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PostHeaderIcon Untangling the quantum entanglement behind photosynthesis

PostDateIconTuesday, 11 May 2010 03:21 | Written by Goldilocks Mission | | Print |  E-mail

(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Berkeley reserchers have carried out the first study in which the quantum phenomenon known as "entanglement" has been observed and characterized in a real biological system. Quantum entanglement is thought to be a critical factor behind the ability of green plants and certain bacteria, through photosynthesis, to transfer energy from sunlight and initiate its conversion into chemical energy with near 100-percent efficiency.

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PostHeaderIcon Hot new material can keep electronics cool

PostDateIconTuesday, 11 May 2010 03:20 | Written by Goldilocks Mission | | Print |  E-mail
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(University of California - Riverside) Professor Alexander Balandin and a team of UC Riverside researchers, including Chun Ning Lau, an associate professor of physics, have taken another step toward new technology that could keep laptops and other electronic devices from overheating.

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PostHeaderIcon Did phosphorus trigger complex evolution -- and blue skies?

PostDateIconTuesday, 11 May 2010 03:19 | Written by Goldilocks Mission | | Print |  E-mail

(Carnegie Institution) The evolution of complex life forms may have gotten a jump start billions of years ago, when geologic events over millions of years caused large quantities of phosphorus to wash into the oceans. According to this model, proposed by Dominic Papineau of the Carnegie Institution for Science, the higher levels of phosphorus would have caused vast algal blooms, pumping extra oxygen into the environment which allowed larger, more complex types of organisms to thrive.

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PostHeaderIcon Rensselaer researchers to send bacteria into orbit aboard space shuttle Atlantis

PostDateIconMonday, 10 May 2010 03:17 | Written by Goldilocks Mission | | Print |  E-mail

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will send an army of microorganisms into space this week, to investigate new ways of preventing the formation and spread of biofilms, or clusters of bacteria, that could pose a threat to the health of astronauts. The Micro-2 experiment is scheduled to launch into orbit on May 14 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.

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PostHeaderIcon Air Force Treating Wounds With Lasers and Nanotech

PostDateIconMonday, 10 May 2010 03:14 | Written by Goldilocks Mission | | Print |  E-mail

The Air Force is funding scientists who are using lasers to seal up wounds at a molecular level.

The process would replace the sutures and staples traditionally used to repair wounded skin. A patient's wound would be coated in a dye, then exposed to green light for 2-3 minutes. The dye absorbs the light and catalyzes molecular bonds between the tissue's collagen.

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