News tagged with conductance
Preteen conduct problems leads to teenage serious violence and delinquency
Conduct disorders in preteens are predictive of eventual teenage serious violent and delinquent behavior, according to a new study from the Universite de Montreal. The findings, published in this month's issue of Journal of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Success in developing groundbreaking electrolyte materials
The Fuel Cell Nano-Materials Group at the Japanese National Institute for Materials Science has successfully developed two types of novel materials which satisfy all the three requirements for electrolyte: ...
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Scientists crack materials mystery in vanadium dioxide
(PhysOrg.com) -- A systematic study of phase changes in vanadium dioxide has solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National ...
Nov 23, 2010 |
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Disruptive behaviour disorders in male teenagers associated with increased risk of road crashes
Disruptive behaviour disorders in male teenagers, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder are associated with about a one-third increase in the risk of being seriously ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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DNA sequence variations linked to electrical signal conduction in the heart
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists studying genetic data from nearly 50,000 people have uncovered several DNA sequence variations associated with the electrical impulses that make the heart beat. The findings, reported in Nature Ge ...
Nov 14, 2010 |
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Amazon pulls pedophile book, offers no explanation
Amazon, after a deluge of criticism and boycott threats, withdrew a digital book called "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure" from sale on Thursday but offered no explanation for the move. ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Radically simple technique developed to grow conducting polymer thin films
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oil and water don't mix, but add in some nanofibers and all bets are off.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Reuters Breakingviews columnist resigns, others being probed
A columnist for Reuters Breakingviews has resigned after violating the Thomson Reuters code of conduct on trading shares and other commentators at the financial news and analysis service are being investigated, ...
Oct 18, 2010 |
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The noise about graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- In last week’s announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences lauded graphene’s "exceptional properties that originate from the remarkable world ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Electrified nano filter promises to cut costs for clean drinking water
With almost one billion people lacking access to clean, safe drinking water, scientists are reporting development and successful initial tests of an inexpensive new filtering technology that kills up to 98 percent of disease-causing ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Self-regulation is not enough in children's TV advertising: study
Children still see the same amount of television advertising for unhealthy foods as they did before industry self-regulation was introduced last year, according to new University of Sydney research published ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Caltech researchers design a new nanomesh material
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computers, light bulbs, and even people generate heat—energy that ends up being wasted. With a thermoelectric device, which converts heat to electricity and vice versa, you can harness that ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 23, 2010 |
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Research aims to lighten load carried by soldiers
A University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering professor and a team of researchers nationwide were recently awarded a five-year, $6.25 million grant to develop a greener, lighter-weight and longer-lasting ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Burnout associated with self-reported unprofessional conduct among medical students
Medical students with higher levels of distress (burnout) were more likely to self-report unprofessional conduct related to patient care and less altruistic professional values, according to a study in the September 15 issue ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Graphene may hold key to speeding up DNA sequencing
September 9, 2010 - In a paper published as the cover story of the September 9, 2010 Nature, researchers from Harvard University and MIT have demonstrated that graphene, a surprisingly robust planar sheet ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 10, 2010 |
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