Archive: 07/23/2008
Paying to save tropical forests could be a way to reduce global carbon emissions
Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests.
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Scientists suspect omega-3 fatty acids could slow acute wound healing
A recent study shows that popular fish oil supplements have an effect on the healing process of small, acute wounds in human skin. But whether that effect is detrimental, as researchers initially suspected, remains a mystery.
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NIST Trumps the Clumps: Making Biologic Drugs Safer
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a technique to measure the formation of clumps of proteins in protein-based pharmaceuticals. This first systematic study clarifies ...
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Historian predicts the end of 'science superpowers'
Is the sun beginning to set on America's scientific dominance? Much like the scientific superpowers of France, Germany and Britain in centuries' past, the United States has a diminishing lead over other nations in financial ...
Jul 23, 2008 |
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New life given to ancient Egyptian texts stored at Stanford for decades
They're torn and faded and have the woven texture of a flattened Triscuit. At first glance, the ancient Egyptian texts look like scraps of garbage. And more than 2,000 years ago, that's exactly what they were—discarded ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 23, 2008 |
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As Farmers' Markets Grow, So Should Management, Indicates OSU Study
Farmers' markets are rapidly growing in number in Oregon and throughout the United States and a key to their potential success can be found in how they approach growth and management, according to new research at Oregon State ...
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Phoenix Completes Longest Work Shift
(PhysOrg.com) -- Phoenix early Tuesday finished its longest work shift of the mission. The lander stayed awake for 33 hours, completing tasks that included rasping and scraping by the robotic arm, in addition ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Struggling generations: Bankruptcies among seniors soaring
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rates of personal bankruptcies have declined among young people while soaring among older Americans, a new study shows.
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Ancient Galactic Magnetic Fields Stronger than Expected
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mining the far reaches of the universe for clues about its past, a team of scientists including Philipp Kronberg of Los Alamos National Laboratory has proposed that magnetic fields of ancient galaxies like ...
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Slippery Customer: A Greener Antiwear Additive for Engine Oils
(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil, thanks to work by materials ...
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Graphics processing installation to boost Argonne's Blue Gene/P visualization capabilities
(PhysOrg.com) -- The IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, will soon have the data analytics ...
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Polarizing filter allows astronomers to see disks surrounding black holes
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, a team of international researchers has found a way to view the accretion disks surrounding black holes and verify that their true electromagnetic spectra match what astronomers ...
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Study shows parasites outweigh predators
In a study of free-living and parasitic species in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California, a team of researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, the United ...
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Jul 23, 2008 |
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Scientists uncover the key to predicting the price of a show-jumper
(PhysOrg.com) -- The higher a horse can tuck up its front legs the higher its price on the international market, scientists at Newcastle University have revealed.
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Category 2 Hurricane Dolly Crosses South Padre Island, Texas
At 12:00 p.m. CDT (1:00 p.m. EDT) Dolly's eye was located near latitude 26.2 north and longitude 97.0 west or about 35 miles northeast of Brownsville, Texas, and she was crossing South Padre Island.
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