Archive: 12/12/2008
'Impossible' Molecular Chain Reaction on Metal is Demonstrated
People said it couldn't be done, but researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) in Pittsburgh demonstrated a molecular chain reaction on a ...
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Study Finds Beaked Whales' Tusks Evolved Through Sexual Selection Process
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, scientists have wondered why only males of the rarely seen family of beaked whales have “tusks,” since they are squid-eaters and in many of the species, these elaborately modified ...
Biology /
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Stanford researchers predict heat waves and crop losses in California
(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming will likely put enormous strain on California's water supply and energy systems and have a devastating impact on certain crops.
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Defensive protein killed ancient primate retroviruses, research suggests
(PhysOrg.com) -- Retroviruses are the worst sort of guest. Over eons, these molecular parasites have insinuated themselves into their hosts’ DNA and caused a ruckus. The poor hosts can’t even be rid of the intruders by killing ...
Biology /
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Mars Orbiter Completes First Phase of Science Mission
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed its primary, two-year science phase. The spacecraft has found signs of a complex Martian history of climate change that produced a diversity ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Virtual organisations become a reality
(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed a suite of tools that make it simple, safe and secure to deploy grid computer systems across corporations and throughout the supply chain. The work means ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Weight room may hold key to easing back pain
People who use weight training to ease their lower back pain are better off than those who choose other forms of exercise such as jogging, according to a University of Alberta study.
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Breakthrough experiment on high-temperature superconductors
(PhysOrg.com) -- New information about the metallic state from which high temperature superconductivity emerges, has been revealed in an innovative experiment performed at the University of Bristol.
Dec 12, 2008 |
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A Perfect Female Companion: Project Aiko
(PhysOrg.com) -- Aiko is a humanoid robot with a built in Biometric Artificial Intelligence Neural System (Brain) designed by Le Trung in Canada. Aiko is slightly less than 5-feet high with 32.24-inch bust, ...
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Researcher finds correlation between childhood obesity and asthma
A Kansas State University graduate student has found a correlation between childhood obesity and asthma. Sara Rosenkranz, doctoral student in human nutrition, Manhattan, conducted research that found that healthy children ...
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Study reveals clues to how we forget over short-term
Even though forgetting is such a common occurrence, scientists have not reached a consensus as to how it happens. One theory is that information simply decays from our memory—we forget things because too much time has passed. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Climate-change set-back for acidified rivers
Climate change is hampering the long-term recovery of rivers from the effects of acid rain, as wet weather counteracts improvements, according to a new study by Cardiff University.
Dec 12, 2008 |
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What if dark matter particles aren't WIMPs?
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, many physicists have accepted that dark matter is composed of weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs). The fact that WIMPs can naturally explain the amount of dark matter in the universe – ...
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Flame retardants prove ineffective on fresh-cut Christmas trees
This Christmas season, think twice about spending money on a commercial flame retardant for your Christmas tree. The good, old-fashioned method—keeping your tree in a container of fresh water—is probably all you need to keep ...
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Dec 12, 2008 |
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Dwarf crocodiles split into three species
You'd think that if scientists were to discover a new species, it would be in some remote, uncharted tropical forest, not a laboratory in New York. But a team from the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics ...
Biology /
Dec 12, 2008 |
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