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New Nanowire Battery Holds 10 Times The Charge Of Existing Ones
Stanford researchers have found a way to use silicon nanowires to reinvent the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that power laptops, iPods, video cameras, cell phones, and countless other devices.
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Researchers at UC Irvine's College of Medicine have discovered how chemicals in the brain that are related to the active ingredient of marijuana help regulate body movements and other mot...
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Religion: bumming the kids out
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[...] and 80 percent by 2050 and possibly exceed those numbers if a combination of strategies are implemented, including reducing fuel consumption, increasing fuel efficiencies and fuel c...
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MAJOR breakthrough in HIV treatment
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Breastfeeding Associated With Increased Intelligence, Study Suggests
The largest randomized study of breastfeeding ever conducted reports that breastfeeding raises children's IQs and improves their academic performance, a McGill researcher and his team hav...
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Earth's Climate Approaching 'Tipping Point', According To NASA
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New Flexible Plastic Solar Panels Are Inexpensive And Easy To Make
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets.
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Inner Workings Of The Magnanimous Mind: Why It Feels Good To Be Altruistic
The "joy of giving" has an anatomical basis in the brain – surprisingly, one that is shared with selfish longings and rewards.
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Power Of Altruism Confirmed In Wikipedia Contributions
The researchers were most surprised to find that the reliability of Good Samaritans' contributions were at least as high as that of the more reputable registered users' contributions.
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US Teens Confident In Their Inventiveness; Hands-on, Project-based Learning Needed
American teens are confident they can invent solutions to some of the world's pressing challenges, such as protecting and restoring the natural environment, but more than half feel unprep...
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New Thoughts On Language Acquisition: Toddlers As Data Miners
Cross-situational learning may go forward non-strategically and automatically, steadily building a reliable lexicon.
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What Is The Link Between Women's Hormones And Mood Disorders?
There is an urgent need for carefully designed, gender-specific research to better understand the relationship of female sex hormones to mood states and disorders.
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Competition, Loss Of Selfishness Mark Shift To Supersociety
a pair of researchers from Cornell University and Arizona State University propose a model, based on tug-of-war theory, that may explain the selection pressures that mark the evolutionary...
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'Man The Hunter' Theory Is Debunked In New Book
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Oral Contraceptive Pill May Prevent More Than Pregnancy: Could Cause Long-term Problems With Testosterone
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Friends' School Achievement Influences High School Girls' Interest In Math
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Disguising Environmental Harm Eases Only Our Conscience
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Study Finds Male And Female Brains Respond Differently To Visual Stimuli
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Sex Differences Extend Into The Brain
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Low Maternal Education Linked To Intellectual Disabilities In Offspring
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Identical Twins Not As Identical As Believed
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Neighborhoods Play Key Role In How Much People Exercise, Study Says
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"We demonstrated that above and beyond socioeconomic factors, diet quality is important to academic performance," the authors conclude.
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Good Sexual Intercourse Lasts Minutes, Not Hours, Therapists Say
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People Accept Anger In Men, But Women Who Lose Their Temper Are Seen As Less Competent, Study Shows
Both men and women in the reached the same conclusions: Angry men deserved more status, a higher salary, and were expected to be better at the job than angry women.
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Professor Explores Spooning, Snoring And Sheet Stealing
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Evolution In The Classroom: 'Evolution Machine' Lets Students See It Happen
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Race Linked To Happiness And Recovery From Negative Events
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ScienceDaily Magazine -- Popular Diet Supplement May Be A Cancer Risk
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