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A team of experts believes that thermal computers would be a lot more energy-efficient than current devices in this class. They say that the new electronics would run on heat, rather than the flow of electrons through a circuit.
In modern computers, heat is the main problems. As processors and other components are ... |
14 May 2012
05:31 GMT |
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According to scientists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), it would appear that Type Ia supernovae can arise from two independent mechanisms. Until now, astronomers believed that these objects could only be created through a single process, and debated what that process was.
Over the years,... |
7 May 2012
10:28 GMT |
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A collaboration of investigators from the Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, in France, recently provided a simple explanation for why some parts of the lunar crust contain swaths of highly magnetic material.
This was first discovered a... |
17 March 2012
05:29 GMT |
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A group of investigators from the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) announces the development of a new method for creating 3D patterns and dots on the surface of various materials. This technique could be used for creating advanced metamaterials.This accomplishment will undoubtedly ... |
10 March 2012
05:49 GMT |
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In a study that may have considerable implications for creating new generations of displays for electronic devices, researchers at the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) managed to develop a technique for controlling the color of nanoparticles. What the team basically did was create ... |
24 February 2012
06:03 GMT |
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Materials scientists at the Harvard University envision sets of paper robots that could be used during surgery, in situations where a more delicate touch is needed. They say that air could be used to fold the paper robots like origami. The resulting structures would be able to lift 120 times their own weight.
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13 February 2012
14:01 GMT |
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Experts from the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health say that teen girls who are depressed are twice more likely to start binge eating than their peers. At the same time, young women who usually binge eat tend to be more likely to develop depression.
In a paper published in the latest iss... |
20 December 2011
10:26 GMT |
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Investigators at the Harvard University announce the discovery of a naturally-occurring battery at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The construct is powered up by microorganisms that live near and around structures called hydrothermal vents. These are locations in the Earth's crust from which hot gases are ven... |
12 December 2011
10:23 GMT |
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In a paper published in the latest issue of the top journal Science, experts from the Harvard University announce that they were able to normalize functionalities in the brains of mice suffering from a hard-to-treat brain disorder. This was done through the innovative use of neuron transplants. By using this approach... |
29 November 2011
11:08 GMT |
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In a new study conducted on lab mice that were prone to becoming obese, researchers learned that transplanting immature nerve cells called neurons into the rodents' brains prevented the development of this dangerous condition.
The investigation could have significant applications in reducing obesity throughout ... |
25 November 2011
03:55 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study – published in the latest issue of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention – it could be that consuming coffee reduces women's risks of developing endometrial cancer.
The protective effort w... |
23 November 2011
05:57 GMT |
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Scientists agreed some time ago that nice guys – individuals who tend to be friendly and cooperative – have a lot to lose in the real world, primarily because of others' selfishness. However, a new research shows that that is not always the case.
In a paper published in the journal Proceedings of t... |
17 November 2011
09:32 GMT |
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A collaboration of investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Harvard University announces the discovery of the oldest known ciliate fossils. These remnants belong to a class of microorganisms that currently comprises of about 7,000 species.
The most commonly-known ciliate is the par... |
16 November 2011
09:45 GMT |
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A group of researchers in the United States announces the development of a new architecture for quantum-dot light-emitting diodes (QD-LED), devices that can potentially be used to improve computer screens, TVs, standard light sources, and also lasers.
Thanks to these advancements, it may now be possible to create mo... |
16 November 2011
06:35 GMT |
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Scientists from the Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) announce the creation of a new type of material, which exhibits little to no friction under a wide variety of conditions. The stuff can repel nearly any type of fluids or liquids.
Members of the research team say that they drew... |
16 November 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Investigators at the Harvard University announce the development of a new type of nanostructures, which they say could be of great potential use for the development of future quantum computers. The team says that a host of other high-tech applications are also possible. The investigation built on previous work, which... |
19 October 2011
03:45 GMT |
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According to the results of a new scientific investigation, women who consumed between two and three cups of coffee per day were, on average, 15 percent less likely to begin developing depression.
The study, which spanned a 10-year period, revolved exclusively on women who consumed caffeinated coffee. Interesting... |
27 September 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Researchers have established in a new meta-analysis – a study analyzing other studies – that people who suffer from depression are at a higher risk of suffering a stroke, or dying as a result of suffering one, than individuals who are not depressed.
This recent investigation covered the conclusions of... |
21 September 2011
09:45 GMT |
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Physicists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have succeeded in creating a system where photons can be used to control the quantum states of other photons. The advancement eliminates one of the major obstacles on the road to developing quantum computers.
Until now, the most widely-... |
9 September 2011
08:38 GMT |
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A collaboration of scientists from the Stanford University and the Harvard University announces the development of a new method for producing faster organic semiconductors. These components can be used for flexible displays, enabling novel technologies that are currently inaccessible. During the same investigation, t... |
17 August 2011
03:46 GMT |
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A new investigation shows that exposure to passive (secondhand) smoking can lead to higher risk of developing learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. The research effort focused on kids in households where one or both parents smoked. What the experts were interested in w... |
12 July 2011
04:30 GMT |
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About a decade ago, experts demonstrated that it is possible to use printers to create living tissue. In a new study, experts have taken an extremely important step forward in the effort to create printing technologies that can produce mass amounts of stem cells. By replacing printer ink cartridges with batches of ce... |
5 July 2011
04:16 GMT |
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An international collaboration of scientists has just released the conclusion of a major global study on the spread of diabetes since 1980. The conclusions are grim, showing that more than 347 million people suffer from the condition. This number was achieved in 2008 – the last year for which complete figures a... |
27 June 2011
09:44 GMT |
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Harvard University scientists announce the creation of a new type of laser, which is made out of living cells injected with a special protein. The cells can remain alive even as they produce the amplified light, the team reports. Generally, laser light is produced when a light source is bounced back and forth between... |
13 June 2011
05:15 GMT |
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Ever since the discovery of the first exoplanet, some two decades ago, astronomers have said that the emergence of life can be accompanied only by very strict conditions. Today, some experts suggest that this may in fact be a natural phenomenon on habitable extrasolar planets.
More than 550 such objects have already... |
25 May 2011
01:52 GMT |
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A recent investigation conducted by researchers in the United States finally reveals a possible explanation for why practicing meditation helps those suffering from chronic pain experience a diminishing of their symptoms. The correlation was observed in numerous studies, but thus far experts could not pinpoint the ex... |
5 May 2011
08:31 GMT |
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A collaboration of US researchers announces the development of a new diagnostics tool against cancer. The approach works by analyzing a small blood samples within a very short time frame. It then alerts doctors as to whether the results are positive or negative. The microfluidic device may provide healthcare experts ... |
28 March 2011
08:00 GMT |
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For millennia, people have used water to extinguish fire in most circumstances. Now, after thousands of years, experts are getting ready to move to the next fire-fighting technology, which uses electricity. Generally, we are told not to use water on power outlets, as this may cause unwanted interactions between the c... |
28 March 2011
05:25 GMT |
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Over the past few years, more and more studies began hinting at the fact that the earliest life-forms to develop here on Earth came from Mars. Experts from two prestigious institutions in the United States have now developed an instrument to test this hypothesis.Experts at the Harvard University and the Massachusetts... |
23 March 2011
08:29 GMT |
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A team of physicists at the Harvard University recently conducted a research on lily flowers, in order to determine how they bloom in the spring. The experts were able to identify the forces at work within the plant, as well as the processes that precede the actual blooming phase. Most interestingly for them was find... |
22 March 2011
11:07 GMT |
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Investigations conducted by experts in the United States have revealed that moral corruption and power asymmetries are in fact phenomena that help maintain overall cooperation within societies. The discovery is counter-intuitive to say the least, but the experts have conclusive evidence to support their claims. The r... |
15 December 2010
09:16 GMT |
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According to a new investigation by researchers at the Harvard University, it would appear that the current obesity epidemic sweeping the United States will not cease until about 42 percent of the general population is affected. The research also takes into account several factors that other studies did not consider ... |
5 November 2010
05:41 GMT |
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A team of investigators at the Harvard University is trying to get a deeper insight into the neurological basis of olfaction, and they created a special breed of mice to do so. The transgenic (genetically-altered) rodents can essentially “smell” light. The team of neurobiologists that conducted the invest... |
18 October 2010
04:09 GMT |
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New advancements in science finally allowed investigators to create small transistors that can easily collect chemical and electrical readings from inside living cells. The biological probes (bioprobes) are basically biocompatible nanometer-scaled transistors that are extremely sensitive to the various signals consta... |
13 August 2010
10:04 GMT |
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Children who learn more in kindergarten are very likely to end up earning more money than their peers who study less. The conclusion belongs to a new scientific study, which shows that kids who learn a lot tend to cash in higher salaries when they become adults. Research into this correlation is only beginning. Scien... |
11 August 2010
05:15 GMT |
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People who sleep heavily can consider themselves lucky. They generally get better rest than others, even in the most noisy conditions possible. For example, these individuals can get a refreshing nap even if they fly in an airplane where countless small children decide to cry at the same time. They are equally &ldquo... |
10 August 2010
06:04 GMT |
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Terahertz lasers are extremely useful in science, astronomy and the security industry, due to the fact that they can penetrate through a host of materials. But its capabilities are severely limited by a trait known as divergence, which basically translates into the fact that the diameter of the laser light beam incre... |
9 August 2010
02:46 GMT |
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Microfluidic devices are a promising class of equipment that could in the near future be used for a wide variety of applications, from applying diagnostics to analyzing the degree of contamination in a chemical or biological sample. The instruments are very small, the size of a chip, and they all contain small channe... |
2 August 2010
06:40 GMT |
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For many years, physicists and laymen alike thought that bursting bubbles was a fairly clear-cut phenomena – simply breach their surface, and the sphere would disintegrate. In new studies, experts are, however, beginning to show the holes in this idea, arguing that the process is a lot more complex than visible... |
10 June 2010
09:58 GMT |
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Geoengineering is a field of research that has only recently begun being seriously considered for practical applications. The reason why it has remained relatively obscured over the past few years is the fact that it entails large risks, which may affect our entire planet. This line of study basically refers to metho... |
27 March 2010
06:50 GMT |
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A collaboration of American investigators, based at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Harvard Medical School, in Boston, has recently determined that the children of women who are exposed to a lot of stress during pregnancy have high chances of developing asthma later on in life. The conclusion is extrem... |
18 March 2010
19:01 GMT |
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A group of experts at the Harvard University, led by chemistry professor George Whitesides, is aiming to develop a new paper lab-on-a-chip, which would act like a blood analyzer and will cost about a penny. The new scientific instrument will be no larger than the tip of a finger, and its primary function is to be use... |
26 February 2010
09:58 GMT |
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Experts at the Harvard University have recently developed a new class of tiny optical devices, which is able to handle single cells inside a liquid, using nothing more than the power of photons, the elementary particles that make up light. The new class of optical traps is a part of the same technology created in the... |
26 October 2009
04:03 GMT |
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In an international collaborative effort by scientists at the Harvard University in the United States and the Technical University of Munich, in Germany, a new method of producing DNA nanostructures has been created. The field of DNA nanotechnology is very promising, and could in the future be used to create structur... |
11 August 2009
04:43 GMT |
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Experts at the Harvard University have recently announced the development of inexpensive color display-like structures, entirely made of paper and thermochromic ink. The latter substance is the one found in 'mood rings' and disposable thermometers, and its basic property is that it changes color whenever te... |
1 August 2009
02:21 GMT |
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In an unprecedented move, experts at the Harvard University have taken it upon themselves to construct the largest library of photographs depicting celestial objects, which have been taken over the last century. Early astronomers did not have access to digital cameras, so they used glass photographic plates, startin... |
29 July 2009
06:55 GMT |
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The “dielectric confinement effect,” first proposed in 1979 by scientist L. V. Keldysh, has finally been confirmed with measurements conducted by a team of researchers from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), working together with colleagues from the Worcester Polytechnic Instit... |
6 May 2009
18:01 GMT |
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According to a new scientific paper, released by health experts at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), the three most deadly, yet preventable, factors that threaten the wellbeing of American citizens are smoking, high blood pressure, and being overweight. Working together with colleagues from the University o... |
28 April 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Controlling the polarization of lasers, as in the orientation of the wave oscillation, has been a long-term objective for physicists, on account of the fact that figuring out how to do this could open new avenues of research, especially in the fields of photonics and communication. Now, an international team comprise... |
13 April 2009
07:01 GMT |
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During middle school, most children start figuring out for themselves whether or not they like exact sciences, such as mathematics. Therefore, if new generations of scientists are to take an interest in these fields of research, they have to be attracted towards them. Researchers at the Vanderbilt and Harvard uni... |
11 April 2009
06:14 GMT |
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