AlphaGalileo Science News of the week 16-22 January 2012.
22/01/2012
RIKEN:
New study sheds light on evolutionary origin of oxygen-based
cellular respiration
20/01/2012
Imperial College London:
Terahertz waves (T-rays) technology could help develop Star
Trek-style hand-held medical scanners
20/01/2012
GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel:
How dangerous is the Adriatic Sea?
20/01/2012
Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics:
Inability
to
express
emotion
may
be
an
early
symptom
of
Parkinson
'
s
disease
Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics:
What is the difference between being treated with drugs or
psychotherapy for obsessions?
University of Southampton:
Using Hollywood technology to unlock the secret of pianist's
sounds
Expertanswer (Expertsvar in Swedish):
Why
do
smells
make
some
people
sick
?
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., Publishers:
Is
an
Early
Vote
a
Wasted
Vote
in
Primary
Elections
?
The University of Toronto:
University
of
Toronto
/
Royal
Ontario
Museum
scientists
discover
unusual
"
tulip
"
creature
Asociación RUVID:
IBV
presents
an
assistive
robot
for
patients
sufering
from
stroke
19/01/2012
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE):
Gulf
of
Finland
Year
2014
organised
by
Finland
,
Estonia
and
Russia
forges
combined
efforts
to
restore
our
coastal
waters
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology:
World
'
s
Longest
Superconductor
Cable
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE):
Crafoord
Prize
in
Astronomy
2012
for
Reinhard
Genzel
South African Square Kilometre Array Telescope Project
Office:
Riera
Madurell
and
Martínez
Martínez
,
MEPs
,
encourage
science
cooperation
with
Africa
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft:
Pictures
of
food
create
feelings
of
hunger
Medical University of Vienna:
Mechanism
for
more
efficient
cancer
treatment
decoded
European Space Agency (ESA):
The
Helix
in
New
Colours
European Space Agency (ESA):
European
finalists
selected
in
Space
Lab
student
competition
Hebrew University of Jerusalem:
Omen
for
the
future
:
the
Dead
Sea
was
nearly
dry
generations
ago
,
drilling
project
shows
Arizona State University:
International
species
institute
releases
annual
inventory
of
newly
discovered
species
18/01/2012
Wageningen University and Research Centre:
Butterflies
and
birds
unable
to
keep
pace
with
climate
change
in
Europe
Research Council of Norway, The:
Gaming
technology
for
calculating
floods
Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of
Sciences:
Solar
alchemy
:
Photocatalysts
to
clean
water
and
recover
chemicals
Encyclopedia of Life:
The
Encyclopedia
of
Life
Announces
2012
Rubenstein
Fellows
The University of Stavanger:
Weighing
up
the
causes
of
obesity
Suomen Akatemia (Academy of Finland):
Peerage
of
Science
:
a
new
social
network
service
for
scientific
peer
review
17/01/2012
Elhuyar Fundazioa:
AZTI
-
Tecnalia
researches
the
use
of
vegetable
by
-
products
for
animal
feed
The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS):
Arctic
plants
face
an
uncertain
future
Vienna University of Technology, TU Vienna:
The
Perfect
Liquid
-
Now
Even
More
Perfect
Research Council of Norway, The :
Less
pain
for
the
physically
active
16/01/2012
York, University of:
Biologists
a
step
nearer
to
solving
the
Parkinson
'
s
conundrum
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