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- Years Active
- 2008 - 2010
Gender Render
A professor at Brown University has determined that men's faces tend to have a more reddish skin tone, while a greenish facial skin tone is more common for women.
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Tue 13 Jan 2009
"Tool Time"
Georgetown University researcher studies subset of bottlenose dolphin that uses marine sponges as a tool to hunt for food.
Fri 19 Dec 2008
"Bac-Tery Powered"
Researchers at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities are studying a remarkable species of becteria that produces electric current when attached to a graphite electrode or other conductive surface.
Mon 15 Dec 2008
"Swat Team"
Researchers at the University of Central Florida are teaming up with the Virtual Reality Medical Center to immerse stroke survivors in a virtual game-world that is full of flying insects with the goa…
Tue 02 Dec 2008
"Ruly Bully"
Brain scans of young, aggressive bullies suggest they may actually enjoy seeing others in pain, according to a new University of Chicago study.
Tue 02 Dec 2008
Foam Corps
An ultra-high-strength composite metal foam developed by engineers at North Carolina State University helps absorb the energy from impacts better than any known metal foam, offering applications in m…
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Tue 18 Nov 2008
Green Mile
Nalini Nadkarni of Evergreen State College currently advises a team of researchers, who also happen to be inmates at Cedar Creek Corrections Center, on how best to cultivate slow-growing mosses that …
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Tue 18 Nov 2008
Ground Control
Iowa State researchers are working on creating high tech networks of underground sensors that could be buried throughout a farmer's field to supply the farmer with constant feedback on soil moisture …
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Wed 29 Oct 2008
Multi-Faceted
A Northwestern University research team has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotheraphy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have b…
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Wed 22 Oct 2008
Collateral Damage
Pine bark beetles appear to be doing more than killing large swaths of forests in the Rocky Mountains. Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, suspect that t…
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Wed 22 Oct 2008
Fear Factor
Researchers at Emory University have located a protein that might play a key role in the formation and retention of fear memory. The researchers removed this protein from cells and, when this was do…
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Tue 14 Oct 2008
Sugar Rush
Research teams from Virent Energy Systems and the University of Wisconsin at Madison have successfully converted sugar--potentially derived from agricultural waste and non-food plants--into gasoline,…
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Mon 29 Sep 2008
Night Moves
A team of biologists from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, UC San Diego and Oregon State University has identified the genes that enable plants to undergo bursts of rhythmic growth at night…
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Fri 19 Sep 2008
Going, Going, Guam
New research conducted by University of Washington biologists suggests that the invasive brown tree snake has had an indirect impact on Guam's forests due to the snake's hunting of the island's bird …
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Thu 11 Sep 2008
Buggles
MIT mathematicians have now figured out exactly how hundreds of types of insect species are able to spend much of their time under water. When these insects submerge, their rough, water repellent co…
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Thu 04 Sep 2008
Tongue Drive
Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new assistive technology, the Tongue Drive system, which could help individuals with severe disabilities lead more independent lives …
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Thu 28 Aug 2008
In Your Face
Princeton psychology researchers have developed a computer program that allows scientists to understand better then ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them appear either trus…
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Fri 22 Aug 2008
Cran It
A 'Crantastic Voyage' into the urinary tract to see just how cranberry juice works on infection. Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute reveal that the juice changes the properties of bacter…
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Wed 20 Aug 2008
Break Water
In a major leap that could transform solar power from a marginal energy source into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energ…
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Tue 05 Aug 2008
Deep Voices
New research shows that vocal communication evolved from ancient fish species.
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Tue 29 Jul 2008
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