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The Sunyaev- Zeldovich Effect is independent of Redshift because of Cosmic Dust

November 7, 2009

QED induced radiation's picture

Cosmic dust explains why the intensity of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect is independent of Redshift.

Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect

'Dropouts' pinpoint earliest galaxies

November 6, 2009

Pasadena, CA -- Astronomers, conducting the broadest survey to date of galaxies from about 800 million years after the Big Bang, have found 22 early galaxies and confirmed the age of one by its cha

We spend more on products with detailed nutritional information

November 6, 2009

People would be willing to pay more for products that carry detailed nutritional information than for the so-called light items.

Pathogen protection and virulence: Dark side of fungal membrane protein revealed

November 6, 2009

Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech and Montana State University have discovered a fungal protein that plays a key role in causing disease in plants and animals

New TMS clinic offers noninvasive treatment for major depression

November 5, 2009

(CHICAGO) -- Rush University Medical Center has opened the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Clinic to offer patients suffering from major depression a safe, effective, non-drug treatment.

Carnegie Mellon researchers receive grant

November 5, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University's Lucio Soibelman, H. Scott Matthews and Jose M.F.

Study uses satellite imagery to identify active magma systems in East Africa's Rift Valley

November 4, 2009

A team from the University of Miami, University of El Paso and University of Rochester have employed Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) images compiled over a decade to study volcanic ac

Health-centered weight control method shows promise

November 4, 2009

St. Louis, MO, November 4, 2009 -- Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity -- and most are not effective over the long term.

New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses

November 4, 2009

A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no p

Carbon atmosphere discovered on neutron star

November 4, 2009

Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant.

Report on US-China collaboration on carbon capture and sequestration

November 4, 2009

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Julio Friedmann, in collaboration with the Center for American Progress, the Asia Society Center and with partner Monitor Group, today released the report,

Penn researchers describe cellular source of most common type of abnormal heart beat

November 4, 2009

PHILDELPHIA - While studying how the heart is formed, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine serendipitously found a novel cellular source of atrial fibrillation (AF), the

Flemish researchers develop revolutionary technology for use in plant breeding

November 3, 2009

One of the greatest challenges of this century is making the food supply secure in a world that finds itself under increasing pressure from the growing population, changing food patterns and changi

K-State engineers strive to make algae oil production more feasible

November 3, 2009

Two Kansas State University engineers are assessing systematic production methods that could make the costs of algae oil production more reasonable, helping move the U.S.



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