Collapse of the ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf appears imminent
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of partly breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula as the ice bridge that connects it to Charcot and Latady Islands looks set to collapse. The beginning ...
Mass Extinctions, Ancient Viruses May Hold Clues to Life’s Origins
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mass extinctions occur repeatedly, though irregularly, throughout Earth’s history, and occasionally these extinctions have been devastating to life on our planet - or have they? Extinction ...
A young pulsar shows its hand
Apr 03, 2009 |
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A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. At the center of this image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very ...
Researcher finds optimal fix-free codes
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 50 years after David Huffman developed Huffman coding, an entropy encoding algorithm used for lossless data compression in computer science and information theory, an electrical ...
Researcher Develops Process for Making 'Unbreakable' Glass
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Wine glasses that don’t shatter? Baby bottles that don’t break? Coffee mugs that last generations? All are possible with a new process for strengthening glass and ceramics developed by an Alfred University researcher.
Beating the back-up blues
Apr 03, 2009 |
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That sinking feeling when your hard disk starts screeching and you haven't backed up your holiday photos is a step closer to becoming a thing of the past thanks to research into a new kind of computer memory.
Atlantic dynamo turned up the heat over Medieval Europe
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the April 3rd edition of Science a collaborative group of scientists from Switzerland, California and the UK report that medieval climate over Europe was heated by the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). ...
World-first high blood pressure treatment trialled in Melbourne
Apr 03, 2009 |
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A world-first breakthrough to treat high blood pressure has been successfully trialled in Melbourne.
How You Feel the World Impacts How You See It
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 03, 2009 |
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In the classic waterfall illusion, if you stare at the downward motion of a waterfall for some period of time, stationary objects -- like rocks -- appear to drift upward. MIT neuroscientists have found that ...
Nicotine may have more profound impact than previously thought
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Nicotine isn't just addictive. It may also interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body, new Brown University research suggests.
Dissecting a stellar explosion
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion, ...
Bent tectonics: How Hawaii was bumped off
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 03, 2009 |
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More than 80 undersea volcanoes and a multitude of islands are dotted along the Hawaii-Emperor seamount chain like pearls on a necklace. A sharp bend in the middle is the only blemish. The long-standing explanation for this ...
CDC: Rocket fuel chemical found in baby formula
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what's considered a safe dose for adults if mixed with water also contaminated with the ingredient, a government ...
'Fuzzy logic' reveals cells' inner workings
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Living cells are bombarded with messages from the outside world -- hormones and other chemicals tell them to grow, migrate, die or do nothing. Inside the cell, complex signaling networks interpret these cues ...
NASA's beleaguered watchdog steps aside
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two weeks after three senators called for his ouster, the beleaguered NASA inspector general who came under fire from two watchdog agencies gave notice.
