News articles tagged with 'magnesium'
First evidence for a spherical magnesium-32 nucleus
— 3 Feb 2011 17:30 | PhysicsElements heavier than iron come into being only in powerful stellar explosions, supernovae. During nuclear reactions all kinds of short-lived atomic nuclei are formed, including more…
Powerful supercomputer peers into the origin of life
— 5 Oct 2010 03:19 | TechnologySupercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping scientists unravel how nucleic acids could have contributed to the origins of life…
Certain doped-oxide ceramics resist Ohm's Law
— 22 Sep 2010 09:04 | PhysicsFor months, Anthony West could hardly believe what he and his colleagues were seeing in the lab - or the only explanation for the unexpected phenomena that seemed to make sense…
Study shows nano-architectured aluminium has steely strength
— 9 Sep 2010 11:39 | TechnologyA North Carolina State University researcher and colleagues have figured out a way to make an aluminium alloy, or a mixture of aluminium and other elements, just as strong as steel…
Caltech mineral physicists find new scenery at Earth's core-mantle boundary
— 3 Sep 2010 12:28 | Geology and palaeontologyUsing a diamond-anvil cell to recreate the high pressures deep within the earth, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found unusual properties in an…
NIST ultraviolet source helps NASA spacecraft measure the origins of space weather
— 2 Sep 2010 17:10 | EnvironmentWith a brilliant, finely tuned spark of ultraviolet (UV) light, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) helped NASA scientists successfully position…
NASA rover finds clue to Mars' past and environment for life
— 4 Jun 2010 17:46 | AstronomyRocks examined by NASA's Spirit Mars Rover hold evidence of a wet, non-acidic ancient environment that may have been favourable for life. Confirming this mineral clue took four years…
Preventing cells from getting the kinks out of DNA
— 25 May 2010 10:04 | HealthMany standard antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs block the enzymes that snip the kinks and knots out of DNA - DNA tangles are lethal to cells - but the drugs are increasingly encountering…
Elevated brain levels of magnesium enhance learning and memory
— 28 Jan 2010 09:47 | HealthNew research finds that an increase in brain magnesium improves learning and memory in young and old rats. The study, published by Cell Press in the January 28th issue of the journal…
Magnesium supplement helps boost brainpower
— 28 Jan 2010 08:28 | HealthNeuroscientists at MIT and Tsinghua University in Beijing show that increasing brain magnesium with a new compound enhanced learning abilities, working memory, and short- and long-term…