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Published at
3/9/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Astronomy,Physics,Science and art,Science and philosophy,Science and religion At the beginning of 2011, the next Oxford International symposium on archeoastronomy will take place at Lima, in Peru. It is the first time when this event is to be held in South America.
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3/3/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Personalia,Technology Scientists at the University of Bath, UK, say that nose scanning showed good potential for use as a biometric tool, with a good recognition rate and a faster rate of image processing than with conventional techniques.
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3/1/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Astronomy,Physics,Science and music,Personalia,Space University of Michigan researchers have "sonified" the solar wind data that's usually represented visually, as numbers or graphs. They have created a musical representation of the data gathered by NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer satellite.
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2/26/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Science journalism,Astronomy,Science and education,Personalia,Space,Science and art The International Year of Astronomy 2009/Mani Bhaumik Prize for Excellence in Astronomy Education and Public Outreach has been awarded to From Earth to the Universe (FETTU). This award recognises FETTU’s important contribution in improving public awareness of astronomical achievements, and in stimulating the use of astronomy for the promotion of scientific education and culture in 2009.
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2/26/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Physics,Medicine,Personalia Learning nouns and verbs activate different regions of the brain. The scientists observed this using brain images taken using functional magnetic resonance, according to an article published in the journal Neuroimage.
Published at
2/25/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Astronomy European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a new image of NGC 346, the brightest star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, our neighbouring galaxy. The cosmic structure looks like a cobweb and astronomers say that the region is a work in progress, and changes as the time pass.
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2/24/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Chemistry,Physics,Medicine,Personalia,Materials science,Technology Prosthesis made up of carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles of zirconia, might last more than 150 years. At least, this is what researcher Nere Garmendia say in her PhD thesis. She wished to show that the ageing and cracking of present prosthesis could be avoided.
Published at
2/23/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Physics,Science and sport Norwegian ski specialists have developed a four-step process that helps them decide how the skis should be prepared and what will work best. An NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) researcher says that any mistake in preparation of the base of the ski might lead to a 3 per cent change for the worse. This tiny decrease in performance can make the difference whether an athlete wins a medal or not at high level competitions such as Winter Olympic games in Vancouver.
Published at
2/22/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Astronomy,Personalia,Space Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun. These are the three scientific missions that have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to be launched no earlier than 2017. The final decision about which missions to implement is foreseen to be made in mid-2011.
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2/19/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Personalia,Technology German researchers at Cologne University have studied why drivers make fatal errors on familiar routes. They say that in this case the activity of the brain became less and the conclusion is valid for both the experienced and inexperienced drivers.
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2/18/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Medicine,Personalia People who are usually happy, enthusiastic and content are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend not to be happy. This is the conclusion of a new major study published in the European Heart Journal.
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2/17/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Mathematics,Personalia,Science and sport Spanish researchers have developed a new mathematical model that permits to predict sport injuries from a series of equations. Their work has proved that sport injuries that affect the lower limbs in high-impact sport, such as football, athletics or basketball, can be predicted through the use of equations of logistic regression. The paper has been published in the journal “Apunts. Medicina de L’esport”.
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2/16/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Environment,Personalia,Science and art Extreme Shetland weather inspires Dr Janette Kerr, painter and Visiting Research Fellow from the University of the West of England. She is focusing on a project that links science with art.
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2/15/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Medicine,Environment,Technology American and European researchers have found that exposure to air pollution accelerates the thickening of artery walls that leads to cardiovascular disease. The study links outdoor air quality and progression of atherosclerosis in humans and is published in the journal PloS ONE.
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2/12/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Personalia,Science and sport A Saint Louis University expert offers tips to train like elite athletes. Whether the goal is to complete our first marathon, improve our golf game or compete in a triathlon competition, there are lessons to be learned from the very best of the best.
Published at
2/11/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Medicine British and American researchers say in a study that they have found specific brain activity pattern associated with our preference decision when two faces are closely matched.
Published at
2/10/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Medicine While low results on written or oral tests of IQ have been associated with a raised risk of cardiovascular disease, no study has so far compared the relative strength of this association with other established risk factors such as obesity, smoking and high blood pressure. Now, a large study funded by Britain's Medical Research Council, which set out to gauge the relative importance of IQ alongside other risk factors, has found that lower intelligence scores were associated with higher rates of cardiovascular disease and total mortality at a greater level of magnitude than found with any other risk factor except smoking.
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2/10/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Science communication,Astronomy,Science and education,Personalia,Space,Technology This weekend, as part of outreach activities, the Bareket Observatory in Israel is organising a special web cast dedicated to the extra solar planet "XO-3b".
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2/9/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Biology,Chemistry,Medicine,Technology American scientists from confirm that beer is a very rich source of silicon that is a key ingredient for increasing bone mineral density. Details of this study are available in the February issue of the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture.
Published at
2/8/2010 de Catalin Mosoia, Bucharest, Romania
in categoriile: Biology,Medicine,Personalia,Science and sport Researchers from 14 institutions in Canada, UK, Denmark, Sweden, and USA have just published a comprehensive look at a group of genes and found a way to predict who will benefit the most from exercise. Their latest work builds on the current belief among researchers that one of the best predictors of health and longevity is our body’s ability to take in and use oxygen during maximum exercise.
The more blood our heart can pump and the more oxygen our muscles can use, the less our risk of early disease and death is. They say that’s why aerobic exercise is so important.