News tagged with cold
Understanding tiny reactions: Cold atoms and nanotubes come together in atomic 'black hole'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes, long touted for applications in materials and electronics, may also be the stuff of atomic-scale black holes.
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Ice sheet melt identified as trigger of Big Freeze
The main cause of a rapid global cooling period, known as the Big Freeze or Younger Dryas - which occurred nearly 13,000 years ago - has been identified thanks to the help of an academic at the University of Sheffield.
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Mar 31, 2010 |
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'Cold fusion' moves closer to mainstream acceptance
A potential new energy source so controversial that people once regarded it as junk science is moving closer to acceptance by the mainstream scientific community. That's the conclusion of the organizer of ...
Mar 21, 2010 |
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Common Cold Symptoms Not Washed Away by Nose Irrigation
Washing out your nose with a spray or spout of salt water is safe and might even get you back to work sooner after a cold or acute sinus infection. However, there is not enough evidence to show that it can reduce your symptoms ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Planck sees tapestry of cold dust (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Giant filaments of cold dust stretching through our Galaxy are revealed in a new image from ESA's Planck satellite. Analysing these structures could help to determine the forces that shape ...
Mar 17, 2010 |
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Why chameleon tongues work in the cold (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In cold weather a chameleon’s metabolism slows down, but its tongue continues to work quickly to capture prey. A new study has found out why: the tongue does not rely on direct muscle contractions, ...
Mar 10, 2010 |
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Vitamin D lifts mood during cold weather months
A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what Chicagoans need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON). This nutrient lifts mood during ...
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Falling Temperatures Don't Mean You Cannot Exercise Outdoors, Says Expert
(PhysOrg.com) -- Don’t let the temperature temper your exercise resolution. Even when the temperature drops you can still keep that New Year’s exercise resolution, and you can still do it safely outdoors. Your body can adapt ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Galaxy Cluster Abell 3627: Two Tails to Tell
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two spectacular tails of X-ray emission has been seen trailing behind a galaxy using the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Jan 22, 2010 |
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Hypothermia: Staying Safe in Cold Weather
(PhysOrg.com) -- Frigid weather can pose special risks to older adults. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, has some advice for helping older people avoid hypothermia -- when ...
Jan 15, 2010 |
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Determining chemical composition of a type of red giant star with more carbon than oxygen
What are the peculiar type-R stars made? Where does the carbon present in their shell come from? These are the questions to be solved by a research work conducted by scientists of the department of Theoretical ...
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Astrophysicists unwind 'Cold Dark Matter Catastrophe' conundrum
For nearly twenty years scientists have been trying to resolve the discrepancy in the cold dark matter paradigm - the so-called "Cold Dark Matter catastrophe". Recently an international research group including physics professor ...
Jan 14, 2010 |
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Florida's cold snap disaster for tropical wildlife
Iguanas dropping from trees, manatees huddling around waters warmed by power plants and marine turtles being whisked away to shelters -- Florida's unusual cold snap is a deadly one for tropical wildlife.
Jan 09, 2010 |
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Cold War offered odd benefit -- it limited species invasions
A recent study about movement of bird species during the Cold War outlines one of the perils facing an expanding global economy - along with international trade comes the potential for a significant increase ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming
(AP) -- Beijing had its coldest morning in almost 40 years and its biggest snowfall since 1951. Britain is suffering through its longest cold snap since 1981. And freezing weather is gripping the Deep South, ...
Jan 06, 2010 |
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