Impressive results from experiments at Diamond Light Source on magnetic lensless imaging by Fourier transform holography using extended references have been published today in Optics Express, the journal of the Optical Society of America.
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More salmon, please! A new study shows how biomimicry can help generate energy. A new source of inspiration for wind farm engineers has come from an unlikely place: the sea. By imitating schools of fish, engineers can increase wind farm output--potentially getting up to 10 times more power from the same site compared to traditional wind farms
Read More »Canada’s Devastated Cod Fishery Begins To Recover
After being fished to the brink of extinction, the once abundant (and delicious) cod is coming back due to smart management of the fisheries. But that doesn't mean the species will ever be the same. For 500 years, the waters off Canada's Newfoundland were among richest fishing grounds in the world
Read More »Brain Brakes Car Faster Than Foot
If you’ve ever had to slam on the brakes to prevent an accident, you know that the time it takes to get your foot to that pedal can seem like an eternity. Now, German researchers aim to cut that reaction time by getting drivers’ brain waves to help stop the car.
Read More »City Living Can Harm Your Mental State: Study
As compared to rural dwellers, urbanites are more stressed and more likely to develop schizophrenia.
Read More »First opal-like crystals discovered in meteorite
Scientists have found opal-like crystals in the Tagish Lake meteorite, which fell to Earth in Canada in 2000. This is the first extraterrestrial discovery of these unusual crystals, which may have formed in the primordial cloud of dust that produced the sun and planets of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago, according to a report in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Read More »The Mysterious, Ice-Cold Canning Of A Prominent Polar Bear Researcher
Charles Monnet is responsible for you being concerned about polar bears drowning in ice-less Arctic waters. But did his support for wildlife get him suspended from his government post?
Read More »The Power of Negative Thinking
Can our expectations for the future change how we remember the past? According to a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology , they can--we remember unpleasant experiences more negatively if we expect to endure them again. Researchers at New York University and Carnegie Mellon University conducted seven experiments to determine how people’s expectations shape their memories
Read More »Chewing more helps people eat less, study says
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study says chewing food 40 times cut calorie intake 12 percent
Read More »When It Comes to Fast Food, Labeling Can Lower Calorie Counts
Those calorie counts on fast food menus that make you feel bad about your extra-large fries actually work.
Read More »Is Planning Bad for Business?
A young entrepreneur presents a few disruptive strategies to help grow your business. Her message: Stop planning. Its useless
Read More »Video: Lung problems for deployed veterans
According to a soon-to-be-published study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are seven times more likely to report having lung problems compared with non-deployed vets. CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reports.
Read More »Humanity’s Biggest Impact May Be The Exctinction Of Predators
The death of large predators isn't just a tragedy, it can lead to the utter destruction of whole ecosystems--something that is already happening in many parts of the world. You may not have noticed, but we are in the early to middle stages of the Earth's sixth large extinction event. Compared to the
Read More »Getting positive results with negative ions
Yes! That's the answer scientists from OI Analytical and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory got from their experiments to see if the new IonCCDTM can detect negative ions and large ions.
Read More »Fungus Protects Rice from Challenges of Climate Change
To ward off famine and potentially save millions of lives, researchers are looking for a little help from a tiny fungus.
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