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for the Week of December 6 to December 13, 2009
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Posted 2009-12-13:
- First known binary star is discovered to be a triplet, quadruplet, quintuplet, sextuplet system
- Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature
Posted 2009-12-13:
- Brightest-ever 'blazar' flare from distant galaxy spotted by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
- Older dental fillings contain form of mercury unlikely to be toxic, study finds
- Elusive 'hot' electrons captured in ultra-thin solar cells
- Lightning-produced radiation a potential health concern for air travelers
- VISTA: Pioneering new survey telescope starts work
- Suzaku catches retreat of a black hole's disk
Posted 2009-12-12:
- Super-massive black holes observed at the center of galaxies
- Astronaut balancing act: Training to help explorers adapt to a return to gravity
- Old math reveals new thinking in children's cognitive development
- Surgery on beating heart thanks to robotic helping hand
- Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, scientists find
- Real human bone grown in tissue culture
- Bacteria engineered to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
- 'Fighting' IED attacks with SCARE technology
- U.S. forests and soils store equivalent of 50 years of nation's CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, new estimates find
- Dark side of a Saturnian moon: Iapetus is coated with foreign dust
- Swiss scientists measure glacial melting with light
- Knowing goalkeeper’s movements in a penalty increases success rate and reduces kicker’s decision time
- Scientists take theoretical research on 'nasty' molecule to next level
- Ubiquitous health: Enabling telemedicine to cut hospital visits, save money
Posted 2009-12-11:
- XMM-Newton celebrates decade of discovery
- Safer space vehicles thanks to optic fiber sensors
- Measuring impact of climate change from space: Gravity measurements shed light on key questions
- Supportive materials to help regenerate heart tissue
- Formula to detect an author’s literary ‘fingerprint’
- First submersible robot glider to cross Atlantic makes landfall in Spain
- Faint star orbiting the Big Dipper's Alcor discovered
- Electromagnetic fields as cutting tools
- Chopper drop tests new technology: Expandable honeycomb cushion could make helicopters safer
- Digital avalanche rescue dog: Geolocation system can locate victims to within centimeters
- Nature's solution to age-old chemical paradox: Chemical basis for extra 'quality control' in protein production
- Saturn's mysterious hexagon emerges from winter darkness
- Robotic Perception, On Purpose
- Entropy alone can create complex crystals from simple shapes; tetrahedra packing record broken
- Danish Eco City proves waste management can reverse greenhouse trend
Posted 2009-12-10:
- World-Record Energy Collisions Achieved at Large Hadron Collider
- Energy efficiency technologies offer major savings, report finds
- Fine-tuned laser: Step toward airport scanners that can identify explosives
- Hunt for Higgs boson: Mass of top quark narrows search
- Star power: Astronomers recreate stellar jet with laser blast
- Facebook (and systems biologists) take note: Network analysis reveals true connections
- Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion
- Nanoparticle protects oil in foods from oxidation, spoilage
- See-through surprise: Lab makes solid material transparent to terahertz waves
- Engineers on course to make super-efficient solar-electric powered boat
- How dinoflagellates protect themselves during photosynthesis
- Brightness variations of sun-like stars: The mystery deepens
- Deep space maintenance deep in Australia's bush
- Milling and drilling in cyberspace
Posted 2009-12-09:
- Life on Mars theory boosted by new methane study
- Turning metal black more than just a novelty: Laser technique could have important medical implications
- Just after the Big Bang: Hubble's deepest view of universe unveils never-before-seen galaxies
- 'Rational drug design' identifies fragments of FDA-approved drugs relevant to emerging viruses
- A greener way to get electricity from natural gas
- Dip ordinary paper into ink infused with nanotubes and nanowires to create an instant battery
- New platinum compound shows promise in tumor cells
- World's smallest semiconductor laser to have big impact in computing, bio-hazard detection
- Metamaterials could reduce friction in nanomachines
- Super cool atom thermometer: New, reliable ways of measuring extreme low temperatures
- Mathematical model of simple circuit in chicken brain raises fundamental questions about neural circuitry
- Method to detect chocolate fraud becomes an international standard
- Self-destructing bacteria improve renewable biofuel production
- Solving the mysteries of enigmatic binary star system Cygnus X-3
- Untold levels of oil sands pollution on Athabasca River confirmed
Posted 2009-12-08:
- Breakthrough in 'spintronics' could lead to energy efficient chips
- New computer model could lead to safer stents
- Cosmic rays hunted down: Physicists closing in on origin of mysterious particles
- Diesel truck engine made with barely measurable emissions
- Mathematical model advances heart-related research
- New optical sensors enabling lightning-fast trace gas detectors
- Brain waves can 'write' on a computer in early tests, researchers show
- Better way for computers to 'see' combines molecular biology and gaming hardware
- Single-atom transistor discovered
Posted 2009-12-07:
Posted 2009-12-06:
- Superbright supernova is first of its kind
- 'Smell of old books' offers clues to help preserve them
- Combining nanotubes and antibodies for breast cancer 'search and destroy' missions
- Breaking carbon-hydrogen bonds: Cheap, easy 'kitchen chemistry' developed to perform formerly complex synthesis
Posted 2009-12-05:
- Researchers put a new spin on atomic musical chairs
- Safe journey for works of art
- Young star cluster Trumpler 14 revealed in stunning image
- What happens when an enormous star blows up?
- A window that washes itself? New nano-material may revolutionize solar panels and batteries, too
- Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices
- Experimental validation tool for cell phone forensics developed
Posted 2009-12-04:
- First direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting star similar to sun
- Lasers used to make first boron-nitride nanotube yarn
- Suzaku X-ray observatory spies treasure trove of intergalactic metal
- Hidden protein structures are essential for catalysis
- Synthetic magnetic fields 'trick' neutral atoms into acting as if electrically charged
- Simulated car crashes involving pregnant women
- Nanowires key to future transistors, electronics
- Stick and slide: Computer simulation advances understanding of molecular motors
Posted 2009-12-03:
- Multiferroic compounds used to produce smaller and cheaper digital memories
- 100-watt-level mid-infrared lasers created
- New algorithms for computerized, large-scale surveillance
- Innovation puts next-generation solar cells on the horizon
- Crime scene measurements can be taken from a single image
Posted 2009-12-02:
- Data from outer space open new frontiers for researchers
- Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research
- Elastography reduces unnecessary breast biopsies
- Traditional wood-carving craft industry goes high-tech
- Will copper keep us safe from the superbugs?
- Blushing dusty nebula
- Shape shifters: Researchers create new breed of antennas
- First metallic nanoparticles resistant to extreme heat
- NASA's Fermi telescope peers deep into a 'micro-quasar'
- There are lasers, and then there are compact, multibeam, multi-wavelength lasers
- Bacteria 'invest' wisely to survive uncertain times, scientists report
- Hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle sets 26-hour flight endurance record
- Action recommended for indoor radon below current guidelines
- Protein engineering advancing Alzheimer’s research
Posted 2009-12-01:
- Molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, bacterium that causes syphilis
- Black hole caught zapping galaxy into existence?
- Climate studies to benefit from 12 years of satellite aerosol data
- Vibrations key to efficiency of green fluorescent protein
- Texus-46's flight to the weightless world
- Large Hadron Collider sets new world record as highest energy particle accelerator
- Smart phones allow quick diagnosis of acute appendicitis
- New transparent insulating film could enable energy-efficient displays
- Scientists explain puzzling lake asymmetry on Saturn's moon Titan
- Virtual reality offers solution to driving phobias
- Computer program uses interactive genetic algorithm to help witnesses remember criminals
- Spinons -- confined like quarks: Phenomenon seen in condensed matter for first time
- World’s largest working hydro-electric wave energy device launched
- Engineers image nanostructure of a solid acid catalyst and boost its catalytic activity
Posted 2009-11-30:
- 'Cosmic fruit machine' matches galactic collisions
- Tough yet stiff, deer antler is materials scientist's dream
- Solar power from your windows, awnings, even clothing?
- Free e-samples of prescription drugs: At what cost?
- New nanocrystalline diamond probes overcome wear
Posted 2009-11-29:
- Nuclear waste reduction: Polymers designed to mop up radioactive isotopes
- 24-carat gold 'snowflakes' improve graphene's electrical properties
- Small hairy balls hide foul-tasting healthful enzymes
Posted 2009-11-28:
- With first neutrino events, physicists closer to answering why only matter in universe
- Nano-scale drug delivery developed for chemotherapy
- Plasma-in-a-bag for sterilizing devices
- Building real security with virtual worlds
- 3-D software gives doctors, students a view inside the body
- Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug
- New computer virus disguised as social security administration download
- Overcoming barriers for organic electronics
- New tool for helping pediatric heart surgery
- RFID Chips: Intelligence inside metal components
- Predicting the effectiveness of metal catalysts
- Search engines are source of learning
- New nano color sorters from molecular foundry
- Technique finds gene regulatory sites without knowledge of regulators
Posted 2009-11-27:
- Cassini captures ghostly dance of Saturn's northern lights
- Chemists get custom-designed microscopic particles to self-assemble in liquid crystal
- Virtual streams created to help restore real ones
- Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders
- Bioengineers succeed in producing plastics without the use of fossil fuels
- Scientists watch as peptides control crystal growth with 'switches, throttles and brakes'
- Unique micronail chip makes electronics and bio cells communicate
- Cause behind the characteristic shape of a long leaf revealed
- New imagining technique could lead to better antibiotics and cancer drugs
- Discovery allows scientists for the first time to annotate genomes experimentally
- Frost-covered Phoenix lander seen in winter images from Mars
Posted 2009-11-26:
- New computer cluster gets its grunt from games
- 'Scarless' thyroid surgery uses 3-D, high-def robotic equipment
- Cosmic 'dig' reveals vestiges of the Milky Way's building blocks
- High-tech origami: Water droplets direct self-assembly process in thin-film materials
- Magic box for mission impossible
- Atomic-level snapshot catches protein motor in action
- First black holes may have incubated in giant, starlike cocoons
- Hydrogen-economy on the way? New hydrogen-storage method discovered
- 'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed
- Organizational psychologists use Rock Band to study how people achieve flow while at work
- First Bose-Einstein Condensation Of Strontium
- Systems biology approach provides insulin resistance insights
Posted 2009-11-25:
- Navy Researchers Apply Science To Fire Fighting
- Smartphone app illuminates power consumption
- To the bat cave: Researchers reconstruct evolution of bat migration with aid of mathematical model
- Cassini's big sky: View from the center of our solar system
- Computational microscope peers into the working ribosome
- How might navy sonar affect hearing of whales and other marine animals?
- Polymer with honeycomb structure: Scientists synthesize graphene-like material
- Spitzer Telescope observes baby brown dwarf
- Visual assistance for cosmic blind spots
- Straightening messy correlations with a quantum comb
- Cassini sends back images of Saturn's moon Enceladus as winter nears
- Flax and yellow flowers can produce bioethanol
- Insect resistance to Bt crops can be predicted, monitored and managed
Posted 2009-11-24:
- Common plastics chemicals -- phthalates -- linked to ADHD symptoms
- Spiral galaxies: Exploring the baffling boxy bulge
- Two circulating beams bring first collisions in Large Hadron Collider
- Predicting the fate of underground carbon
- Extensive valley network on Mars adds to evidence for ancient Martian ocean
- Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects
- How the brain filters out distracting thoughts to focus on a single bit of information
- The search: Computers dig deeper for meaning
- Physicists move one step closer to quantum computing
- Adding one single gene to yeast dramatically improves bioethanol production from agricultural waste
- Low carbon straw house passes fire safety test
Posted 2009-11-23:
- Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'
- Solar winds triggered by magnetic fields
- Energy-saving powder may allow exploitation of unused reserves of natural gas
Posted 2009-11-22:
- Software knowledge unnecessarily lost
- Watching a cannibal galaxy dine
- Small nanoparticles bring big improvement to medical imaging
- Engineer designs micro-endoscope to seek out early signs of cancer
- Active hearing process in mosquitoes
Posted 2009-11-21:
- Large Hadron Collider: Beams are back on at world's most powerful particle accelerator
- Braking news: Particles from car brakes harm lung cells
- Spotting evidence of directed percolation
- Proton's party pals may alter its internal structure
- Examining mathematical abilities in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- Defects in carbon nanotubes could lead to improved charge and energy storage systems
- Maize cell wall genes identified, giving boost to biofuel research
- New nanomethod paves the way for new measuring technology and hypersensitive sensors
Posted 2009-11-20:
- Building the smart home wirelessly
- 'Fly paper' created to capture circulating cancer cells
- Finding more in 'most'
- 'Fingerprinting' RFID tags: Researchers develop anti-counterfeiting technology
- Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications
- Beyond genomics, biologists and engineers decode the next frontier
- Novel connector uses magnets for leak-free microfluidic devices
- Harnessing waste heat from laptop computers, cell phones may double battery time
- Engineering functional structures with single atoms and molecules
- Freezing: A phenomenon that 'jumps'
Posted 2009-11-19:
- Customizing electric cars for cost-effective urban commuting
- Oscar Pistorius' artificial limbs give him clear, major advantage for sprint running, new study suggests
- Immediate, aggressive spending on HIV/AIDS could end epidemic
- Cat brain-based computer: Scientists perform cat-scale cortical simulations and map the human brain
- Entangled photons created from quantum dots
- New on-off 'switch' triggers and reverses paralysis in animals with a beam of light
- Can playing active video games equal moderate intensity exercise?
- Exotic electric properties of graphene confirmed
- Advanced nuclear fuel sets global performance record
- Text message reminders may encourage sunscreen use
- Engineer discovers why particles disperse on liquids
- US physics lab ties in race for atomic-scale breakthrough
- Tension on the grapevine: Trellis tension monitoring offers accurate solution for grape growers
Posted 2009-11-18:
- Using Darwin in helping to define the biological essentiality of silicon and aluminium
- 'Vampire star': Ticking stellar time bomb identified
- Counterfeit euros are detected with an optical mouse
- Glimpsing a greener future: Computer model foresees effects of alternative transportation fuels
- Scientists put interactive flu tracking at public's fingertips
- Researchers find reliable, mess-free way to grow graphene
- Nanoparticles used in common household items cause genetic damage in mice
- Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' supercomputer is world's fastest
- Disease-matching software could save children
- Tennessee's Kraken named world's third fastest computer, ORNL's Jaguar is No. 1
Posted 2009-11-17:
- Close-up movie shows hidden details in the birth of super-suns
- Simple test could offer cheap solution to detecting landmines
- Tiny bubbles clean oil from water
- 'Universal' programmable two-qubit quantum processor created
- Scientists take the lead out of piezoelectrics
- Algae turned into high-temperature hydrogen source
- Biosensor to help enlist cancer resistance fighters?
- Facial biometrics system capable of creating a facial 'DNA'
- Listen, watch, read: Computers search for meaning
- Smart solution: Researchers use smartphones to improve health of elderly diabetics in China
Posted 2009-11-16:
- Ideal nanoparticle cancer therapies surf the bloodstream
- Improving security with face recognition technology
- Runners: Train less and be faster
- Self-cleaning silicone gel insect wings
- Computer database compresses DNA sequences used in medical research
- Sculptured materials allow multiple channel plasmonic sensors
Posted 2009-11-15:
- Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero
- Canada: Alberta's hidden valleys offer both resources and danger
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