'Roof of the world' tells tale of colliding continents, Earth's interior
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Geologists have learned that the height of the Tibetan Plateau, a vast, elevated region of central Asia sometimes called "the roof of the world," has remained remarkably constant for at least 35 million years.
NJIT chemists cook up new strain of carbon nanotubes
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Kitchen chemistry is alive and well at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) as chemical researchers report cooking up a new and more water- soluble strain of carbon nanotubes. An article about this work, "Rapidly Functionalized, ...
Disks encircling hypergiant stars may spawn planets in inhospitable environment
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The discovery of dusty disks--the building blocks of planets--around two of the most massive stars known suggests that planets might form and survive in surprisingly hostile environments.
Exotic crab poised for widespread UK invasion
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An exotic type of crab is spreading at an alarming rate throughout Britain’s coast and rivers, a new study suggests. The Chinese mitten crab, brought to Britain during the last century in ships’ ballast water, ...
New technology developed for more compact, inexpensive spectrometers
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Being the delicate optical instruments that they are, spectrometers are pretty picky about light. But Georgia Tech researchers have developed a technology to help spectrometers -- instruments that can be used ...
The Web: Comparing doctors' costs online
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Comparing the costs of different doctors -- and procedures -- can be a time-consuming affair. But a new project launched in recent months by the administration of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is using the Internet to provide a one-stop ...
Physics in the Game: When a Goal is Scored as if by Magic
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Miracles happen over and over again. Even in the sport which the Germans love the most – soccer. But when the ball flies in a curve and hits the goal it has nothing to do with magic powers. Here it is rather a question of ...
Math could predict Oscar award winners
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has published the 2005 nominees for its prestigious Oscar film awards. The list has attracted criticism with regards to absent names as well as rampant speculation ...
Declining Snowpack in Rockies Cools CO2, Slows Gas Release from Winter Forest Soils
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A decrease in Rocky Mountain snowfall has slowed the release of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas from forest soils into the atmosphere during the dead of winter, according to results of a new study.
Evangelical leaders fight global warming
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A group of 86 evangelical Christian leaders are reportedly supporting a major initiative to fight global warming.
NASA lists Challenges Program rules
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NASA's Centennial Challenges Program officials Wednesday released draft rules for six new prize competitions, including spacesuit and vehicle challenges.
Scientists study how sperm get into an egg
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Scientists from Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland say they've identified a key component of the mechanism spermatozoa use to enter an egg.
'Two-mouthed' trout caused by injury
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Clarence Olberding of Lincoln, Neb., believed he had caught a new type of trout -- one with two mouths.
New York colleges propose stem cell fund
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Leaders of New York's major research universities and institutions are urging state lawmakers quickly establish a fund to support stem cell research.
Sex: It's costly but worth it. Just ask a microbe
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The next time you mutter about the high cost of relationship maintenance, take comfort in knowing that microbes share your pain. In the first study to examine the cost of sexuality in microbes, Jianping Xu, associate professor ...
