News articles tagged with 'experiment' (Page 25)
Stimulating the appetite can lead to unrelated impulse purchases
— 10 Jan 2008 16:39 | HealthExposure to something that whets the appetite, such as a picture of a mouth-watering dessert, can make a person more impulsive with unrelated purchases, finds a study from the February…
How atoms change places
— 1 Jan 2008 19:27 | PhysicsScientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, in collaboration with scientists from Harvard and Boston University, have achieved direct control and observation of a fundamental…
Countdown to Columbus launch
— 6 Dec 2007 19:42 | AstronomyThe European Columbus laboratory was scheduled to launch on board Space Shuttle Atlantis later today. The STS-122 mission to the International Space Station is due to lift-off from…
Activating protein enhances average lifespan, limits age-related disease in mice
— 4 Dec 2007 20:50 | BiologyMetabolism researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that although it does not extend maximum lifespan in mice, activating a protein in muscle…
Radiation flashes may help crack cosmic mystery
— 4 Dec 2007 03:08 | AstronomyFaint, fleeting blue flashes of radiation emitted by particles that travel faster than the speed of light through the atmosphere may help scientists solve one of the oldest mysteries…
Student research makes the pages of Nature
— 3 Dec 2007 18:49 | Geology and palaeontologyLeslie Hayden's research into deep Earth interactions has led to some important findings, particularly for someone so new to the field, and the scientific world is paying attention.…
Galileo signal reflections used for monitoring waves and weather at sea
— 27 Nov 2007 07:19 | EnvironmentSurrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and the University of Surrey have succeeded for the first time in capturing a Galileo signal reflected off the ocean surface in orbit, demonstrating…
Ions in the fire
— 27 Nov 2007 07:19 | ChemistryWe heard it through the grapevine... raisins actually can dance. Just take a couple of raisins and plop them in clear glass filled with colourless soda, like 7-Up or Sprite. Then sit…
Nuclear energy research moves toward greater reliance on computer simulation
— 27 Nov 2007 06:03 | PhysicsThe U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory is taking its nuclear energy research into new territory - virtual territory that is. With the recent arrival of the new…