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Trying to spot differences in the sun
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2009 |
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The sun is the focus of a deepening mystery. Solar scientists want to know: Why is the sun so quiet?
Wind + water = untapped energy: An abundance of power exists above Earth's oceans, study finds
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (56) |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Wind energy over the planet's oceans is a vastly underutilized renewable resource, according to UC Irvine researchers.
Mummified dinosaur skin yields up new secrets
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 01, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (15) |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from The University of Manchester have identified preserved organic molecules in the skin of a dinosaur that died around 66-million years ago.
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People sometimes seek the truth, but most prefer like-minded views
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 01, 2009 |
4.2 / 5 (13) |
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Bad medicine: Health care can cause harm when focus is on providing services instead of improving health
Medicine & Health / Health
Jul 01, 2009 |
5 / 5 (4) |
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Fermilab's CDF observes Omega-sub-b baryon
Physics / General Physics
Jun 29, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (17) |
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Hi-tech 'Trojan horse' can kill cancer cells: researchers
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 29, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (12) |
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The problem with self-help books: Study shows the negative side to positive self-statements
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 02, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (12) |
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Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits,
Jul 03, 2009 |
4.4 / 5 (17) |
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'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal,
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart,
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Could Maxwell's Demon Exist in Nanoscale Systems?,
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Living Safely with Robots, Beyond Asimov's Laws,
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Geological landforms indicate 'recent' warm weather on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research led by a UK scientist indicates that Mars had significantly warmer weather in its recent past than previously thought. The research, funded by the UK’s Science and Technology ...
New insights, and a new angle, on high-temperature superconductivity
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Princeton-led research team has revealed surprising information about how electron behavior influences the conduction of electricity in a class of high-temperature superconductors. An increased ...
Global warming tactic cools climate but won’t help corals, say researchers
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 03, 2009 |
3 / 5 (6) |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Geoengineering” experiments proposed to reduce global warming by blocking sunlight with atmosphere-injected particles may cool the world but still leave carbon dioxide levels dangerously high, Stanford scientists ...
The art of invisibility and the perfect cat's eye
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In recent years scientists have explored the impossible by developing invisibility or 'cloaking' devices, but can the same technology also help make things more visible?
FDA panel: Lower maximum daily dose of Tylenol
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 30, 2009 |
1.5 / 5 (2) |
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(AP) -- Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating prescription drugs such as Vicodin ...
Plants Save the Earth from an Icy Doom (w/ Podcast)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fifty million years ago, the North and South Poles were ice-free and crocodiles roamed the Arctic. Since then, a long-term decrease in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has cooled the Earth. ...
OJ worse for teeth than whitening, researchers say
Jun 30, 2009 |
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With the increasing popularity of whitening one's teeth, researchers at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, set out to learn if there are negative effects on the tooth ...
Anti-biotech groups obstruct forest biotechnology
Jun 30, 2009 |
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The potential of forest biotechnology to help address significant social and environmental issues is being "strangled at birth" by the rigid opposition of some groups and regulations that effectively preclude ...
Both good/bad movie characters who smoke influence teens to do the same
Jul 01, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. The study, published in the July 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics, is tit ...
EU satnav project ill-conceived: auditors court
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2009 |
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The EU's much delayed satellite navigation network project Galileo has been ill-prepared and badly managed, the European Court of Auditors charged Monday.
Printable batteries
Jul 02, 2009 |
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For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through ...
Japan may add noise to quiet hybrid cars for safety
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Japan's near-silent hybrid cars have been called dangerous by the vision-impaired and some users, prompting a government review on whether to add a noise-making device, according to an official.
Not space junk yet: Mars rovers carry on despite age, ailments
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2009 |
5 / 5 (13) |
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In one of the most remarkable engineering feats of our time, the aging Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still taking orders and sending home pictures more than five years after they were supposed to ...
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Liberal? Conservative? Stanford study says mental nudge can make voters flip-flop
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
3.8 / 5 (6) |
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TV remotes to undergo big change
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Zooming in to catch the bad guys
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Super-sleepers could help super-sizers!
Biology / Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Study: H1N1 flu virus ill-suited for rapid transmission, but new strain bears watching, could mutate
Medicine & Health / Diseases
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Toyota technology has brain waves move wheelchair
Technology / Engineering
Jun 29, 2009 |
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A glimpse at Intel's futuristic gadgets
Technology / Hi Tech
Jul 01, 2009 |
4 / 5 (5) |
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Earth's most prominent rainfall feature creeping northward
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 03, 2009 |
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Reading the brain without poking it
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Study shows that a combination of common genetic variations can lead to schizophrenia
Medicine & Health / Genetics
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Jinni: Semantic Search for Movies
Technology / Internet
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Daimler launches first German hybrid car
Technology / Energy
Jun 28, 2009 |
4 / 5 (6) |
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Largest ever survey of very distant galaxy clusters completed
Space & Earth / Astronomy
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Daily sex helps to reduce sperm DNA damage and improve fertility
Medicine & Health / Research
Jun 30, 2009 |
4 / 5 (4) |
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Space Station Room With a View
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2009 |
5 / 5 (9) |
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Mean, green machine - future of motor racing
Technology / Energy
Jun 30, 2009 |
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The Pirate Bay sold to Swedish gaming group
Technology / Internet
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Researchers find quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 29, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
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Unexpectedly Long-Range Effects in Advanced Magnetic Devices
Physics / Condensed Matter
Jul 01, 2009 |
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