 Key molecule discovered in Venus's atmosphere 22 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Venus Express has detected the molecule hydroxyl on another planet for the first time. This detection gives scientists an important new tool to unlock the workings of Venus’s dense atmosphere. | |
Researcher finds El Nino may have been factor in Magellan's Pacific voyage 14 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions – ... | |
 IBM Research Unveils Breakthrough In Solar Farm Technology 16 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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IBM today announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Sun's power for electricity. | |
Researchers show link between vitamin D status, breast cancer 14 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Using newly available data on worldwide cancer incidence, researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine have shown a clear association ... | |
 Eccentric pulsar system challenges theories of binary formation 16 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say. The pulsar and ... | |
 Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era 18 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds - that is, until he steps into an ... | |
 First measurement of entangled states in nitrogen 17 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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When atoms form molecules, they share their outer electrons and this creates a negatively charged cloud. Here, electrons buzz around between the two positively charged nuclei, making it impossible to tell ... | |
MIT Creates New Material For Fuel Cells, Increases Power Output By 50 Percent 18 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly ... | |
 Astronomers use new model of dust in galaxies to remeasure the total energy output of stars in the universe 17 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Anyone gazing up on a dark clear night is greeted by the spectacle of thousands of powerful fusion reactors - the stars. These balls of extremely hot gas are generating unimaginably large quantities of energy. ... | |
Addressing the 'nitrogen cascade' 17 hours ago | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a ... | |
Scientists solve gravity-defying bird beak mystery 18 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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As Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A team of MIT mathematicians and engineers has now explained exactly how some shorebirds use their long, thin ... | |
 Crystal (eye) ball: Study says visual system equipped with 'future seeing powers' 19 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Catching a football. Maneuvering through a room full of people. Jumping out of the way when a golfer yells "fore." Most would agree these seemingly simple actions require us to perceive and quickly respond ... | |
 Research puts new wrinkle in study of materials folding under pressure 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Santiago in Chile have explained, for the first time, the physics that governs how thin materials at scales millions of times different in thickness ... | |
Small primate ancestors had a leg up 18 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Smaller primates expend no more energy climbing than they do walking, Duke University researchers have found. This surprising discovery may explain the evolutionary edge that encouraged the tiny ancestors of modern humans, ... | |
New study reveals hidden neotropical diversity 17 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Evidence of physically similar species hidden within plant tissues suggest that diversity of neotropical herbivorous insects may not simply be a function of plant architecture, but may also reflect the great age and area ... | |
Want to lose weight? Study suggests a liquid lunch 20 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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A "liquid lunch" could no longer mean a few pints down the pub, but instead a healthy way to lose weight, according to a study presented Thursday by scientists from food giant Unilever. | |
9-year-old girl's twin is found inside her stomach 22 hours ago | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. | |
An ancient protein balances gene activity and silences foreign DNA in bacteria 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Compared to humans, bacteria have a much tidier genome. The tiny microorganisms pack their genes closely together, and don’t carry around a lot of extraneous DNA, so-called junk DNA that fills in the gaps between genes. Some ... | |
 Swiss man soars above Alps with jet-powered wing 24 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A Swiss pilot strapped on a jet-powered wing and leaped from a plane Wednesday for the first public demonstration of the homemade device, turning figure eights and soaring high above the Alps. | |
Geneticists trace the evolution of St. Louis encephalitis 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Before West Nile virus arrived in this country, we had (and still have) a home-grown relative of this pathogen. An epidemic of unknown origin exploded around St. Louis, Missouri in the autumn of 1933, a disease that is now ... | |
Nanotechnology in reverse uses cell to calibrate tools 21 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope. | |
Larger horns a gamble for young Soay sheep 19 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When it comes to winning mates, larger horns are an asset for male Soay sheep. But those that grow them may be putting their young lives on the line, according to a study published online on May 15th in Current Biology. | |
Green tea compounds beat OSA-related brain deficits 21 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Chemicals found in green tea may be able to stave off the cognitive deficits that occur with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a new study published in the second issue for May of the American Thoracic Society’s ... | |
 Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave (Update) 22 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer ... | |
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