 Category 2 Hurricane Dolly Crosses South Padre Island, Texas 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
At 12:00 p.m. CDT (1:00 p.m. EDT) Dolly's eye was located near latitude 26.2 north and longitude 97.0 west or about 35 miles northeast of Brownsville, Texas, and she was crossing South Padre Island.
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 Meet Robo habilis 12 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project has brought the dream of human-like robots closer to reality by creating a human-like arm and hand controlled by an electronic ‘brain’ modelled on the human cerebellum. | |
 Controlling nitrogen pollution will not stop toxic algae blooms, says research 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research from the University of Alberta has confirmed that algae blooms, which can poison lakes and kill fish, can be controlled by limiting phosphorus. | |
 Dinosaurrific! New Dinosaur Supertree 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- It has long been debated whether dinosaurs were part of the ‘Terrestrial Revolution’ that occurred some 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous when birds, mammals, flowering plants, insects ... | |
 'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics reality 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Researchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including ... | |
 Review: TextBuyIt fun, easy to use, but limited 13 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- TextBuyIt, a recently launched shop-by-cell phone service from Amazon.com Inc., seemed like the ultimate comparison shopping tool - perfect for an unabashed bargain hunter like myself. | |
Sex and lifespan linked in worms: A family of sugar-like molecules controls both 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A group of scientists who set out to study sex pheromones in a tiny worm found that the same family of pheromones also controls a stage in the worms' life cycle, the long-lived dauer larva. | |
Exercise could be the heart's fountain of youth 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, older people who did endurance exercise training ... | |
 Study suggests human visual system could make powerful computer 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Since the idea of using DNA to create faster, smaller, and more powerful computers originated in 1994, scientists have been scrambling to develop successful ways to use genetic code for computation. Now, new ... | |
Toxic chemicals found in common scented laundry products, air fresheners 13 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous ... | |
 New Membrane Model May Unlock Secrets of Early-Stage Alzheimer's 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and three collaborating institutions are using a new laboratory model of the membrane surrounding neurons in the brain to study how a protein ... | |
Making patients move requires the right exercise advice 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
It is common knowledge that regular exercise supports physical and mental well-being. Despite this and recommendations from health care providers, the majority of patients with chronic illnesses remain inactive. In a new ... | |
Hybrid 'Muttsucker' Has Genes of Three Species 14 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In the murky waters of an inconspicuous stream in a remote area of Wyoming, researchers detail the potential impact that an introduced fish, the white sucker, could have on the evolutionary biology of fishes. | |
Sandia to Demonstrate Hyperspectral Confocal Fluorescence Microscope 14 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Sandia National Laboratories will demonstrate a new hyperspectral confocal fluorescence microscope Friday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. MDT in Bldg. 897 on Kirtland Air Force Base. This patent-protected and patent-pending technology ... | |
 Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings 14 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill pill for factories, hospitals, ships, and ... | |
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