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Honey bees study finds that insects have personality too
A new study in Science suggests that thrill-seeking is not limited to humans and other vertebrates. Some honey bees, too, are more likely than others to seek adventure. The brains of these novelty-seeking bees e ...
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Scientists devise new imaging technique for analysis of biological samples
(PhysOrg.com) -- When trying to understand how cells respond to toxins, scientists want to do as little sample preparation as possible. Preparing these cells by immersing them in chemicals or drying them out ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jan 20, 2012 |
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420 magical seconds in space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new tool to calculate the orientation of a satellite with respect to the Earth, developed by EPFL students, will be on board a European Space Agency rocket scheduled to launch in March 2012. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Working to drive electric vehicles from niche to mass market
With several new models of electric vehicles hitting the market this year and more next year, President Obama’s goal of putting 1 million EVs on U.S. roads by 2015 is tantalizingly within grasp. But what ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 20, 2011 |
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The warped ways of cosmic light
Albert Einstein predicted them, modern giant telescopes detected them – and Klaus Dolag simulates them on a computer: gravitational lenses. The academic staff member at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics ...
Mar 02, 2011 |
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Why do some countries' economies grow faster?
Where do you make your academic home if your PhD is in physics, you did a postdoc at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and you’re researching macroeconomic theories that defy the conventional wisdom in ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Short-term volatility drives stock prices upward, research finds
While savvy investors might say that a stock’s value is the determining factor for how much they’re willing to pay, Pitt researchers have shown that recent price trends and other aspects unrelated to a stock’s ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Activity of a single brain cell can predict if we spend or save
(PhysOrg.com) -- By eavesdropping on the activity of a single brain cell, Yale University researchers can predict the outcome of decisions such as whether you will dip into your retirement account to buy a ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Smoking may thin the brain
Many brain imaging studies have reported that tobacco smoking is associated with large-scale and wide-spread structural brain abnormalities.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Hurdles ahead for health care reform primary care model, study shows
Provisions of new federal health care reforms will move the country toward a primary care medical home for patients, but the nation may not have enough primary care doctors to handle the workload, according to a study by ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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