Geochemists challenge key theory regarding Earth's formation
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 01, 2008 |
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Working with colleagues from NASA, a Florida State University researcher has published a paper that calls into question three decades of conventional wisdom regarding some of the physical processes that helped ...
New type of pulsating white dwarf star discovered
May 01, 2008 |
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University of Texas at Austin astronomers Michael H. Montgomery and Kurtis A. Williams, along with graduate student Steven DeGennaro, have predicted and confirmed the existence of a new type of variable star, ...
Global warming affects world's largest freshwater lake
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May 01, 2008 |
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Russian and American scientists have discovered that the rising temperature of the world's largest lake, located in frigid Siberia, shows that this region is responding strongly to global warming.
Go Speed Racer! Revving up the world's fastest nanomotors
May 01, 2008 |
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In a “major step” toward a practical energy source for powering tomorrow’s nanomachines, researchers in Arizona report development of a new generation of sub-microscopic nanomotors that are up to 10 times ...
Scientists discover compound that could lead to new blood pressure drugs
May 01, 2008 |
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University of Florida researchers have identified a drug compound that dramatically lowers blood pressure, improves heart function and — in a remarkable finding — prevents damage to the heart and kidneys in rats with persistent ...
New fossil bird found
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 01, 2008 |
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Details of a fabulous new fossil bird from the world-famous fossil deposits of Liaoning in China, are published this week in the journal Science in China. Details of the bird's bone structure and feathers are ex ...
Spiraling nanotrees offer new twist on growth of nanowires
May 01, 2008 |
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Since scientists first learned to make nanowires, the nano-sized wires just a few millionths of a centimeter thick have taken many forms, including nanobelts, nanocoils and nanoflowers.
Scientists describe technique for extracting hierarchical structure of networks
May 01, 2008 |
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Networks -- used throughout the sciences in the study of biological, technological, and social complexity -- can often be too complex to visualize or understand.
Incubator electromagnetic fields alter newborns' heart rates
May 01, 2008 |
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The electromagnetic fields produced by incubators alter newborns’ heart rates, reveals a small study published ahead of print in the Fetal and Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease in Childhood.
'Dynamic duo' develops framework for Earth's inaccessible interior
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 01, 2008 |
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A new model of inner Earth constructed by Arizona State University researchers pulls past information and hypotheses into a coherent story to clarify mantle motion.
Dwarf cloud rat rediscovered after 112 years
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May 01, 2008 |
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A team of Filipino and American scientists have rediscovered a highly distinctive mammal -- a greater dwarf cloud rat -- that was last seen 112 years ago. Furthermore, it has never before been discovered in ...
Argonne supercomputer to simulate extreme physics of exploding stars
May 01, 2008 |
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Robert Fisher and Cal Jordan are among a team of scientists who will expend 22 million computational hours during the next year on one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, simulating an event that ...
Oxygen depletion: A new form of ocean habitat loss
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 01, 2008 |
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An international team of physical oceanographers including a researcher from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has discovered that oxygen-poor regions of tropical oceans are expanding as ...
Instant messaging -- a new language?
May 01, 2008 |
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For many adults over the age of 30, the former groupings of letters would seem incoherent, but for a newer generation of technologically-savvy young adults it can say a lot.
Arsenic found in infant rice cereal
May 01, 2008 |
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Researchers say one-third of infant rice cereal in Britain contains unsafe levels of arsenic.
