk of colorectal polyps
A researcher from Dartmouth reports the results of a clinical trial that shows that the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor rofecoxib (VIOXX®) reduces the risk of colorectal adenomas, or polyps. Polyps are benign tumors that ...
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Polymers show promise for lab-on-a-chip technology
Researchers are touting the use of liquid crystalline polymers (LCP) as a viable tool for use in devices such as the sought-after lab-on-a-chip technology.
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Nanotube ink: Desktop printing of carbon nanotube patterns
Using an off-the-shelf inkjet printer, a team of scientists has developed a simple technique for printing patterns of carbon nanotubes on paper and plastic surfaces. The method, which is described in the August ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Atmospheric ozone recovering in mid-latitudes, report shows
Concentrations of atmospheric ozone -- which protects Earth from the sun's ultraviolet radiation -- are showing signs of recovery in the most important regions of the stratosphere above the mid-latitudes in ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space
A former astronaut and researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center will be traveling to the Cosmodrome space-launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan, this Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006, to prepare a crucial experiment designed ...
Biology /
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Scientists watch supernova in real-time
For the first time a star has been observed in real-time as it goes supernova – a mind bogglingly powerful explosion as the star ends its life, the resulting cosmic eruption briefly outshining an entire galaxy. ...
Aug 30, 2006 |
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Study: Cigarettes contain more nicotine
A U.S. study suggests the nicotine content of cigarettes has increased during recent years, making it tougher for smokers to quit.
Aug 30, 2006 |
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