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Moon, Mars bright lights in the big sky

The moon and Mars -- not the stars -- emitted enough wattage Monday to providing night travelers by sleigh and by foot a lighted way to their destinations.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NSF-chartered Plane Crashes While Taking Off from Remote Antarctic Field Camp

A National Science Foundation (NSF)-chartered aircraft operating in Antarctica crashed shortly after take-off earlier this week while providing support to a group of researchers at a remote location on the ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Active mechanism locks in the size of a cell's nucleus

Cells know that size matters, especially when it comes to the nucleus. In the early 1900s, German scientists first proposed that the size of a nucleus is always proportional to the size of its cell. Now, more than a century ...

Biology /

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New method enables scientists to see smells

Animals and insects communicate through an invisible world of scents. By exploiting infrared technology, researchers at Rockefeller University just made that world visible. With the ability to see smells, these scientists ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (44) | comments 1

Study: Amino acid helps in copper binding

An amino acid has a huge role in the binding of copper, an essential metal for life, a study by U.S. university researchers showed.

Biology /

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Study: Fever may ease autism for a while

Anecdotes about fevers triggering "normal" behavior in autistic children now have a scientific study to back them, researchers in Baltimore report.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Old TVs bad landfill reception

When U.S. broadcasters switch to digital transmissions, millions of viewers will likely discard analog televisions creating a potential environmental disaster.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

World's only ultrafast electron microscope takes 4-D 'movies' of molecules

A unique electron microscope that can help create four-dimensional “movies” of molecules may hold the answers to research questions in a number of fields including chemistry, biology, and physics, according to an article ...

Chemistry /

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (38) | comments 0

Toward improved non-stick surfaces at the flip of a switch

Researchers in New Jersey report development of a new type of non-stick material whose ability to shed liquids like water from a duck’s back can be turned on or off simply by flipping an electrical switch.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (24) | comments 0

New report challenges idea that snuff is a 'safer' substitute for cigarettes

A 20-year review of scientific research on tobacco and cancer challenges the idea that moist snuff — increasingly popular in the United States — can be a safer substitute for cigarette smoking. The review, ...

Chemistry /

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Culinary shocker: Cooking can preserve, boost nutrient content of vegetables

In a finding that defies conventional culinary wisdom, researchers in Italy report that cooking vegetables can preserve or even boost their nutritional value in comparison to their raw counterparts, depending ...

Chemistry /

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (69) | comments 2

SmartGrow uses hair to grow food

A new product marketed as SmartGrow uses human hair imported from China and India to help people with their horticultural efforts.

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Where and why humans made skates out of animal bones

Archaeological evidence shows that bone skates (skates made of animal bones) are the oldest human powered means of transport, dating back to 3000 BC. Why people started skating on ice and where is not as clear, since ancient ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0


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