A new research carried out by the University of Warwick concluded that blue light can actually activate what could be the first very effective platinum-based cancer treatment.Warwick researchers had already found a platinum-based compound that they could activate with ultra-violet light, the only problem w... |
10 December 2010
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Researchers at the Syracuse University show in a new research that promoting the acceleration of algae growth is possible through the use of light particles called photons.The group says that the method relies on using a very special type of light-manipulation technique, that is derived from nanotechnology.From ... |
25 August 2010
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A group of researchers from Germany recently managed to accomplish a feat worthy of the record book, when they designed and bred insects capable of reacting to light as if to smell. In their experiments, the investigators managed to genetically-modify a number of Drosophila (fruit fly) larvae, in a manner that allowe... |
26 May 2010
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There is no doubt that teenagers today are exposed to many more things keeping them awake than people growing up in the 1990s or before were. Text messages, online chat rooms, streaming video online and other such activities make youngsters of today go to sleep later in the night, sleep less, and generally be more ti... |
17 February 2010
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People who suffer traumatic injuries to their neck or spinal cord oftentimes remain paralyzed, unable to walk ever again. For these individuals, there may still be hope in alleviating their condition, if we are to trust a new study by researchers at the medical university Karolinska Institutet. In experiments they co... |
22 January 2010
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Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have recently made a new addition to their arsenal of breathtaking images, when they have used their Chile-based facility to gain a new, highly detailed image of the Trifid Nebula, also known as the Trisected Nebula. The formation, located some 5,500 light-years ... |
26 August 2009
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Cosmic dust may be one of the most important barriers in our way to understanding the exact nature of the Universe, astronomers have recently said, following a new study by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II). They have added that, regardless of an observer's position in the vastness of space, a direct view w... |
26 February 2009
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) triggers a very unpleasant infection in humans, and especially in those with an already-weak immune system. It can be contracted both in the community (CA-MRSA) and in health care facilities, such as hospitals and free clinics (HA-MRSA), and it acts by lodging itself... |
30 January 2009
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In their strive to curb crimes, suicides and other misdemeanors, police departments from England and Japan have employed blue lighting in some of their worst-famed neighborhoods, as studies show that the color has a calming effect on people, who feel a bit uneasy by the unusual choice of lights and feel like they sho... |
11 December 2008
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Recent European studies showed that blue light, part of the visible range of lights the human eye can see, could be responsible for retina deterioration in seniors with low amounts of antioxidants in their systems. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease that affects the macula, an important part of the r... |
14 October 2008
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