Without hot rock, much of North America would be underwater

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (44) | comments 1

A University of Utah study shows how various regions of North America are kept afloat by heat within Earth’s rocky crust, and how much of the continent would sink beneath sea level if not for heat that makes rock buoyant.


Radioactive iron, a window to the stars

Radioactive iron, a window to the stars

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (32) | comments 0

ESA’s orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral, has made a pioneering unequivocal discovery of radioactive iron-60 in our galaxy that provides powerful insight into the workings of massive stars that pervade ...


World's first X-ray free electron laser is on course to completion

World's first X-ray free electron laser is on course to completion

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 0

Argonne reached another milestone in the design and construction of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) undulator system.


Prehistoric equatorial penguins reached 5 feet in height

Prehistoric equatorial penguins reached 5 feet in height

Biology /

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Giant prehistoric penguins? In Peru? It sounds more like something out of Hollywood than science, but a researcher from North Carolina State University along with U.S., Peruvian and Argentine collaborators ...


Whites Underestmate The Costs Of Being Black, Study Finds

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (21) | comments 0

How much do white Americans think it “costs” to be black in our society, given the problems associated with racial bias and prejudice? The answer, it appears, is not much.


Report: Ideal breakfast has ham, cheese

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (19) | comments 0

A scientific study of British students' eating habits has found eating ham and cheese for breakfast can significantly improve cognitive functioning.


Samsung Mass Producing Industry's First 1.8-inch, 64GB Solid State Drive

Samsung Mass Producing Industry's First 1.8-inch, 64GB Solid State Drive

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun mass producing 1.8-inch solid state drives (SSD) at 64GB - the highest density SSD available today for mobile computing applications.


Spuds that like you -- in your summer salad

Chemistry /

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 0

It has long been known that eating potatoes is good for bowel health, but new research suggests that they may also have a beneficial effect on the whole immune system. Especially if eaten cold or in a potato salad, Anne Pichon ...


Improper consumption of acidic foods could lead to destroyed enamel

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Fruit, yogurt, citric and soft drinks, may seem like harmless snacks and beverages, but improper consumption and overuse may lead to devastating and permanent damage to teeth. It’s known as tooth erosion, the break down of ...


Dust on Mount Sopris

Study shows desert droughts lead to earlier annual mountain snow loss

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 0

A new study spearheaded by the University of Colorado at Boulder’s National Snow and Ice Data Center indicates wind-blown dust from drought-stricken and disturbed lands in the Southwest can shorten the duration ...


New Technology Takes the Worry Out of E-mail

Technology / Software

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

No need to fret about your firm's problems with e-mails and attachments thanks to Xapio, a new compliance company. Xapio is a University of Utah start-up founded by inventor and entrepreneur, Stefano Foresti.


Human-like altruism shown in chimpanzees

Biology /

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Debates about altruism are often based on the assumption that it is either unique to humans or else the human version differs from that of other animals in important ways. Thus, only humans are supposed to act on behalf of ...


Spinal X-ray

Scientists identify first gene linked to scoliosis

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Physicians have recognized scoliosis, the abnormal curvature of the spine, since the time of Hippocrates, but its causes have remained a mystery -- until now. For the first time, researchers have discovered ...


Astronomers predict the future health of unborn babies

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Astrophysicists at the University of Sussex are using their statistical expertise to help save the lives of unborn babies.


Commonly prescribed antidepressants associated with lower bone density in older men and women

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 25, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The class of antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be associated with an increased rate of bone loss in older men and women, according to two articles in the June 25 issue of Archives ...




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