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- Biofuel research boosted by discovery of how cyanobacteria make energy
- Tool detects patterns hidden in vast data sets
- Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars
- 'Smart Connector' could save millions in lost revenue
- Young star rebels against its parent cloud
- Research on solubility yields promise for pharmaceutical, other industries
- First low-mass star detected in globular cluster
- Almost noiseless nanomechanical microwave amplifier
- A galaxy blooming with new stars
| Biofuel research boosted by discovery of how cyanobacteria make energy Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST Research expected to help scientists to discover new ways of genetically engineering bacteria to manufacture biofuels overturns a generally accepted 44-year-old assumption about how certain kinds of bacteria make energy and synthesize cell materials. With this better understanding of how cyanobacteria make energy, it might be possible to genetically engineer a cyanobacterial strain to synthesize 1,3-butanediol -- an organic compound that is the precursor for making not only biofuels but also plastics.  |
| Tool detects patterns hidden in vast data sets Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST Researchers have developed a tool that can tackle large data sets in a way that no other software program can. Part of a suite of statistical tools called MINE, it can tease out multiple patterns hidden in health information, statistics amassed from a season of major league baseball, data on the changing bacterial landscape of the gut, and more.  |
| Scientists find microbes in lava tube living in conditions like those on Mars Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:59 AM PST A team of scientists from Oregon has collected microbes from ice within a lava tube in the Cascade Mountains and found that they thrive in cold, Mars-like conditions. They have characteristics that would make the microbes capable of living in the subsurface of Mars and other planetary bodies.  |
| 'Smart Connector' could save millions in lost revenue Posted: 15 Dec 2011 08:35 AM PST Researchers have developed the Smart Connector, a new sensor that once installed in the connecting units of coaxial cables can provide information about equipment damage and pinpoint the exact location through self-diagnosing technologies -- some of the most advanced in the field today.  |
| Young star rebels against its parent cloud Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:52 AM PST Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 has captured this image of a giant cloud of hydrogen gas illuminated by a bright young star. The image shows how violent the end stages of the star-formation process can be, with the young object shaking up its stellar nursery.  |
| Research on solubility yields promise for pharmaceutical, other industries Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:49 AM PST A method for increasing solubility (the ability of one substance to dissolve into another), developed by a graduate student has yielded promising commercial benefits for industry, particularly in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and agriculture.  |
| First low-mass star detected in globular cluster Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:48 AM PST Even the most powerful high-tech telescopes are barely able to record remote low-mass and thus faint stars. Astrophysicists have now detected a low-mass star in globular cluster M22 for the first time through microlensing. The result indicates that the overall mass of globular clusters might well be explained without enigmatic dark matter.  |
| Almost noiseless nanomechanical microwave amplifier Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:48 AM PST Physicists have shown how a nanomechanical oscillator can be used for detection and amplification of feeble radio waves or microwaves. A measurement using such a tiny device, resembling a miniaturized guitar string, can be performed with the least possible disturbance.  |
| A galaxy blooming with new stars Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:48 AM PST The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) has captured the beauty of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 253. The new portrait is probably the most detailed wide-field view of this object and its surroundings ever taken.  |
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