The future of solar-powered houses is clear
Apr 10, 2008 |
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The future of solar-powered houses is clear. People could live in glass houses and look at the world through rose-tinted windows while reducing their carbon emissions by 50 percent thanks to QUT Institute ...
Attending religious services predictive of fidelity
Apr 10, 2008 |
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A new study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family reveals that attendance at religious services predicts marital fidelity.
How strong is a hurricane? Just listen
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Knowing how powerful a hurricane is, before it hits land, can help to save lives or to avoid the enormous costs of an unnecessary evacuation. Some MIT researchers think there may be a better, cheaper way of getting that crucial ...
Share fragrances via your cell phone
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Since 2005, people in Japan have been making their homes smell nice with fragrance-emitting silver devices, which emit a variety of smells for different moods. Currently, people must control the fragrances ...
Wine may protect against dementia
Apr 10, 2008 |
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There may be constituents in wine that protect against dementia. This is shown in research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
NASA starts new science Web site
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2008 |
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The U.S. space agency announced the start of a new Web site designed to provide information about its scientific endeavors and achievements.
Flowers' fragrance diminished by air pollution, study indicates
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Air pollution from power plants and automobiles is destroying the fragrance of flowers and thereby inhibiting the ability of pollinating insects to follow scent trails to their source, a new University of Virginia study indicates. ...
Beekeepers call for pesticide ban
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Environmentalists have joined Italian beekeepers in calling for a ban on the use of neonicotinoids after more than 40,000 bees died in recent months.
Advocacy group demands textbook revision
Apr 10, 2008 |
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A U.S. advocacy group said it's upset over statements downplaying global warming that are included in a high school textbook.
Researchers classify Web searches
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Although millions of people use Web search engines, researchers show that – by using relatively simple methods – most queries submitted can be classified into one of three categories.
Blood vessels: The pied piper for growing nerve cells
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that blood vessels in the head can guide growing facial nerve cells with blood pressure controlling proteins. The findings, which suggest that blood vessels throughout the body ...
Researchers discover 'modus operandi' of heart muscle protein
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a protein called leiomodin (Lmod) promotes the assembly of an important heart muscle protein called actin. What’s more, Lmod directs the ...
Just 20 minutes of weekly housework boosts mental health
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Just 20 minutes of any physical activity, including housework, in a week is enough to boost mental health, reveals a large study published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Researchers find mass media campaigns useful
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Two University of Kentucky researchers from the department of communication in the UK College of Communications and Information Studies have learned that targeted mass media campaigns alone can be effective in convincing ...
Life in the FastLane: Economist finds E-ZPass program hides tax hikes
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Eighteen months of road trips between Boston and New York and one Eureka moment inspired MIT economist Amy Finkelstein to study the hidden cost of E-ZPass, the popular electronic toll collection system that ...
