 Penguins ride air force jet to South Atlantic October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home, animal advocates ... | |
Polls may underestimate Obama's support by 3 to 4 percent, researchers say October 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Current polls of the presidential election may be underestimating Barack Obama's support by 3 to 4 percent nationally and possibly larger margins in the Southeast and some strongly Republican states, according ... | |
Narcissistic people most likely to emerge as leaders October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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When a group is without a leader, you can often count on a narcissist to take charge, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of leaderless groups. Narcissism ... | |
 Red wine decreases the risk of lung cancer October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Moderate consumption of red wine may decrease the risk of lung cancer in men, according to a report in the October issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention¸ a journal of the American Association ... | |
US culture derails girl math whizzes October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study. | |
 New spintronics effect could lead to magnetic batteries October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 77 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have recently discovered that heating one side of a magnetized nickel-iron rod causes electrons to rearrange themselves according to their spins. This so-called "spin Seebeck effect" ... | |
Making waves: Mathematicians crack quantum chaos conjecture October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 57 vote(s)
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The American Institute of Mathematics announces that Soundararajan and Roman Holowinsky have proven a significant version of the quantum unique ergodicity conjecture. Their work, based in the pure mathematics area of number ... | |
 Panasonic Unveils 3D 1080p Plasma HDTV On Single Blu-Ray Disc At CEATEC Japan 2008 October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Panasonic unveiled the latest technology in 3D 1080p on a 100-inch plasma HDTV. According to Panasonic, the 3D innovation was demonstrated at CEATEC Japan 2008 using a Panasonic 100-inch plasma and a Blu-Ray ... | |
 Siren voice means she's fertile October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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A woman raises the pitch of her voice during her most fertile period of the month in an unconscious boost to her femininity, according to a study published Wednesday in the British journal Biology Letters. ... | |
 World first for sending data using quantum cryptography October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time the transmission of data secured by quantum cryptography is demonstrated within a commercial telecommunications network. 41 partners from 12 European countries, including ... | |
Create your own search engine October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Doing a Google search can sometimes be overwhelming because it provides so many results. Creating a Google Custom Search Engine allows you to only search the sites you choose, so you get fewer results. You may want to have ... | |
 At 2.8 km down, a 1-of-a-kind microorganism lives all alone October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometers (1.74 miles) beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa. ... | |
Cosmic strings might emit cosmic sparks, answer cosmological questions October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 53 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For astronomers, understanding what happened in the early moments of the universe could answer many questions in physics and astronomy. One possible player in the early universe is cosmic strings, which arise ... | |
Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker. | |
Researchers Moving Closer to Creating Viable Energy From Sewage October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a newly developed technology for producing hydrogen gas from biowaste is brought to commercial use – as researchers believe it can be – then it appears the world will have plenty of energy if it can ... | |
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