News tagged with laboratory
Overfed rats may distort research results
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many laboratory animals are over-fed and under-excercised, and failing to recognize this may lead researchers to misinterpret the results of their experiments, according to a new study by ...
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Mar 05, 2010 |
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First Test Labs for Next-Generation Internet Protocol (IPv6) Are Accredited
The first two laboratories have recently completed accreditation to provide testing services for the USGv6 Program. The USGv6 Program, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, provides the basis for ...
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Scientist explore future of high-energy physics
In a 1954 speech to the American Physical Society, the University of Chicago's Enrico Fermi fancifully envisioned a particle accelerator that encircled the globe. Such would be the ultimate theoretical outcome, ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Node-3 and Cupola: European technology to complete the ISS
(PhysOrg.com) -- Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET today and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Neutrino data to flow in 2010; NOvA scientists tune design
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists may see data as soon as late summer from the prototype for a $278 million science experiment in northern Minnesota that is being designed to find clues to some fundamental mysteries ...
Jan 09, 2010 |
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Nobel Physics laureates undeserving, colleagues say: report
Former colleagues of two American scientists who won the 2009 Nobel physics prize say the winners, Willard Boyle and George Smith, did not deserve the award, Canada's Globe and Mail reported Tuesday.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Physicists detect two candidate dark matter interactions, but say the data are not conclusive
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have spent decades searching for the elusive material known as dark matter, which is believed to make up 25 percent of the universe. On Thursday, Dec. 17, a team of physicists including ...
Dec 18, 2009 |
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An Advance in Superconducting Magnet Technology Opens the Door for More Powerful Colliders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Preparing for as much as a 10-fold increase in the Large Hadron Collider's luminosity within the next decade, U.S. scientists and engineers have demonstrated a powerful magnet based on an ...
Dec 16, 2009 |
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'Live' imaging reveals breast cancer cells' transition to metastasis
The spread, or metastasis, of individual breast cancer cells from the main tumor into the blood circulation to the lungs and other body tissues and organs is under the control of a growth factor abbreviated TGFb, according ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Scientists rescue visual function in rats using induced pluripotent stem cells
An international team of scientists has rescued visual function in laboratory rats with eye disease by using cells similar to stem cells. The research shows the potential for stem cell-based therapies to treat ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Engineering professor creates mobile lab for testing bridges
(PhysOrg.com) -- Civil engineering students at the University of Rhode Island will soon take to the roadways to apply what they have learned in the classroom in real-world analyses of bridges, buildings and ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Bone Marrow Stem Cells May Prevent Chronic Lung Disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have discovered a possible way to protect the fragile lungs of premature babies by using stem cells harvested from bone marrow. In experiments on laboratory mice, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent
(AP) -- Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.
Nov 28, 2009 |
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Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images
(PhysOrg.com) -- Winter images of NASA's Phoenix Lander showing the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars have been captured with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE camera, aboard ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Researchers to model the life cycles of successful virtual teams
Each year, hundreds of scientists from all over the world come to the Florida State University campus to conduct research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Starting in January, the researchers themselves will ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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