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- Colorful science sheds light on solar heating
- Triangles guide the way for live neural circuits in a dish
- Scientists read monkeys' inner thoughts: Brain activity decoded while monkeys avoid obstacle to touch target
- A wrinkle in space-time: Math shows how shockwaves could crinkle space
- 'Caffeinated' coastal waters: Possible sources include sewer overflows, septic tanks
- Could volcanic eruptions in the south-west Pacific save the Great Barrier Reef?
- You may never need to clean your car again, thanks to new coating technology
- Short-term intestinal parasite infection triggers specific cytokines that can prevent the development of type 1 diabetes
| Colorful science sheds light on solar heating Posted: 19 Jul 2012 06:27 PM PDT Using a new technique a solar scientist has created images of the sun reminiscent of Van Gogh, with broad strokes of bright color splashed across a yellow background. But it's science, not art.  |
| Triangles guide the way for live neural circuits in a dish Posted: 19 Jul 2012 06:26 PM PDT Scientists have used tiny stars, squares and triangles as a toolkit to create live neural circuits in a dish. They hope the shapes can be used to create a reproducible neural circuit model that could be used for learning and memory studies as well as drug screening applications; the shapes could also be integrated into the latest neural tissue scaffolds to aid the regeneration of neurons at injured sites in the body, such as the spinal cord.  |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:18 AM PDT Scientists who were decoding the activity of populations of neurons in the motor cortex discovered that they could tell how a monkey was planning to approach a reaching task. By chance the two monkeys chosen for the study had completely different cognitive styles. One was a hyperactive type, who kept jumping the gun, and the other was a smooth operator, who waited for the entire setup to be revealed before planning his next move.  |
| A wrinkle in space-time: Math shows how shockwaves could crinkle space Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT Mathematicians have come up with a new way to crinkle up the fabric of space-time -- at least in theory.  |
| 'Caffeinated' coastal waters: Possible sources include sewer overflows, septic tanks Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:53 AM PDT A new study finds elevated levels of caffeine at several sites in Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of Oregon -- though not necessarily where researchers expected. This study is the first to look at caffeine pollution off the Oregon coast.  |
| Could volcanic eruptions in the south-west Pacific save the Great Barrier Reef? Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:52 AM PDT Could the pumice that surges into the ocean once a volcano erupts in Tonga or elsewhere in the south-west Pacific save the Great Barrier Reef? New research conducted by Queensland University of Technology geologist Dr Scott Bryan indicates that yes, this is not only possible, but could be how the Great Barrier Reef formed in the first place.  |
| You may never need to clean your car again, thanks to new coating technology Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:35 AM PDT A new coating with self-repairing surface functionality has been developed. Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a coating with a surface that repairs itself after damage. This new coating has numerous potential applications -- for example mobile phones that will remain clean from fingerprints, cars that never need to be washed, and aircraft that need less frequent repainting.  |
| Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:32 AM PDT Short-term infection with intestinal worms may provide long-term protection against type I diabetes (TID), suggests a new study. The incidence of TID is relatively low in developing countries. One explanation for this phenomenon is the prevalence of chronic intestinal worm infections, which dampen the self-aggressive T cells that cause diabetes and other autoimmune diseases.  |
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