500 days at Venus, and the surprises keep coming
Sep 03, 2007 |
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Venus Express has now orbited Earth’s twin for 500 Earth days, completing as many orbits. While the satellite maintains steady and excellent performance, the planet continues to surprise and amaze us.
Choosing a mate: what we really want
Sep 03, 2007 |
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While humans may pride themselves on being highly evolved, most still behave like the stereotypical Neanderthals when it comes to choosing a mate, according to research by Indiana University cognitive scientist Peter Todd. ...
Sexual Orientation Revealed by Body Type and Motion, Study Suggests
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 03, 2007 |
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An individual's body motion and body type can offer subtle cues about their sexual orientation, but casual observers seem better able to read those cues in gay men than in lesbians, according to a new study in the September ...
Stellar Firework in a Whirlwind
Sep 03, 2007 |
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Stars do not like to be alone. Indeed, most stars are members of a binary system, in which two stars circle around each other in an apparently never-ending cosmic ballet. But sometimes, things can go wrong.
Nanomagnetic sponges to clean precious works of art
Sep 03, 2007 |
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Chemists in Italy are reporting “a real breakthrough” in technology for cleaning and conserving priceless oil paintings, marble sculptures and other works of art in an article in the Aug. 14 issue of ACS’ ...
European Union OKs fusion project
Sep 03, 2007 |
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European scientists will build on U.S. military research to try to create laser-based nuclear fusion aimed at replacing fossil fuels, it was reported.
Cosmic Cockroaches
Sep 03, 2007 |
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Starved. Stomped. Radiated. Poisoned. It's all in a day's work for the common household cockroach. The abuse these creatures can withstand is amazing.
Undersea WiFi can be made faster, says researcher
Sep 03, 2007 |
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As the United States and Canada take their first step toward establishing a cabled ocean observatory, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher is trying to improve the speed of wireless underwater communication.
Studying evidence from Ice Age lakes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 03, 2007 |
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During the last Ice Age, the ice dammed enormous lakes in Russia. The drainage system was reversed several times and the rivers flowed southwards. A group of geologists is now investigating what took place when the ice melted ...
New viruses to treat bacterial diseases
Sep 03, 2007 |
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Viruses found in the River Cam in Cambridge, famous as a haunt of students in their punts on long, lazy summer days, could become the next generation of antibiotics, according to scientists speaking today at the Society for ...
Pressure sensors in the eye
Sep 03, 2007 |
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Sensors can monitor production processes, unmask tiny cracks in aircraft hulls, and determine the amount of laundry in a washing machine. In future, they will also be used in the human body and raise the alarm ...
Psychiatrists are the least religious of all physicians
Sep 03, 2007 |
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A nationwide survey of the religious beliefs and practices of American physicians has found that the least religious of all medical specialties is psychiatry. Among psychiatrists who have a religion, more than twice as many ...
New instrument covertly detects signals from illicit chemicals
Sep 03, 2007 |
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A new award-winning innovation developed at the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory can covertly detect chemical plumes at great distances and may help thwart future chemical or nuclear-based ...
Report: African, Asian, Latin American farm animals face extinction
Biology /
Sep 03, 2007 |
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With the world’s first global inventory of farm animals showing many breeds of African, Asian, and Latin American livestock at risk of extinction, scientists from the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research ...
Tiny carbon nanotubes show big germ-fighting potential
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 03, 2007 |
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In nanoscience’s version of a David-and-Goliath story, scientists in Connecticut are reporting the first direct evidence that carbon nanotubes have powerful antimicrobial activity, a discovery that could help fight the growing ...
