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Shining light on cells' inner workings

(Phys.org) -- Lanrong Bi and Nazmiye Yapici are shining new light on the hidden processes within cells. For their groundbreaking research, Bi, an assistant professor of chemistry at Michigan Technological ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Shopping study: Do free samples really make you buy products?

(PhysOrg.com) -- As you do your holiday shopping this year, you'll probably encounter plenty of free sample stands at the big warehouse stores and grocery stores. Common sense might tell you that eating a bunch of samples ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Lower energy could lead to more biological imaging at LCLS

While SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source was designed to push the limits as a high-energy X-ray laser, users' requests have led staff at the facility to successfully step it back to a lower minimum energy ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Speeding up drug discovery with rapid 3-D mapping of proteins

A new method for rapidly solving the three-dimensional structures of a special group of proteins, known as integral membrane proteins, may speed drug discovery by providing scientists with precise targets ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Geological record shows air up there came from below

(Phys.org) -- The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater than scientists had previously thought, according to new research that links the long-ago proliferation of oxygen ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

UC San Diego researchers in Florence explore new ways to search for lost Leonardo mural

(Phys.org) -- In 1505 Leonardo da Vinci began painting a mural – to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari – in the Palazzo Vecchio’s Great Hall, the seat of government in Renaissance Florence.

Technology / Engineering

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Muslim Brotherhood candidate trails in race for Egypt's presidency: UMD poll

As Egypt prepares this week to elect its first president since the 2011 revolution, a new University of Maryland poll finds the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate tied for fourth place. Researchers describe the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using graphene, scientists develop a less toxic way to rust-proof steel

(Phys.org) -- University at Buffalo researchers are making significant progress on rust-proofing steel using a graphene-based composite that could serve as a nontoxic alternative to coatings that contain hexavalent ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Beyond the high-speed hard drive: Topological insulators open a path to room-temperature spintronics

(Phys.org) -- Strange new materials experimentally identified just a few years ago are now driving research in condensed-matter physics around the world. First theorized and then discovered by researchers ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

The human cost of economic policy

New research will bring social scientists closer to uncovering the economic basis of a “gigantic human catastrophe” that followed the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Beaming up on the way to space

(Phys.org) -- Space may be the final frontier. But often a few trips to PML are necessary before things can get off the ground. One recent case in point is the test of an instrument called the Extreme Ultraviolet ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Stable isotopes provide “signature” for researchers to study animals

Researchers have many tools available in studying and observing mammals. One is quite small—the stable isotope. Exploring ecological questions through analysis of stable isotopes is a rapidly developing area of research.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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