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MIT: New algorithm may improve defensive driving
— 2 Dec 2011 10:38 | TechnologyIn 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2.3 million automobile crashes occurred at intersections across the United States, resulting in some 7,000 deaths. More than 700 of those fatalities were due to drivers running red lights. But, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, half of the people killed in such accidents are not the drivers who ran the light, but other drivers, passengers and pedestrians…
Swiss scientists prove durability of quantum network
— 2 Dec 2011 10:35 | PhysicsScientists and engineers have proven the worth of quantum cryptography in telecommunication networks by demonstrating its long-term effectiveness in a real-time network…
Study of wolves will help scientists predict climate effects on endangered animals
— 2 Dec 2011 10:32 | EnvironmentScientists studying populations of grey wolves in the USA's Yellowstone National Park have developed a way to predict how changes in the environment will impact on the animals' number, body size and genetics, amongst other biological traits…
Strange new 'species' of ultra-red galaxy discovered
— 2 Dec 2011 10:29 | AstronomyIn the distant reaches of the universe, almost 13 billion light-years from Earth, a strange species of galaxy lay hidden. Cloaked in dust and dimmed by the intervening distance, even the Hubble Space Telescope couldn't spy it. It took the revealing power of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to uncover not one, but four remarkably red galaxies. And while astronomers can describe the members of this new 'species,' they can't explain what makes them so ruddy…
Microscopic worms could hold the key to living life on Mars
— 2 Dec 2011 10:26 | BiologyThe astrophysicist Stephen Hawking believes that if humanity is to survive we will have up sticks and colonise space. But is the human body up to the challenge?…
Earthquakes: Water as a lubricant
— 2 Dec 2011 10:23 | Geology and palaeontologyGeophysicists from Potsdam have established a mode of action that can explain the irregular distribution of strong earthquakes at the San Andreas Fault in California. As the science magazine Nature reports in its latest issue, the scientists examined the electrical conductivity of the rocks at great depths, which is closely related to the water content within the rocks. From the pattern of electrical conductivity and seismic activity they were able to deduce that rock water acts as a lubricant…
Simple blood test diagnoses Parkinson's disease long before symptoms appear
— 2 Dec 2011 10:20 | HealthA new research report appearing in the December issue of the FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) shows how scientists from the United Kingdom have developed a simple blood test to detect Parkinson's disease even at the earliest stages. The test is possible because scientists found a substance in the blood, called 'phosphorylated alpha-synuclein,' which is common in people with Parkinson's disease, and then developed a way to identify its presence in our blood…
Livermore and Russian scientists propose new names for elements 114 and 116
— 2 Dec 2011 10:17 | ChemistryThe International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today recommended new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table…
Early sign of Alzheimer's reversed in lab
— 2 Dec 2011 10:14 | HealthOne of the earliest known impairments caused by Alzheimer's disease - loss of sense of smell - can be restored by removing a plaque-forming protein in a mouse model of the disease, a study led by a Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher finds…
Parental controls on embryonic development?
— 2 Dec 2011 10:11 | HealthWhen a sperm fertilises an egg, each contributes a set of chromosomes to the resulting embryo, which at these very early stages is called a zygote. Early on, zygotic genes are inert, so embryonic development is largely controlled by parental factors. The activation of the zygotic genome therefore represents an important transition toward a more autonomous mode of embryonic development, and has been the subject of much speculation and scrutiny. Now, a new study published by Cell Press on December 1st in the journal Developmental Cell suggests that the reach of parental control in the embryo may be longer than we thought…
Scientists identify compound that could prevent HIV transmission
Binary black hole system identified