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News | Archive (29 April 2010) [Page 2]
It's electrifying
— 11:01 GMT | TechnologyPhysicists at JILA have demonstrated a new tool for controlling ultracold gases and ultracold chemistry: electric fields…
NIST develops 'dimmer switch' for superconducting quantum computing
— 10:58 GMT | TechnologyScientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the first 'dimmer switch' for a superconducting circuit linking a quantum bit (qubit) and a quantum bus - promising technologies for storing and transporting information in future quantum computers. The NIST switch is a new type of control device that can 'tune' interactions between these components and potentially could speed up the development of a practical quantum computer…
New study helps explain the surprising behaviour of tiny 'artificial muscles'
— 10:55 GMT | TechnologyUsing neutron beams and atomic-force microscopes, a team of university researchers working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have resolved a 10-year-old question about an exotic class of 'artificial muscles' - how do they work? Their results could influence the design of future specialised robotic tools…
To improve lung cancer diagnosis, good medicine is a polymer pill
— 10:52 GMT | HealthDoctors may soon be able to diagnose lung cancer more effectively thanks to research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists have found ways both to increase the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) scans and to lessen the amount of time necessary to perceive telltale changes in lung tissue…
Synthetic enzymes could help ID proteins
— 10:49 GMT | HealthUsing a rare metal that's not utilised by nature, Rice University chemists have created a synthetic enzyme that could help unlock the identities of thousands of difficult-to-study proteins, including many that play key roles in cancer and other diseases…
Scripps Research scientists solve protein structure revealing secrets of cell membranes
— 10:46 GMT | HealthA team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has discovered the structure of a protein that pinches off tiny pouches from cells' outer membranes. Cells use these pouches, or vesicles, to carry nutrients and other essential substances, but many medicines also hitch a ride inside them…
How nerve cells distinguish odours
— 10:43 GMT | HealthWhether different odours can be quickly distinguished depends on certain synapses in the brain that inhibit nerve stimulation. The researchers in Professor Dr Thomas Kuner's team at the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Heidelberg University Medical School and Dr Andreas Schaefer at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research have shown that mice in which a certain receptor in the olfactory centre is missing can distinguish similar smells more quickly than mice without genetic manipulation. This behaviour was directly attributed to inhibitor loops between adjacent nerve cells…
Causes of death in AIDS patients
— 10:40 GMT | HealthThe study, by researchers from the University of Bristol and a large group of international collaborators, examined data from the Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) which involved nearly 40,000 patients who started ART between 1996 and 2006 in Europe and North America…
Breakthrough method predicts risk of invasive breast cancer
— 10:37 GMT | HealthFor the first time, scientists have discovered a way to predict whether women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - the most common form of non-invasive breast cancer - are at risk of developing more invasive tumours in later years…
Scientists probe Earth's core
— 10:34 GMT | Geology and palaeontologyWe know more about distant galaxies than we do about the interior of our own planet. However, by observing distant earthquakes, researchers at the University of Calgary have revealed new clues about the top of the Earth's core in a paper published in the May edition of the journal Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors…
Wildfire letdowns and wake-up calls
Buckyball birth observed by Sandia nanotech researcher