Greenland ice sheet larger contributor to sea-level rise
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2009 |
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The Greenland ice sheet is melting faster than expected according to a new study led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and published in the journal Hydrological Processes.
Report: Bush admin's gas leases too close to parks
Jun 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bush administration officials pushed aside the National Park Service and sought to lease public lands for drilling on the borders of Utah's most famous redrock parks during their final days in power, a special report ...
Using nanoparticles to increase the effiiciency of thin film solar cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Germany is one of the leading countries when it comes to efforts related to renewable energy sources. Therefore, it is no surprise that the Institute of Condensed Matter and Solid State Optics at Friedrich-Schiller-Universität ...
Iowa woman's photo sparks push for new cloud type
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Looking out the 11th floor window of her law office, Jane Wiggins did a double take and grabbed her camera. The dark, undulating clouds hovering outside were unlike anything she'd seen before.
A red-wine polyphenol demonstrates significant health benefits
Jun 12, 2009 |
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The benefits of alcohol are all about moderation. Low to moderate drinking - especially of red wine - appears to reduce all causes of mortality, while too much drinking causes multiple organ damage. A mini-review ...
Computing in the quantum dimension
Jun 12, 2009 |
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A huge consortium of European researchers is solving some of the fundamental obstacles blocking real quantum computing applications in the short term. At the same time, it is helping to pave the way to a quantum ...
Research team creates simple chemical system that mimics DNA
Jun 12, 2009 |
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A team of Scripps Research scientists has created a new analog to DNA that assembles and disassembles itself without the need for enzymes. Because the new system comprises components that might reasonably be expected in a ...
Economic downturn will have severe, far-reaching effects on global health
Jun 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The health of millions of people worldwide is at risk as a result of the financial crisis, says Dr Andrew Robertson, in an editorial published online in Emerging Health Threats Journal.
Promising device snags young inventors coveted spot at IShow
Jun 12, 2009 |
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The IShow is for young inventors what "American Idol" is for young performers, and a pair of local researchers has won a coveted spot in the IShow finale in Palm Desert, Calif., this weekend.
Hawaiian Islands named habitat for endangered seal
Jun 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The federal government on Friday will significantly expand the critical habitat for endangered Hawaiian monk seals to include beaches and waters of the main Hawaiian Islands, officials said.
Laptops Linked to Male Infertility
Jun 12, 2009 |
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While fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, behavior patterns they establish early on may impact their ability to become a dad later in life. Excessive laptop use tops this list of liabilities, ...
Newly discovered snow roots are 'evolutionary phenomenon'
Jun 12, 2009 |
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It may not be the Yeti, but in a remote region of the Russian mountains a previously unknown and entirely unique form of plant root has been discovered. Lead Scientist Professor Hans Cornelissen and his Russian-Dutch team ...
Hear! Hear! Texas wines fight cancer growth
Jun 12, 2009 |
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It's happy hour for Texas wineries. Research now shows that wines produced in the Lone Star State share the anti-cancer traits known to exist in wines from other producing regions.
Professor Interrupted: Gender Differences in High Level Engineering, Science and Math Institutions
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 12, 2009 |
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A soon to be released exhaustive study entitled "Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty (2009)" published by The National Academies Press finds improvements ...
Fingerprints do not improve grip friction
Jun 12, 2009 |
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Fingerprints mark us out as individuals and leave telltale signs of our presence on every object that we touch, but what are fingerprints really for? According to Roland Ennos, from the University of Manchester, ...
