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Reconstructing the biology of extinct species: A new approach

...perienced field workers used personal knowledge or film of animals in the wild to classify species into one of six locomotor categories ranging from very slow and deliberate to fast and agile. The scientists then compared the canal size of each species to its category of movement. The results reveale...

Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles

...t entertaining) ones. Morphing is often applied to film soundtracks (as audio special effects) and music synthesis. (3pID2). ALIEN SOUNDSCAPES Crackling electricity in the atmosphere" Howling red dust storms" Sounds that become muffled from just a few feet away" At session 3aPAb, researchers wi...

Researchers develop technique for bacteria crowd control

...ansmission of tiny electric current in a very thin film sample cell containing a colony of bacteria. The c... The device, capable to change the thickness of a film from 1mm to 1 micron (with accuracy of 5 percent) and control the position of electrodes, is intende...

Researchers create artificial enzyme that mimics the body's internal engine

...lem by attaching the model to a liquid crystalline film on a gold electrode, which provided a nonstop supply of electrons to the model as it transformed oxygen molecules into water-a process called steady turnover. "The biochemists that study the enzyme typically study single turnover," Collman said. "...

Nanotechnology shows promise as next wrinkle fighter

...soon explained that nanoparticles spread in a thin film can break up the compressive forces on a plane and...is reduced below the critical buckling strain, the film will not buckle. No buckles, no wrinkles. The nanoparticles in the film can be stress busters witho...

Tears reveal some of their deepest secrets to researchers

...ity. "The lack of certain compounds in the tear film may result in a number of different eye-related di..."The amount of oleamide and related lipids in tear film may be related to these disorders." Dry eye is really a collection of irritating symptoms that in...

Meeting the ethanol challenge: Scientists use supercomputer to target cellulose bottleneck

...e scientists, the simulation is like a stop-motion film of a baseball pitcher throwing a curveball. In real-life the process occurs far too quickly to evaluate visually, but by using the supercomputer simulations to break the throw down into a step-by-step process, the scientists can see the precise detai...

Ultrathin films deliver DNA as possible gene therapy tool

...e electrostatic forces between the layers keep the film stable in dry, room-temperature conditions, the po... into contact with water. "The architecture of the film determines the manner in which [DNA] is released," Lynn says. In his lab, they have developed some ...

Human preference for other species could determine whether they survive

...Tops on the list are the Emperors, featured in the film "March of the Penguins," and their close cousins the King penguins. Second are crested penguins, including Rockhoppers and Macaroni. Species at the bottom of the list are Adelie, Yellow-eyed and Little Blue. Stokes was surprised by the relative l...

U of M researchers invent 'flashy' new process to turn soy oil, glucose into hydrogen

...s brown, sugar turns black, and both leave a nasty film of carbon on the cookware. Now, a University of Minnesota team has invented a "reactive flash volatilization process" that heats oil and sugar about a million times faster than you can in your kitchen and produces hydrogen and carbon monoxide, a mixt...

Edible coatings will be the packaging of the future

...ast few years is the edible coating ?a transparent film that covers the food item and acts as a barrier to...s of the north of Mexico. The result is a compound film that is resistant and that maintains suitable mechanical properties. The use of mesquite gum is an e...

Recycling technology

...omposed of two glass sheets, between which, a thin film of viscous liquid crystal material is deposited. The material is a mixture of anywhere between 15 to 20 different compounds. EU legislation now prevents disposal of electronic materials in landfill. Dr Avtar Matharu, of the Department of Chemistry...

Neural networking nanotubes

...rchers built up layers of their SWNTs to produce a film that is electrically conducting even at a thicknes...voltage could then be applied, lateral to the SWNT film layer, and a so-called whole cell patch clamp used to measure any electrical effect on the nerve cel...

Chemical tests of cell growth enter third dimension

...ry bright in the well, because they grow as a thin film layer that is essentially two-dimensional. Researchers get around this problem by removing the cells from the well and counting them one by one under a microscope. It's a long and tedious process. "Our idea is very simple," Yang said. "We wanted to...

Like a snail through the intestinal canal

...eriments found that it is not only the size of the film surfaces, but also their shapes, which influence the degree of friction generated. It's remarkable that the degree of friction increases when the surface size decreases, as a result of holes being made in the structure of the film. It is therefore po...

When nerve cells can't make contact

...alled "savants", such as the main character in the film "Rain Man", are rare. Even up to the middle of the last century, exceptionally cold emotional behaviour on the part of the mother was given as the cause for autism. However, the "refrigerator mom" theory has now been refuted. The belief widely held...

Coffee makes us more likely to say 'yes'

...s or a political speech on the radio/TV, reading a film review or in a business meeting to discuss work-related issues." ...

Snakes' virtual glasses, leopard spots and all-optical transistors

...ow power. The key to the device is a layer of gold film pierced by an array of holes 0.2 millionths of a m... control beam. When the beams strike the patterned film they produce plasmons, which are essentially blobs of electron gas near the surface of a metal. Vary...

Virtual realities against pain

...traditional distraction methods such as watching a film or playing a simple computer game. The ADTs simulate real-life situations, and the possibilities are infinite. For example, until now users could choose between taking a flight, driving, downhill skiing, exploring buildings and many more activities...

Polymers show promise for lab-on-a-chip technology

...ands, have shown that LCP, when formed into a thin film on a glass backing, can be fabricated and patterned on a microscale. The research was published recently in the Journal of Material Chemistry. "Based on our research of liquid crystalline polymers, we anticipate the emergence of exciting new techniq...

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