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Trapped dental 'calculus' holds clues to ancient human diets and health

Many ancient human teeth, including specimens tens of thousands of years old, still hold onto tiny pieces of food -- and even bacteria. Anthropologists are studying the tartar attached to ancient human teeth ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Availability of hydrogen controls chemical structure of graphene oxide

A new study shows that the availability of hydrogen plays a significant role in determining the chemical and structural makeup of graphene oxide, a material that has potential uses in nano-electronics, nano-electromechanical ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop technique to keep cool high-power semiconductor devices used in wireless applications, electric cars

A group of researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a technique to keep cool a semiconductor material used in everything from traffic lights to electric cars.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Microbes go rafting on floating volcanic rocks

Volcanoes bring death and destruction, but out of the ashes life soon finds fertile ground. A unique experiment is sifting through floating debris from an ongoing volcanic event to see how microbes move in. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

James Webb Telescope flight backplane section completed

The center section of the backplane structure that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been completed, marking an important milestone in the telescope's hardware development. The backplane will ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Miniature sensors may advance climate studies

(Phys.org) -- An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop new way to oxidize graphene: A step toward better electronics

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new method for chemically altering graphene, a development that could be a step toward the creation of faster, thinner, flexible electronics.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Glaciers: Fossil fuel signature found in Alaskan ice

New clues as to how the Earth's remote ecosystems have been influenced by the industrial revolution are locked, frozen in the ice of glaciers. That is the finding of a group of scientists, including Robert ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Shear stiffness and friction mechanics of single-layer graphene measured for the first time

Researchers from the University of Bristol have measured and identified for the first time the stress and strain shear modulus and internal friction of graphene sheets. Graphene is a material that has many ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Polar growth at the bacterial scale reveals potential new targets for antibiotic therapy

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of microbiologists led by Indiana University researchers has identified a new bacterial growth process -- one that occurs at a single end or pole of the cell instead ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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