Melting Greenland ice sheets may threaten Northeast United States, Canada
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 27, 2009 |
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Melting of the Greenland ice sheet this century may drive more water than previously thought toward the already threatened coastlines of New York, Boston, Halifax, and other cities in the northeastern United ...
New Solar Cycle Prediction: Fewer Sunspots, But Not Necessarily Less Activity
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international panel of experts has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle, stating that Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots. Led by ...
New discovery could help feed millions (w/Video)
May 27, 2009 |
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When scientist Loretta Mayer set out to alleviate diseases associated with menopause, she didn't realize her work could lead to addressing world hunger and feeding hundreds of millions of people.
Evidence of macroscopic quantum tunneling detected in nanowires
May 27, 2009 |
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A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has demonstrated that, counter to classical Newtonian mechanics, an entire collection of superconducting electrons in an ultrathin superconducting wire is ...
Rethinking monogamy in Western Canada
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You hear it all the time, especially in debates concerning same-sex marriage and polygamy: The biggest threat to the social order is the breakdown of monogamous marriage.
XMM-Newton takes astronomers to a black hole's edge
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using new data from ESA's XMM-Newton spaceborne observatory, astronomers have probed closer than ever to a supermassive black hole lying deep at the core of a distant active galaxy.
Researchers set alarm for incoming space storms
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton has broken new ground in outer space by pinpointing the impact epicentre of an Earthbound space storm as it crashes into the ...
World first: Japanese scientists create transgenic monkeys
May 27, 2009 |
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In a controversial achievement, Japanese scientists announced on Wednesday they had created the world's first transgenic primates, breeding monkeys with a gene that made the animals' skin glow a fluorescent ...
Rare radio supernova in nearby galaxy is nearest supernova in five years
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The chance discovery last month of a rare radio supernova - an exploding star seen only at radio wavelengths and undetected by optical or X-ray telescopes - underscores the promise of new, ...
Silver nanoparticles show 'immense potential' in prevention of blood clots
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 27, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential new alternative to aspirin, ReoPro, and other anti-platelet agents used widely to prevent blood clots in coronary artery disease, heart attack and stroke. ...
May You Stay Forever Young
May 27, 2009 |
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Before plastic surgery and botox, an ancient culture had a different way of dealing with the quest for eternal youth. Why not simply live forever? In medieval China, third century B.C., people believed it ...
Male or female? Coloring provides gender cues
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 27, 2009 |
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Our brain is wired to identify gender based on facial cues and coloring, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vision. Psychology Professor Frédéric Gosselin and his Université de Mon ...
Lesson from the past for surviving climate change
May 27, 2009 |
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Research led by the University of Leicester suggests people today and in future generations should look to the past in order to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
Research suggests we are genetically programmed to care about climate change
May 27, 2009 |
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Humans may be programmed by evolution to care about the future of the environment, suggests research published today.
Lower gas prices beat lower greenhouse gases in online survey
May 27, 2009 |
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Asked to choose between lower gasoline prices and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline, 66 percent of Americans in a new online survey chose lower gas prices and the rest said that reducing the emissions that cause ...
