Rainforest fungus makes diesel
Nov 03, 2008 |
4.6 / 5 after 74 votes |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique fungus that makes diesel compounds has been discovered living in trees in the rainforest, according to a paper published in the November issue of Microbiology. The fungus is potent ...
Solar power game-changer: 'Near perfect' absorption of sunlight, from all angles
Nov 03, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 after 235 votes |
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No matter which way you look at it, the notion of harvesting energy from the sun to power our homes and businesses is more absorbing than ever.
Women have more diverse hand bacteria than men
Nov 03, 2008 |
4.7 / 5 after 16 votes |
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A new University of Colorado at Boulder study indicates that not only do human hands harbor far higher numbers of bacteria species than previously believed, women have a significantly greater diversity of microbes on their ...
Study Shows Brain Functions Same Way Awake or Asleep
Nov 03, 2008 |
4.1 / 5 after 21 votes |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Johns Hopkins researchers have found strong evidence supporting the view that the sleeping mind functions the same as the waking mind, a discovery that could significantly alter basic understanding of the ...
Record high performance with new solar cells
Nov 03, 2008 |
4 / 5 after 54 votes |
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Researchers in China and Switzerland are reporting the highest efficiency ever for a promising new genre of solar cells, which many scientists think offer the best hope for making the sun a mainstay source ...
Carbon nanotubes could act as an efficient music speaker
Nov 03, 2008 |
4.2 / 5 after 25 votes |
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While carbon nanotubes are widely praised for their strength and electrical properties, no one has thoroughly investigated their acoustic properties, until now. A team of Chinese researchers has found that ...
What to do with 15 million gigabytes of data
Nov 03, 2008 |
4.4 / 5 after 26 votes |
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When it is fully up and running, the four massive detectors on the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN particle-physics lab near Geneva are expected to produce up to 15 million gigabytes, aka 15 petabytes, of data ...
New evidence for homeopathy
Nov 03, 2008 |
2.5 / 5 after 45 votes |
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Two new studies conclude that a review which claimed that homeopathy is just a placebo, published in The Lancet, was seriously flawed.
STAR TRAK for November
Space & Earth science / Space Exploration
Nov 03, 2008 |
4 / 5 after 10 votes |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Venus and Jupiter, the brightest planets in the sky, will steadily approach each other during November as if drawn by their mutual brillliance. Finally they will have a spectacular encounter ...
A green future for scrap iron
Space & Earth science / Environment
Nov 03, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 after 15 votes |
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Take a close look at that cheap piece of scrap iron before you toss it in the trash. Wei-xian Zhang has a good use for it. Someday soon, much of the world might also.
