News tagged with triple bind
Pressure to be a supergirl is causing teen mental health crisis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Expectations for teenage girls to be brainy, athletic, nurturing, and look like supermodels - while juggling homework, social networking and resumé-padding activities - are fueling a generational mental ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Facebook spawns ecosystem of startups
To get the true measure of what's often called "The Facebook Effect," look beyond the company. Generally ignored in the klieg lights focused on Facebook's IPO is a growing ecosystem of other startups that are using the social ...
May 11, 2012 |
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Touch of gold improves nanoparticle fuel-cell reactions
Advances in fuel-cell technology have been stymied by the inadequacy of metals studied as catalysts. The drawback to platinum, other than cost, is that it absorbs carbon monoxide in reactions involving fuel ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Nanotube technology leading to fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Oregon State University have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon “nanotubes” to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology that might one day ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 09, 2012 |
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Responding to the radiation threat
Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a promising treatment for safely decontaminating humans exposed to radioactive actinides from a major radiation exposure event, such as a nuclear reactor accident or ...
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Report outlines measures to cut carbon emissions from buildings
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report from the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University today outlines its strategy to transform the UK’s built environment.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Crystallizing the switch to hydrogen
Hydrogen gas is an almost infinitely inexhaustible fuel source that emits only clean water during combustion. Switching from hydrocarbon-based transportation to systems powered by state-of-the-art fuel cells ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Self-replication process holds promise for production of new materials
New York University scientists have developed artificial structures that can self-replicate, a process that has the potential to yield new types of materials. The work, conducted by researchers in NYU's Departments of Chemistry ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Water, water everywhere: Polarization dramatically affects H2O structure revealed through molecular dynamics simulation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Water is essential to more than its myriad roles in biological, chemical, geological, and other physical processes. Having a precise description of water’s structure is critical to con ...
Aug 30, 2011 |
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European wind power output tipped to treble by 2020: report
Energy producers expect European wind power generation to triple by 2020, with tens of thousands of new, ever-bigger wind turbines springing up, an industry body said Tuesday.
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Aug 02, 2011 |
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Putting the squeeze on rare earth metals
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rare-earth metals are a series of elements that represent one of the final frontiers of chemical exploration. The vigorous reactivity of these substances, however, has made it difficult for ...
Apr 15, 2011 |
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