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The Nobel Prize in Physics
This year’s prize went to three scientists. Fifty percent to Saul Perimutter, twenty five percent to Brian P. Schmidt and twenty five percent to Adam G. Riess.
Their work involved measuring the rate at which supernovas moved. Type Ia supernovas were used in their investigations because of the extreme levels of light they can produce. The basic principal of the inv
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UK statistics reveal that over 37,000 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed, which equates to 1 in 9 males in the UK being at risk (Prostate cancer - UK incidence statistics , 2011). The biomarkers for this disease are still lacking in sophistication, although they are able to give a preliminary diagnosis. They reveal very little information on the aggressiveness of the cancer. Understandin ...
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Complaints of celiac disease are on the rise in the United States, with more and more people growing ill from exposure... ...
Can Plutonium Really Have a Natural Transporter? Plutonium and Iron: How are these two transition metals linked?
Plutonium was first discovered, by Seanborg, McMillan, Kennedy and Wahl, in 1941. Their discovery was made through deuteron bombardment of uranium. Prior to this, the element only existed in traces. Plutonium has gained much media attention over recent years. One reason for this is i
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