Unprecedented use of DDT concerns experts
May 04, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (53) |
6
A panel of experts and citizens convened to review recent studies on the link between DDT and human health expressed concern that the current practice of spraying the pesticide indoors to fight malaria is leading to unprecedented ...
China triples wind power capacity goal: report
May 04, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (23) |
9
China has more than tripled its target for wind power capacity to 100 gigawatts by 2020, likely making it the world's fastest growing market for wind energy technology, state press said.
Geoscientist offers new evidence that meteorite did not wipe out dinosaurs
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 04, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (21) |
28
A Princeton University geoscientist who has stirred controversy with her studies challenging a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs has compiled powerful new evidence asserting her position.
US supports reducing climate-warming gases
May 04, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (18) |
4
(AP) -- The Obama administration called hydrofluorocarbons widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners "a very significant" threat to climate change Monday, and expressed a preference for drastically ...
Scientists finding sink holes in Great Lakes
May 04, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (14) |
2
Scientists studying submerged sinkholes in the Great Lakes off the coast of northern Michigan have stumbled onto something they never expected to find: life forms akin to those found in some of Earth's most extreme environments.
Fermi telescope explores high-energy 'space invaders'
May 04, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (12) |
6
(Physorg.com) -- Since its launch last June, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a new class of pulsars, probed gamma-ray bursts and watched flaring jets in galaxies billions of light-years ...
Fossil magnetism helps prove mass extinction theory
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 04, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (12) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Were major extinction events real biological catastrophes or were they merely the result of gaps in the fossil record? Research by a team of geologists from the Universities of Bristol, Plymouth, ...
Nano-sandwich Triggers Novel Electron Behavior
May 04, 2009 |
3.9 / 5 (14) |
4
(PhysOrg.com) -- A material just six atoms thick in which electrons appear to be guided by conflicting laws of physics depending on their direction of travel has been discovered by a team of physicists at the University of ...
Scientists learn why the flu may turn deadly
May 04, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (10) |
2
As the swine flu continues its global spread, researchers from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have discovered important clues about why influenza is more severe in some people than it is in others. ...
Stretchable Nanotube Films May Advance Medical Electronics (Update)
May 04, 2009 |
3.6 / 5 (10) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the issues hindering the development of medical electronic devices capable of being implanted in the human body is the lack of suitable materials. Most semiconducting materials are ...
World gets to put Windows 7 software to the test
May 04, 2009 |
1.9 / 5 (17) |
8
A nearly-final version of Windows 7 is making its world debut, giving people a chance to tell Microsoft what they love or hate about the new-generation operating system.
Research gives clues for self-cleaning materials, water-striding robots
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 04, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (7) |
0
Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University ...
Study Finds that Styrofoam Increases Biodiesel Power Output
May 04, 2009 |
2.7 / 5 (11) |
9
(PhysOrg.com) -- By dissolving polystyrene packing peanuts in biodiesel, scientists have found that they can boost the power output of the fuel while getting rid of garbage at the same time.
eBay has unexpected, chilling effect on looting of antiquities, archaeologist finds
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 04, 2009 |
5 / 5 (6) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Having worked for 25 years at fragile archaeological sites in Peru, UCLA archaeologist Charles "Chip" Stanish held his breath when the online auction house eBay launched more than a decade ...
Birds of a feather: Study finds particles, molecules prefer not to mix
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 04, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (6) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the world of small things, shape, order and orientation are surprisingly important, according to findings from a new study by chemists at Washington University in St. Louis.
