Texas School Standards: Age of the Universe Erased
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The fight over the new education and curriculum standards for the public schools in Texas has been long and publicized. Most of the publicity, though, focuses on the school board's focus on ...
Cheap, efficient white light LEDs new design
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used to light homes, businesses, and other private and public spaces. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents ...
Carbon Nanotubes Toughen a Common Plastic
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel has discovered that adding carbon nanotubes to a widely used commercial plastic can greatly strengthen it. Their work is one ...
Tiny super-plant can clean up animal waste, be used for ethanol production
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that a tiny aquatic plant can be used to clean up animal waste at industrial hog farms and potentially be part of the answer for the global energy ...
Can PUMA Really Transform Urban Transportation?
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With a June 1 deadline for settling its differences with creditors and unions looming for GM, the American automaker unveiled a joint project with Segway.
Nanofarming technology harvest biofuel oils without harming algae
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Algae is widely touted as the next best source for fueling the world's energy needs. But one of the greatest challenges in creating biofuels from algae is that when you extract the oil from the algae, it kills ...
Cool Stars Have Different Mix of Life-Forming Chemicals
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Life on Earth is thought to have arisen from a hot soup of chemicals. Does this same soup exist on planets around other stars? A new study from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope hints that planets ...
Scientists Discover Pentagonal Ice
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a five-sided ice chain structure that could be used to modify future weather patterns.
Researchers shine light on compact fluorescent bulb problems
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Long touted as an energy-saving alternative for home lighting, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) now have the potential to be even more efficient, as well as dimmable, thanks to research at Queen's University.
Dramatically backlit dust in giant galaxy
Apr 07, 2009 |
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A new Hubble image highlights striking swirling dust lanes and glittering globular clusters in oddball galaxy NGC 7049.
Wall Street rocket scientists crash to Earth
Apr 07, 2009 |
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There's a reason Wall Street resembles a rocket experiment gone wrong: rocket scientists helped make it happen.
How space eruptions happen
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mathematicians at the University of St Andrews have made a discovery which could lead to a better understanding of why huge eruptions occur in space.
A woman's nose knows body odor
Apr 07, 2009 |
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It may be wise to trust the female nose when it comes to body odor. According to new research from the Monell Center, it is more difficult to mask underarm odor when women are doing the smelling.
From three to four: a quantum leap in few-body physics
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Scientists from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, led by Rudolf Grimm offer new insights into the extremely complex few-body problem. For the first time, the quantum physicists provide evidence of universal ...
For ADHD, It's Better to Teach Skills Than Prescribe Pills, Meta-Analysis Shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Behavior treatment works as well as drugs for children with ADHD and bypasses the risk of medication's side effects, a meta-analysis of 174 studies on ADHD treatment conducted at the University ...
