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Science 2014-01-21

Peekaboo... I see through!

Peekaboo... I see through! MIT team develops a new, inexpensive transparent projection screen Picture the Louvre pyramid: the iconic glass pyramid that serves as main entrance and skylight to the landmark museum. The pyramid ...
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Energy 2014-01-21

Virginia Tech researcher develops energy-dense sugar battery

Virginia Tech researcher develops energy-dense sugar battery 'Sugar is a perfect energy storage compound in nature,' Y.H. Percival Zhang said. 'So it's only logical that we try to harness this natural power in an environmentally friendly way to produce a battery.' A Virginia Tech ...
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Science 2014-01-21

Probability of blindness from glaucoma has nearly halved

Probability of blindness from glaucoma has nearly halved Researchers cite advances in diagnosis and therapy as likely causes for reduction; caution that a significant proportion of devastating eye disease sufferers still progress to blindness SAN FRANCISCO ...
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Science 2014-01-21

Source of Galapagos eruptions is not where models place it

Source of Galapagos eruptions is not where models place it University of Oregon study finds plume to the southeast, explaining active volcanic activity in the islands EUGENE, Ore. -- Images gathered by University of Oregon scientists using seismic waves penetrating ...
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Environment 2014-01-21

Arctic warmth unprecedented in 44,000 years, reveals ancient moss

Arctic warmth unprecedented in 44,000 years, reveals ancient moss When the temperature rises on Baffin Island, in the Canadian high Arctic, ancient Polytrichum mosses, trapped beneath the ice for thousands of years, are exposed. Using radiocarbon dating, new research in Geophysical ...
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Medicine 2014-01-21

The brain's RAM

The brain's RAM Rats, like humans, have a 'working memory' In computers it's called "RAM", but the mechanism is conceptually similar to what scientists call a "working memory" in the brain of humans and primates: when we interact ...
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Medicine 2014-01-21

January/February 2014 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet

January/February 2014 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet Self-rated Health an Efficient and Effective Predictor of Long-Term Depression Risk Self-rated health appears to be a strong and consistent predictor of the risk of future depression in patients ...
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Science 2014-01-21

Access to guns increases risk of suicide, homicide

Access to guns increases risk of suicide, homicide UCSF meta-analysis finds women at greater risk of being killed Someone with access to firearms is three times more likely to commit suicide and nearly twice as likely to be the victim of a ...
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Technology 2014-01-21

Made in China for us: Air pollution tied to exports

Made in China for us: Air pollution tied to exports Study finds blowback causes extra day per year of ozone smog in LA Chinese air pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean is often caused by the manufacturing of goods for export to the U.S. and Europe, ...
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