New detector can 'see' single neutrons over broad range
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have developed a new optical method that can detect individual neutrons and record them over a range ...
Domestication of the donkey
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 10, 2008 |
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An international group of researchers has found evidence for the earliest transport use of the donkey and the early phases of donkey domestication, suggesting the process of domestication may have been slower and less linear ...
Meaningful monkey calls
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Mar 10, 2008 |
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Researchers have made what they say is the first experimental demonstration that a primate other than humans conveys meaning by combining distinct alarm calls in particular ways. The study appears in the March 11th issue ...
Laser treatment transforms MDF producing startling image of rare wood grains
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have devised a way of using a laser that transforms MDF giving it a surface finish that looks like some of the most expensive wood grains.
A fossilized giant rhino bone questions the isolation of Anatolia, 25 million years ago
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Contrary to generally accepted belief, Anatolia was not geographically isolated 25 million years ago (during the Oligocene epoch): this has just been demonstrated by researchers from the Laboratoire des Mécanismes et Transferts ...
Researchers Find Aquaculture Promising Method to Grow Black Sea Bass
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Mar 10, 2008 |
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Black sea bass is an important recreational and commercial fishery along the Atlantic coast of the US, but landings have decreased in recent decades as the demand for this tasty fish in seafood and sushi markets ...
Funding cuts jeopardize cleanup of nuclear waste sites
Mar 10, 2008 |
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The Federal Government may need at least 20 years longer than previously planned — and an additional $50 billion — to clean up radioactive and hazardous wastes at nuclear weapons sites, according to an article scheduled for ...
Antarctica's coldest, darkest season draws MSU researchers
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2008 |
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John Priscu normally works in Antarctica during its warmest and longest days. He usually shares the continent with scientists from all over the world. This year is different.
Are existing large-scale simulations of water dynamics wrong?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2008 |
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Soils are complicated porous media that are highly relevant for the sustainable use of water resources. Not only the essential basis for agriculture, soils also act as a filter for clean drinking water, and, depending on ...
Health problems in Persian Gulf War veterans higher due to chemical exposure
Mar 10, 2008 |
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A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows there is increasing evidence that high rates of illness in Persian Gulf War Veterans can be explained, in part, by exposure to certain ...
Residential oil boilers raise health concerns for Northeastern U.S.
Mar 10, 2008 |
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New research suggests that residential oil boilers, commonly used for home heating in the northeastern United States, should receive more attention as sources of air pollutants. The study — the first to identify ...
Marine bacteria's mealtime dash is a swimming success
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Mar 10, 2008 |
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Goldfish in an aquarium are able to dash after food flakes at mealtime, reaching them before they sink or are eaten by other fish. Researchers at MIT recently proved that marine bacteria, the smallest creatures ...
Handheld DNA detector
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 10, 2008 |
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A researcher at the National University at San Diego has taken a mathematical approach to a biological problem - how to design a portable DNA detector. Writing in the International Journal of Nanotechnology, he describes a math ...
NASA ponders future without shuttles
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 10, 2008 |
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U.S. space officials are concerned NASA will have to rely on other countries to carry astronauts into space after its three space shuttles are retired.
Low levels of PYY hormone a very early indicator of type 2 diabetes
Mar 10, 2008 |
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It may soon be possible to take a simple blood test and predict whether or not someone has low levels of a particular molecule, predisposing them to the development of Type 2 diabetes. If the test is positive, it may then ...
