Earth has warmed 0.4 C in 30 years
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Half of the globe has warmed at least one half of one degree Fahrenheit (0.3 C) in the past 30 years, while half of that -- a full quarter of the globe -- warmed at least one full degree Fahrenheit ...
Device could filter cancer cells from blood
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new tactic in the fight against cancer, Cornell researcher Michael King has developed what he calls a lethal "lint brush" for the blood -- a tiny, implantable device that captures and ...
Astronomers use ultra-sensitive camera to measure size of planet orbiting star
Dec 11, 2008 |
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A team of astronomers led by John Johnson of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy has used a new technique to measure the precise size of a planet around a distant star. They used a camera so ...
Strategic video game improves critical cognitive skills in older adults
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 11, 2008 |
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A desire to rule the world may be a good thing if you're over 60 and worried about losing your mental faculties. A new study found that adults in their 60s and 70s can improve a number of cognitive functions by playing a ...
Bacteria detoxify deadly seawater
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some marine bacteria produce hydrogen sulphide, which is toxic to animals. Scientists have now discovered that bacteria also protect marine animals from this toxic gas. A bacterial bloom detoxified ...
The Incredible Journey of the James Webb Space Telescope
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 11, 2008 |
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The James Webb Space Telescope, targeted for launch in 2013, is already taking an incredible journey right here on Earth. It's zigzagging up, down, and across the US to be "spit and polished" to perfection ...
Orangutan's spontaneous whistling opens new chapter in study of evolution of speech
Biology /
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan's spontaneous whistling is providing scientists at Great Ape Trust of Iowa new ...
Flapping wing vehicle improves on the a helicopter
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the days of Leonardo da Vinci people have tried to build machines that fly with flapping wings like a bird or an insect. Even in the jet age the idea remains attractive because such ...
Researchers explain mystery of gravity fingers
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT recently found an elegant solution to a sticky scientific problem in basic fluid mechanics: why water doesn't soak into soil at an even rate, but instead forms what look ...
Bit of bling adds new dimension to laser beam technology
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- No longer just an expensive ornament, diamonds are now of a sufficient size and quality to attract the eye of a team of physicists at Macquarie University, who are using them to develop a ...
Exercise suppresses appetite by affecting appetite hormones
Dec 11, 2008 |
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A vigorous 60-minute workout on a treadmill affects the release of two key appetite hormones, ghrelin and peptide YY, while 90 minutes of weight lifting affects the level of only ghrelin, according to a new study. Taken together, ...
Boy or girl? It's in the father's genes
Biology /
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Newcastle University study involving thousands of families is helping prospective parents work out whether they are likely to have sons or daughters.
Researcher nabs 'doubly magic' tin isotope
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With help from newly developed equipment designed and built at Michigan State University, MSU researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei, one ...
Key to regulation of puberty discovered
Dec 11, 2008 |
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A team of scientists from the University of Cambridge and the University of Cukurova in Turkey have taken a major step to understanding how the brain controls the onset of puberty.
Climate Change Alters Ocean Chemistry
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that the ocean's chemical makeup is less stable and more greatly affected by climate change than previously believed. The researchers report in the December 12, 2008 issue of Science that d ...
