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Study of 'Persistent Currents' Finally Verifies Theory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Approximately 20 years ago, scientists discovered that is is possible for an electric current to flow endlessly in a ring made of a normal metal. One might think that such an 'old' finding ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 6 feature

Eradicating dangerous bacteria may cause permanent harm

In the zeal to eliminate dangerous bacteria, it is possible that we are also permanently killing off beneficial bacteria as well, posits Martin Blaser, MD, Frederick H. King Professor of Medicine, professor of Microbiology ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Biologists discover how yeast cells reverse aging

Human cells have a finite lifespan: They can only divide a certain number of times before they die. However, that lifespan is reset when reproductive cells are formed, which is why the children of a 20-year-old ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (29) | comments 15 | with audio podcast

Teaching robots to move like humans (w/ Video)

When people communicate, the way they move has as much to do with what they're saying as the words that come out of their mouths. But what about when robots communicate with people? How can robots use non-verbal ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Most babies born this century will live to 100

(AP) -- Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say that since the 20th century, people in developed countries are living about three ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 3

Study: Life and death during the Great Depression

The Great Depression had a silver lining: During that hard time, U.S. life expectancy actually increased by 6.2 years, according to a University of Michigan study published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the Na ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 5

Expectation of extraterrestrial life built more on optimism than evidence, study finds

(Phys.org) -- Recent discoveries of planets similar to Earth in size and proximity to the planets' respective suns have sparked scientific and public excitement about the possibility of also finding Earth-like life on those ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (17) | comments 40 | with audio podcast

BlackBerry maker to focus on business customers (Update)

(AP) -- Struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Thursday that it plans to return its focus to its corporate customers after failing to compete with flashier, consumer-oriented phones such ...

Technology / Business

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

In rare miss, Apple 4Q earnings disappoint (Update)

Apple, the juggernaut of consumer electronics, stumbled in its latest quarter, as the later-than-usual launch of the new iPhone held back sales.

Technology / Business

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Grandparents connected to success of human race

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you looked around at your family some 40,000 years ago, you would not have seen grandparents as the likelihood of a person passing their 30th birthday was slim. However, according to new research reported ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Policy experts say changes in expectations and funding key to genomic medicine's future

Unrealistic expectations about genomic medicine have created a "bubble" that needs deflating before it puts the field's long term benefits at risk, four policy experts write in the current issue of the journal Science.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Dying young did not cause Neanderthals' demise

Dying young was not likely the reason Neanderthals went extinct, said a study out Monday that suggests early modern humans had about the same life expectancy as their hairier, ancient cousins.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Oil will run dry before substitutes roll out: study

At the current pace of research and development, global oil will run out 90 years before replacement technologies are ready, says a new University of California, Davis, study based on stock market expectations.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (47) | comments 73 | with audio podcast

Research breakthrough on the question of life expectancy

Why do we grow old and what can we do to stop it? This is the question asked by many, but it appears that we are now closer to an answer thanks to new research published by Monash University researcher Dr ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 05, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Wealthier, but not necessarily healthier

One of the most famous and influential mantras of Barack Obama’s chief economic adviser - that wealthier nations are also healthier - has been called into question by a new study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast