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New holographic method could be used for lab-on-a-chip technologies / Scientific Frontline®
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique that uses a laser and holograms
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A New View of the Early Earth, Thanks to Australian Rocks - NYTimes.com
Geologists now almost universally agree that by 4.2 billion years ago, the Earth was a pretty placid place, with both land and oceans. Instead of hellishly hot, it may have frozen over. Because the young Sun put out 30 percent less energy than it does today, temperatures on Earth might have been ...
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Focus on Visualization in Physics
See physics differently with New Journal of Physics Timed to coincide with its 10th anniversary as a showcase for how New Journal of Physics is at the vanguard of supporting visualization and multimedia, we have put together an exclusive focus issue on the topic of Visualization in Physics. ...
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Coming soon, self-powered devices that don't require batteries
The self-powering cellphone won't require any battery charging because it will convert sound waves produced by the user into the energy it needs to keep running. Tahir Cagin, a professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A and M University has used materials ...
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Standing in Someone Else’s Shoes, Almost for Real
Now, neuroscientists have shown that they can make this experience physical, creating a “body swapping” illusion that could have a profound effect on a range of therapeutic techniques. At the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience last month, Swedish researchers presented evidence that ...
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PLoS Biology - Brain Growth Receptors Control Lifespan
Comment added by Murray Peat on 11/28/2008And if we find Methusaleh was short, there's your proof... The octocentenarian. -
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Has universal ageing mechanism been found? - health - 26 November 2008 - New Scientist
Comment added by Murray Peat on 11/28/2008Imagine a world with fewer age-related diseases. Maybe something like the time before the supposed Flood. Imagine a pre-flood protein that lengthened lifespan for hundreds of years. Maybe Methuselah did live to 969 years of age. Maybe he had access to something we are just discovering is ... -
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'Elixir of youth' drug could fight HIV and ageing - health - 13 November 2008 - New Scientist
Comment added by Murray Peat on 11/28/2008Go Methuselah. -
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Plate Tectonics Started Over 4 Billion Years Ago, Geochemists Report
Comment added by Murray Peat on 11/28/2008My my. What will they discover next. Myths becoming obsolete overnight. "There could have been life at the beginning... Now we're seeing a new picture more like today with blue sky, blue ocean, much earlier than we thought." (I read in a certain ancient book that there was life in the first week...)
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