Climate Change Seeps into the Sea
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Good news has turned out to be bad. The ocean has helped slow global warming by absorbing much of the excess heat and heat-trapping carbon dioxide that has been going into the atmosphere since ...
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Scientists develop high-performance steel for possible use in ITER fusion project
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the U.S. ITER Project Office, which is housed at ORNL, have developed a new cast stainless steel that is 70 percent stronger than comparable ...
The slow-spin zone at the core of the sun
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The dense, hot, radioactive core of the Sun rotates significantly more slowly than the layer next to it, the radiative zone, a Stanford solar physicist has concluded.
Progress Toward New Storage Media: Switchable Nanostripes
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In this information age, increased storage capacity is a central challenge for science and technology. A team of German and Italian researchers has pursued this by exploring the concept of ...
Cold virus found to manipulate genes
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Sneezing, runny nose and chills? You might blame the human rhinovirus (HRV), which causes 30 to 50 percent of common colds. But in reality, it's not the virus itself but HRV's ability to manipulate your genes that is the ...
Hit all green lights with new Audi gadget
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you drive down the same roads every day, you probably know the patterns of familiar stop lights - how long they take to turn green, or when the green arrow will appear. For light-conscious ...
Genome-wide study uncovers an increase of genetic distances towards Northern Europe
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A recent study shows that genetic differences in Central Europe appear smaller than between and even within North European populations.
Tiny juvenile dinosaur fossil sheds light on evolution of plant eaters
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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One of the smallest dinosaur skulls ever discovered has been identified and described by a team of scientists from London, Cambridge and Chicago. The skull would have been only 45 millimeters (less than two ...
They are rich who have true friends - mates are key to happiness, new research shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When friends meet, hearts warm, according to the old proverb — and new research from The University of Nottingham backs this up.
Phony friends? Rejected people better able to spot fake smiles
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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"There are hundreds of languages in the world, but a smile speaks them all." It's true too—next time you are lost in a foreign country, just flash a smile and the locals will be happy to help you find your way. An honest ...
Even mild sleep apnea increases cardiovascular risk
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People with even minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease because of impaired endothelial function and increased arterial stiffness, according to a study from ...
Oceans may provide clues to future rainfall
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Changes in the salinity of our oceans are being brought about by man's influence on our climate, suggests new research conducted by the Met Office Hadley Centre and the Walker Institute for Climate System ...
University of Western Ontario cameras capture 'fireball'
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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For the second time this year, The University of Western Ontario Meteor Group has captured incredibly rare video footage of a meteor falling to Earth. The team of astronomers suspects the fireball dropped meteorites in a ...
Development puts an end to the evolution of endless forms
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Researchers have put forward a simple model of development and gene regulation that is capable of explaining patterns observed in the distribution of morphologies and body plans (or, more generally, phenotypes). The study, ...
Ice-cream better licked than spooned says food expert
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Does ice-cream actually taste better when it is licked from a cone than when eaten from a spoon?
