Chemist monitors nanotechnology's environmental impact
Interest in 'green' innovation means not just thinking big but also very, very, very small.
Bio & Medicine
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'A-maize-ing' discovery could lead to higher corn yields for food, feed and fuel
Scientists may have made an "a-maize-ing" discovery that could lead to higher corn yields in the United States. In a new research report published in the March 2010 issue of the journal Genetics, scientists used tropical ...
Biotechnology
Mar 25, 2010
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New gateway to treat leukemia and other cancers
Canadian researchers have discovered a previously hidden channel to attack leukemia and other cancer cells, according to a new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. The findings from the Université ...
Biochemistry
Mar 25, 2010
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HP Demos Rollup Flexible Displays (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Flexible Display Center, at Arizona State University, hopes to have flexible displays ready for test trials in approximately three years. The possibilities of using flexible displays are endless and one ...
A new fossil species found in Spain
In the '80s, Spanish researchers found the first fossils of Cloudina in Spain, a small fossil of tubular appearance and one of the first animals that developed an external skeleton between 550 and 543 million years ago. Now ...
Archaeology
Mar 25, 2010
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New boreal forest biomass maps produced from radar satellite data
Having a large-scale boreal forest biomass inventory would allow scientists to understand better the carbon cycle and to predict more accurately Earth's future climate. However, obtaining these maps has been wrought with ...
Environment
Mar 25, 2010
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Conical nanocarbon structures could lead to flexible, transparent field emission displays
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the past several years, researchers have used carbon nanotubes and nanofibers to fabricate a variety of transparent, flexible devices, such as OLEDs, transistors, and solar cells. But the development ...
Bilingual family liaisons increasingly important service for schools
Even during tough economic times, a school district's decision to cut support services aimed at helping Hispanic students and their families navigate through the public school system will prove to be a shortsighted one, especially ...
Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2010
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YouTube suffers outage
YouTube was hit by an outage on Thursday with some users temporarily unable to access the popular video-sharing service.
Internet
Mar 25, 2010
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New oxygen producing mechanism proposed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Photosynthesis is the mechanism by which plants generate oxygen, but new research on a novel type of anaerobic bacteria supports the theory that bacteria produced their own oxygen long before the evolution ...
