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Ions Control Shape Of Nanofibers Grown On Clear SubstrateOak Ridge TN (SPX) Aug 19, 2011 Researchers from North Carolina State University, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and CFD Research Corporation have found a new way to develop straight carbon nanofibers on a transparent substrate. Growing such nanofiber coatings is important for use in novel biomedical research tools, solar cells, water repellent coatings and others. The technique utilizes a charged chromium grid, and relies on ions to ensure the nanofibers are straight, rather than curling - which limits their utility. " ... read more |
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  Greenpeace hands Rainbow Warrior to Bangladesh Environmental campaign group Greenpeace on Tuesday handed over its iconic protest ship Rainbow Warrior II to a Bangladeshi charity which will turn it into a floating hospital. ... more | .. |
  China sends experts to treat train crash orphan China has said it will sent four top medical experts to try to save the legs of a two-year-old girl orphaned and seriously wounded in a deadly train crash that sparked widespread public outrage. ... more | .. |
  Virus can cause high blood pressure: Chinese study High blood pressure could be caused by a common virus, according to a study carried out by a team of Chinese doctors which could lead to better treatment for millions of people around the world. ... more | .. |
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  UN warns cholera epidemic in Somalia may spread amid famine The UN warned Friday that a cholera epidemic in Somalia, which has claimed at least 181 lives in one Mogadishu hospital this year, could quickly spread as thousands flee famine in the south. ... more | .. |
 China rights activist goes on trial Chinese human rights activist Wang Lihong went on trial in Beijing on Friday, witnesses said, nearly four months after she was arrested as part of a widespread crackdown on dissent. ... more | .. |
  Japan heatwave kills four, sends 900 to hospital A blistering summer heatwave in Japan has claimed four lives and seen 900 people hospitalised this week, media said Friday, amid an energy saving campaign due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. ... more | .. |
  Three dead in Iraq, spate of bombs hit Baghdad Twin bomb attacks in western Iraq killed three people Thursday evening while a string of four explosions in Baghdad wounded 10 others, security and medical officials said. ... more |
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  Electronic skin tattoo has medical, gaming, spy uses A hair-thin electronic patch that adheres to the skin like a temporary tattoo could transform medical sensing, computer gaming and even spy operations, according to a US study published Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Thousands struggle in Ethiopia's "green drought" Shundure Tekamo faces a tough choice - stay with her severely malnourished son in hospital, or return home in the desperate search for food for her five other children. ... more | .. |
  New Montana State research sheds light on South Pole dinosaurs Dog-sized dinosaurs that lived near the South Pole, sometimes in the dark for months at a time, had bone tissue very similar to dinosaurs that lived everywhere on the planet, according to a doctoral ... more | .. |
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  Mubarak's fate in court's hands Hosni Mubarak, on trial in Cairo for murder and fraud, may be a sacrificial lamb but he should have known what was going on during the revolution, experts say. ... more | .. |
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 The key to life on land A chance discovery of a genetic mutation in wild barley that grows in Israel's Judean Desert, in the course of a doctoral study at the University of Haifa, has led to an international study decipher ... more | .. |
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 Uighur leader fears for China detainees after clashes An exiled leader of China's Uighur minority said Monday she feared for the safety of dozens of people she said were injured in recent clashes with police in the country's Xinjiang region and then detained. ... more |
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