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- Solar-power device would use heat to enhance efficiency
- Improving the reliability of electronic devices by mitigating corrosive effects
- Carbon dioxide tamed: Making this ubiquitous gas industrially useful
- Poison-breathing bacteria may be boon to industry, environment
- You've got mail: Research reveals workers' worst inbox sins
- Early warning: Internet surveillance predicts disease outbreak
- First impact test in years of B61 nonnuclear components
- Breakthrough technology enables gene silencing to heal wounds
- New proposal for better allocation of donated livers in transplants
- Research sheds new light on heritability of disease
- Life cycle of a jellyfish (and a way to control it)
- Assessing others: Evaluating expertise of humans, computer algorithms
- Megafloods: What they leave behind
- Discovery of quantum vibrations in 'microtubules' inside brain neurons supports controversial theory of consciousness
- Refined model for reliable prediction of invasion dynamics
- Eelectronic health record use improves shingles vaccination rate among baby boomers
- Living in densely populated neighborhoods can actually decrease risk of diabetes, obesity
- Hugging hemes help electrons hop
- Heart attack damage slashed with microparticle therapy
- Ray of hope for magazines in digital era
- 'Sourcing hub' could help create more efficient supply chain
- Finally, a way to authenticate premium chocolate
- First comprehensive test to detect genetic modification in food
- Study explores possible costs, benefits of making movies with 'Oscar appeal'
- Warping images using your PC graphics card
- Car manufacturing: Fast track towards mass production
- Virtual reality moral dilemmas show just how utilitarian we really are
| Solar-power device would use heat to enhance efficiency Posted: 19 Jan 2014 11:24 AM PST A new approach to harvesting solar energy could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional  |
| Improving the reliability of electronic devices by mitigating corrosive effects Posted: 18 Jan 2014 09:24 AM PST A study of the thermodynamic properties of copper connections uncovers a route to improving the reliability of electronic  |
| Carbon dioxide tamed: Making this ubiquitous gas industrially useful Posted: 18 Jan 2014 09:24 AM PST Using a copper catalyst to unite carbon dioxide with organic molecules under mild conditions could make this ubiquitous gas industrially  |
| Poison-breathing bacteria may be boon to industry, environment Posted: 17 Jan 2014 12:37 PM PST Buried deep in the mud along the banks of a remote salt lake near Yosemite National Park are colonies of bacteria with an unusual property: they breathe a toxic metal to survive. Researchers  |
| You've got mail: Research reveals workers' worst inbox sins Posted: 17 Jan 2014 09:49 AM PST Workers obsessed with checking their emails could be damaging their own mental health and that of their colleagues, according to  |
| Early warning: Internet surveillance predicts disease outbreak Posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:40 AM PST The habit of Googling for an online diagnosis before visiting a GP can provide early warning of an infectious disease  |
| First impact test in years of B61 nonnuclear components Posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:39 AM PST A ground-penetrating bomb, minus its nuclear components, rammed through a target at the remote Coyote Canyon test range in Sandia National Laboratories' first such rocket-driven impact test in  |
| Breakthrough technology enables gene silencing to heal wounds Posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:39 AM PST Researchers have developed a tissue scaffold that can deliver gene therapy to wounds over a period of several  |
| New proposal for better allocation of donated livers in transplants Posted: 17 Jan 2014 06:04 AM PST Researchers have developed a system that measures compatibility between donors and the most serious receivers in liver transplants. This is a mathematical method that includes the experience of  |
| Research sheds new light on heritability of disease Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:08 AM PST A group of international researchers has published a paper describing a study aimed at better understanding how inherited genetic differences, or variants, predispose certain individuals to develop  |
| Life cycle of a jellyfish (and a way to control it) Posted: 16 Jan 2014 10:06 AM PST Those free-swimming jellyfish in the sea don't start out in that familiar medusa form, but rather start as sessile and asexual polyps. Now, researchers have discovered what triggers that  |
| Assessing others: Evaluating expertise of humans, computer algorithms Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:35 AM PST Researchers used fMRI technology to monitor the brain activity of volunteers as they interacted with "experts" -- some human, others computer algorithms -- to predict the behavior of a  |
| Megafloods: What they leave behind Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:35 AM PST South-central Idaho and the surface of Mars have an interesting geological feature in common: amphitheater-headed canyons. Researchers offer a plausible account that all these canyons were created by  |
| Posted: 16 Jan 2014 05:51 AM PST A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness claims that consciousness derives from deeper level, finer scale activities inside brain neurons. The recent discovery of  |
| Refined model for reliable prediction of invasion dynamics Posted: 16 Jan 2014 05:51 AM PST The question how rapidly animals, plants or microorganisms can colonize new territories is not only of interest to ecologists – the spread of invasive species can also have economic consequences,  |
| Eelectronic health record use improves shingles vaccination rate among baby boomers Posted: 16 Jan 2014 05:48 AM PST Shingles, a painful blistering virus related to the chicken pox, are more common in the winter and spring than any other time of the year. While people over the age of 60 account for 50% of all  |
| Living in densely populated neighborhoods can actually decrease risk of diabetes, obesity Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:28 PM PST Torontonians living in neighborhoods that aren't conducive to walking have a 33 percent greater risk of developing diabetes or being obese, according to new  |
| Hugging hemes help electrons hop Posted: 15 Jan 2014 02:26 PM PST Researchers simulating how certain bacteria run electrical current through tiny molecular wires have discovered a secret nature uses for electron travel. This is the first time scientists have seen  |
| Heart attack damage slashed with microparticle therapy Posted: 15 Jan 2014 11:37 AM PST After a heart attack, much of the damage to the heart muscle is caused by inflammatory cells that rush to the scene. But that damage is slashed in half when microparticles are injected into the  |
| Ray of hope for magazines in digital era Posted: 15 Jan 2014 11:36 AM PST While print media continue to suffer at the hands of their online counterparts, new research finds that print magazines with companion websites are able to attract more advertising  |
| 'Sourcing hub' could help create more efficient supply chain Posted: 15 Jan 2014 09:22 AM PST The lack of contact between firms at either end of a supply chain prevents companies from gaining efficiencies in costs, design and materials, says an  |
| Finally, a way to authenticate premium chocolate Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:35 AM PST For some people, nothing can top a morsel of luxuriously rich, premium chocolate. But until now, other than depending on their taste buds, chocolate connoisseurs had no way of knowing whether they  |
| First comprehensive test to detect genetic modification in food Posted: 15 Jan 2014 08:35 AM PST As the abundance of genetically modified (GM) foods continues to grow, so does the demand for monitoring and labeling them. The genes of GM plants used for food are tweaked to make them more  |
| Study explores possible costs, benefits of making movies with 'Oscar appeal' Posted: 15 Jan 2014 06:58 AM PST What do Hollywood moguls holding their breath this week for an Oscar nomination have in common with the influence peddlers on K Street in Washington, D.C.? More than you might imagine, suggests new  |
| Warping images using your PC graphics card Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:56 AM PST By projecting images onto contoured surfaces you get a virtual experience that puts you at the center of the action. Now, a quick and easy calibration technique could help the concept find a wider  |
| Car manufacturing: Fast track towards mass production Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:56 AM PST New models of automobiles are initially manufactured in a pilot production run. A new procedure now makes it possible to transfer the parameters applied there directly to serial  |
| Virtual reality moral dilemmas show just how utilitarian we really are Posted: 15 Jan 2014 04:54 AM PST "Moral" psychology has traditionally been studied by subjecting individuals to moral dilemmas, that is, hypothetical choices regarding typically dangerous scenarios, but it has rarely been  |
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