Evolution as Described by the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Aug 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Often, physics and biology appear as different worlds, from a scientist’s point of view. Each discipline has its own language and concepts, and physicists and biologists tend to look at the ...
Invisibility cloak now within sight: scientists (Update 2)
Aug 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light, a development ...
Running slows the aging clock, researchers find
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer ...
Flexible nanoantenna arrays capture abundant solar energy
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Researchers have devised an inexpensive way to produce plastic sheets containing billions of nanoantennas that collect heat energy generated by the sun and other sources. The technology, developed at the U.S. Department of ...
Epson Develops New High-Resolution 3D LCD Display
Aug 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Seiko Epson Corporation has developed a high-resolution (equivalent to QVGA) autostereoscopic 3D liquid-crystal display that affords extra freedom of viewing position compared to conventional ...
New evidence implicates humans in prehistoric animal extinctions
General Science / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Research led by UK and Australian scientists sheds new light on the role that our ancestors played in the extinction of Australia's prehistoric animals. The study, published this week in the journal Proceedings of ...
Algae jet fuel makes splash at international air show
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Researchers Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld from ASU’s Department of Applied Biosciences recently flew to London to share their findings and research on the application of algae-based oils for creating biofuels ...
Hubble unveils colorful star birth region on 100,000th orbit milestone
Space & Earth science / Astronomy
Aug 11, 2008 |
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During Hubble's 100 000th orbit around the Earth it peered into a small portion of the nebula near the star cluster NGC 2074 (upper, left). The region is a firestorm of raw stellar creation, perhaps triggered ...
Scientists develop the world's thinnest balloon
Aug 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in New York are reporting development of the world's thinnest balloon, made of a single layer of graphite just one atom thick. This so-called graphene sealed microchamber is impermeable ...
'Anti-noise' silences wind turbines
Aug 11, 2008 |
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If wind energy converters are located anywhere near a residential area, they must never become too noisy even in high winds. Most such power units try to go easy on their neighbors' ears, but even the most ...
