VIDEO: This video displays heavy electrons at different energies and shows their standing wave patterns (like water in a pond) around individual atomic defects placed intentionally in a compound. The patterns... Click here for more information. A Princeton University-led team of scientists has shown how electrons moving in certain solids can behave as though they are a thousand times more massive than free electrons, yet at the same time act as speedy superconductors. The ...

Summertime is ant season in Georgia, and Atlanta pest control company North Fulton Pest Solutions knows how difficult it can be for homeowners to eradicate ants from the home and yard once they've set up a colony. Georgia has many different varieties of ants and each of them presents its own dangers and challenges. Fire ants are, obviously, the worst of the bunch. Overly aggressive and intensely protective of their nests, fire ants operate as a group to attack and destroy anything that could pose a threat to their colony. If you, your child, or even your pet should ...

Atlanta relocation specialists AC White Relocations are pleased to announce that they offer United Van Lines' CityPointe program to their moving clients. CityPointe is a program available through United Van Lines agents like AC White Relocations. It provides moving clients with relocation solutions which minimize some of the challenges of relocating. One of the relocation solutions CityPointe provides is real estate services. CityPointe finds local real estate agents who are the best of their field and then connects them with program members to help with their real ...

Rockville, Md. – Viewing Facebook and Flickr photos on a smart phone are becoming common practice. But according to a recently published Journal of Vision study, pictures on the small screen often appear distorted. Vision scientists found that perceptual distortions occur because picture takers do not take their viewing distance into account. The researchers propose the use of longer focal lengths — 100mm — to create content that is viewed on the small screens of mobile devices. Shorter lengths — 50 mm — should be used for photo images used on larger devices, such as ...

LA JOLLA, CA – June 13, 2012 – Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have used a powerful new chemical-screening method to find compounds that inhibit the activity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS. Unlike existing anti-HIV drugs, the compounds bind to a protein called "nucelocapsid," which is unlikely to mutate into drug-resistant forms. "Most of the nucleocapsid-inhibiting compounds that have been identified to date are very toxic, but our screening method identified inhibitors that are less toxic and thus more likely to lead ...

Georgia health insurance broker McCart Insurance wishes to inform the public about the different people who should have individual health insurance. There are many different career paths that can lead a person to end up without employer provided health insurance. Self-employed individuals, temporary or contract employees, job seekers, students, and even ineligible workers can all find themselves without the health insurance they need if they do not seek out individual healthcare options. This can be costly Georgia individual health insurance is one of the most important ...

HealthyLife Sciences, makers of the all natural weight loss supplement Healthe Trim, remind those trying to lose weight that it is important to maintain a healthy sleep schedule to have the best weight loss success. Scientists have discovered that sleep schedules are a major part of weight loss management. This is because a healthy sleep schedule lowers hormones that trigger hunger, whereas sleep deprivation increases these hormones and causes people to eat more. By maintaining a healthy sleep schedule of around 7.5 hours each night, test subjects found they were able ...

Most people have intense emotional reactions to traumatizing events like road accidents or combat. But some suffer far longer, caught in the grip of long-term debilitating disorders such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Because doctors cannot predict who will develop these disorders, however, early or preventive intervention is not available. Now, a new project led by researchers at Tel Aviv University seeks to identify pre-traumatic subjects — those who are more susceptible to long-standing disorders if exposed to a traumatic incident. The project, a joint ...

A powerful color-based imaging technique is making the jump from remote sensing to the operating room—and a team of scientists* at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have taken steps to ensure it performs as well when discerning oxygen-depleted tissues and cancer cells in the body as it does with oil spills in the ocean. The technique, called hyperspectral imaging (HSI), has frequently been used in satellites because of its superior ability to identify objects by color. While many other visual surveying methods can scan only for a single color, ...

Express Oil Change & Service Center is pleased to announce the opening of their newest service center location in Panama City Beach. Located on Panama City Beach Parkway, the new service center offers locals and visitors alike the same hassle-free and pressure-free auto service that keeps bringing customers back to Express Oil Change & Service Center. The repairs the ASE certified mechanics at Express Oil Change & Service Center provide for each of their customers meet or exceed every manufacturer's requirements, allowing Panama City Beach residents to ...

STANFORD, Calif. — Proposed Olympic policies for testing the testosterone levels of select female athletes could discriminate against women who may not meet traditional notions of femininity and distort the scientific evidence on the relationship between testosterone, sex and athletic performance, says a Stanford University School of Medicine bioethicist and her colleagues. They also warn that the proposed policies would not only be unfair, but also could lead to female athletes being coerced into unnecessary and potentially harmful medical treatment in order to continue ...

With seasonal changes, people often begin to experiment with their look by buying new clothes or cutting their hair differently. However, when they try to change their overall appearance, many people forget to change one of the main fashion accessories that they wear every day: their eyeglasses. No matter what the desired end results are, there are eyeglasses to complement any fashion statement, from the most polished business savvy to edgy and trendy. And for people who like to mix it up by wearing many different styles, it's simple to have more than one pair of glasses, ...

LA JOLLA, CA----With their potential to treat a wide range of diseases and uncover fundamental processes that lead to those diseases, embryonic stem (ES) cells hold great promise for biomedical science. A number of hurdles, both scientific and non-scientific, however, have precluded scientists from reaching the holy grail of using these special cells to treat heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's and other diseases. In a paper published June 13 in Nature, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report discovering that ES cells cycle in and out of a "magical ...

America's Best, an eyeglasses retail chain, reminds individuals over the age of 60 that it is essential to have regular eye exams to detect cataracts before vision loss occurs. A cataract affects over a half of all American adults over the age of 65. It is one of the leading causes of decreased vision in seniors, and can progress to a vision loss if it's not caught early. Individuals of all ages, but especially those over the age of 60 should undergo annual eye exams to check for cataracts and other ocular degeneration diseases. Early detection of cataracts will ...

Hampton Inn Atlanta-Southlake Morrow Hotel was recently awarded the 2012 Certificate of Excellence by TripAdvisor. Earning a 4 rating, they are now among the very best in the business. The property is being recognized for consistently being commended with the highest praise by travelers. Having have received over 35 reviews from guests who have stayed at the property, The Hampton Inn Morrow GA Hotel near Southlake Mall is currently ranked as a top 6 hotel in Morrow by TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor is a travel website that lets guests post reviews and opinions of travel-related ...

Challenging a longstanding practice of casting both legs in children with hip and thigh fractures, a new Johns Hopkins Children's Center study shows that such fractures heal just as well in single-leg casts, while giving children greater comfort and mobility. The findings of the study, which involved 52 Johns Hopkins patients ages 2 through 6, are published online June 13 in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. Casting both legs and hips has long been thought the only way to assure proper healing and pelvic immobilization in young children who wiggle around and are ...

The owners of hundreds of auto salvage yards across the United States and partners in United Recyclers Group (URG) opened the business page a few days ago and nearly spit coffee all over their work pants. The source of their chagrin is the sale of Actual Systems, the sole owner of Pinnacle yard management software, to a company that already owns its only real competitor, Hollander. "Wow was all I could say when a friend e-mailed me news of the merger," said Ron Sturgeon, a 30-year veteran of the salvage industry who sold his yards to Ford in the 1990s and ...

African cichlids enjoy an alien, exotic courtship routine. A dominant male attracts choice females to his territory by dancing seductively. If the female is sufficiently impressed, she lays her eggs and immediately collects them in her mouth, where the male fertilizes them. And, in some species, every once in a while, a lower-ranking male will dart into the scene and try to fertilize a few eggs before the dominant male knows what's happened. At least that's what we thought was going on. But one day, while watching this nostalgic display in the lab, Stanford postdoctoral ...

Studying how nerve cells send and receive messages, Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered new ways that genetic mutations can disrupt functions in neurons and lead to neurodegenerative disease, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In a report published April 26 in Neuron, the research team says it has discovered that a mutation responsible for a rare, hereditary motor neuron disease called hereditary motor neuropathy 7B (HMN7B) disrupts the link between molecular motors and the nerve cell tip where they reside. This mutation results in the production of ...

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered one of the most important cellular mechanisms driving the growth and progression of meningioma, the most common form of brain and spinal cord tumor. A report on the discovery, published in the journal Molecular Cancer Research, could lead the way to the discovery of better drugs to attack these crippling tumors, the scientists say. "We are one step closer to identifying genes that can be targeted for treatment," says study leader Gilson S. Baia, Ph.D., a faculty research associate in the Department of Neurosurgery at ...

In conjunction with National Dog Bite Prevention week, May 19-25, 2012, the Insurance Information Institute (III) released their most recent statistics on dog bite insurance claims. The 2011 data show that dog bites accounted for more than one-third of all paid homeowners' insurance liability claims. These claims totaled over $478 million dollars, a number that underscores the increasing costs of medical care for dog bite victims. According to III statistics, the average cost for a dog bite claim increased by 53.4% in recent years, with a 12.3% increase from 2010 ($26,166) ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have proposed a method to automatically detect a new class of software glitches in smartphones called "no-sleep energy bugs," which can entirely drain batteries while the phones are not in use. "These energy bugs are a silent battery killer," said Y. Charlie Hu, a Purdue University professor of electrical and computer engineering. "A fully charged phone battery can be drained in as little as five hours." Because conserving battery power is critical for smartphones, the industry has adopted "an aggressive sleep policy," he said. "What ...

System 94E and System 95E are low pressure areas located off the western coast of Mexico that are being watched by forecasters and by satellites. Each of them has the potential for development into a tropical cyclone, although System 95E has a greater chance. That low was recently spotted by NASA's TRMM satellite, which provided rainfall and cloud height data to forecasters. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned that another tropical cyclone is probably forming from System 94E, located south of Guatemala and El Salvador. The TRMM satellite flew over on June 13, ...

PrideLondon returns in a bigger and better form in 2012 as a two-week long festival takes over central London. WorldPride Festival runs from 23 June through to 8 July with the PrideLondon Parade taking place on 7 July. More than one million visitors are expected to enjoy the festivities in Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square and Soho, which are open to everyone, gay or straight, male or female. The parade itself is getting extended to make way for even more floats, costume groups and walking bands that will be more colourful, entertaining and lively than ever before. ...

You're outnumbered. There are ten times as many microbial cells in you as there are your own cells. The human microbiome—as scientists call the communities of microorganisms that inhabit your skin, mouth, gut, and other parts of your body by the trillions—plays a fundamental role in keeping you healthy. These communities are also thought to cause disease when they're perturbed. But our microbiome's exact function, good and bad, is poorly understood. That could change. A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-organized consortium that includes scientists from the U.S. Department ...