News tagged with fluid inclusions
Researchers kick-start ancient DNA
Binghamton University researchers recently revived ancient bacteria trapped for thousands of years in water droplets embedded in salt crystals.
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Shearing triggers odd behavior in microscopic particles
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microscopic spheres form strings in surprising alignments when suspended in a viscous fluid and sheared between two plates — a finding that will affect the way scientists think about ...
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Giant flakes make graphene oxide gel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Giant flakes of graphene oxide in water aggregate like a stack of pancakes, but infinitely thinner, and in the process gain characteristics that materials scientists may find delicious.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 20, 2011 |
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In search of virus fossils
Here's a theory for a comedian to consider: dinosaurs done-in by avian flu. Silly as that may be, we imagine that viruses have been infecting organisms since life first appeared on Earth, but this is mostly ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Diamonds pinpoint start of colliding continents
Jewelers abhor diamond impurities, but they are a bonanza for scientists. Safely encased in the super-hard diamond, impurities are unaltered, ancient minerals that can tell the story of Earth's distant past. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Re-formulation of microbicidal lubricants will help protect from HIV
Microbicides can be used to protect against HIV, and other sexually transmitted diseases, either on their own or with the added protection of a condom. New research published by BioMed Central's open access journal AIDS Re ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Hidden pornographic poems explain 'bestseller' success of C18 poetical volumes
An Oxford University academic has explained the secret behind the success of two of the best selling volumes of poetic miscellanies in the 18th Century – a series of pornographic poems were hidden at ...
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Researchers demonstrate efficacy of antisense therapy for spinal muscular atrophy
The devastating, currently incurable motor-neuron disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) might soon be treated with tiny, chemically modified pieces of RNA called antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs).
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Aquatic creatures mix ocean water
Understanding mixing in the ocean is of fundamental importance to modeling climate change or predicting the effects of an El Niņo on our weather. Modern ocean models primarily incorporate the effects of winds and tides. However, ...
Nov 22, 2009 |
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Cancer treatment controls macular edema related to diabetes and to cataract surgery
This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports on use of bevacizumab (Avastin), to benefit diabetic patients with macular edema as well as people who develop cystoid macular edema ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Tremors on southern San Andreas Fault may mean increased quake risk
(PhysOrg.com) -- Increases in mysterious underground tremors observed in several active earthquake fault zones around the world could signal a build-up of stress at locked segments of the faults and presumably ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 09, 2009 |
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