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Evidence Of Ancient Lakes On Mars

Posted by KNN 04Jan

Spectacular satellite images suggest that Mars was warm enough to sustain lakes three billion years ago, a period that was previously thought to be too cold and arid to sustain water on the surface, according to research published today in the journal Geology.

Avatar, Star Trek Are 2009's Best Movies

Posted by KNN 04Jan

Avatar, Star Trek and The Blind Side are the best movies of 2009, based on more than 55 million moviegoer ratings at Flixster (www.flixster.com), the world’s biggest online movie community and leading mobile movie-information provider.

Study Ancient Modern Humans

Posted by KNN 04Jan

DNA that is left in the remains of long-dead plants, animals, or humans allows a direct look into the history of evolution. So far, studies of this kind on ancestral members of our own species have been hampered by scientists' inability to distinguish the ancient DNA from modern-day human DNA contamination.

Nano-Particle Self Assembly Photographed

Posted by KNN 02Jan

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have imaged the self-assembly of nano-particles, unveiling the blueprint for building designer molecular machines atom-by-atom.

Children More Likely To Catch Swine Flu

Posted by KNN 31Dec

Young people aged under 18 years are more likely than adults to catch swine flu from an infected person in their household, according to a new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, the research also shows that young people are no more likely than adults to infect others with the pandemic H1N1 virus.

Politics Is In Our Genes

Posted by KNN 29Dec

Genetics play a pivotal role in shaping how individual's identify with political parties , according to an article in a recent issue of Political Research Quarterly, the official journal of the Western Political Science Association.

A Controller Of Brain Circuitry Discovered

Posted by KNN 29Dec

By combining a research technique that dates back 136 years with modern molecular genetics, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist has been able to see how a mammal's brain shrewdly revisits and reuses the same molecular cues to control the complex design of its circuits.

Computers Do Understand Art

Posted by KNN 28Dec

A team of researchers from the University of Girona and the Max Planck Institute in Germany has shown that some mathematical algorithms provide clues about the artistic style of a painting. The composition of colours or certain aesthetic measurements can already be quantified by a computer, but machines are still far from being able to interpret art in the way that people do.

Future-Minded People Make Better Decisions

Posted by KNN 28Dec

When New Year's Eve rolls around and you're deciding whether to have another glass of champagne, your decision may be predicted by your perspective of the future.

 

See The World's Thinnest Material

Posted by KNN 28Dec

It's been used to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day. It's been used to find latent blood stains at crime scenes. And now researchers at Northwestern University have used it to examine the thinnest material in the world.

Scientists Observe Super-Massive Black Holes

Posted by KNN 23Dec

An international team of scientists has observed four super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies, which may provide new information on how these central black hole systems operate. Their findings are published in December's first issue of the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Is Avatar's Moon Pandora Real?

Posted by KNN 22Dec

In the new blockbuster Avatar, humans visit the habitable - and inhabited - alien moon called Pandora.

Death Of Our Sun: A Preview?

Posted by KNN 21Dec

About 550 light-years from Earth, a star like our Sun is writhing in its death throes. Chi Cygni has swollen in size to become a red giant star so large that it would swallow every planet out to Mars in our solar system. Moreover, it has begun to pulse dramatically in and out, beating like a giant heart. New close-up photos of the surface of this distant star show its throbbing motions in unprecedented detail.

Lake On Saturn' Moon Titan?

Posted by KNN 20Dec

NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, lake-shaped basins.

Synthetic Red Blood Cells Developed

Posted by KNN 19Dec

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara, in collaboration with scientists at University of Michigan, have developed synthetic particles that closely mimic the characteristics and key functions of natural red blood cells, including softness, flexibility, and the ability to carry oxygen.

Dark Matter Found, On Earth!

Posted by KNN 19Dec

In the analysis of new data, scientists from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment, managed by the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, have detected two events that have characteristics consistent with the particles that physicists believe make up dark matter.

4.5 Million-Year-Old Whale

Posted by KNN 18Dec

In 2006, a team of Spanish and American researchers found the fossil remains of a whale, 4.5 million years old, in Bonares, Huelva.

Scientists To Demystify Mysterious Particle

Posted by KNN 18Dec

Physicists at Queen Mary, University of London have begun looking deep into the Earth to study some of nature's weirdest particles -- neutrinos.

Another Super Earth Found

Posted by KNN 17Dec

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a planet around the nearby, low-mass star GJ1214. It is the second time a transiting super-Earth has been detected, after the recent discovery of the planet Corot-7b.

Life On Icy Moons Of Saturn And Jupiter?

Posted by KNN 17Dec

Scientists once thought that life could originate only within a solar system's "habitable zone," where a planet would be neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist on its surface.

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