 Astronomers get best view yet of infant stars at feeding time 24 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer to conduct the first high resolution survey that combines spectroscopy and interferometry on intermediate-mass infant stars. They obtained a ... | |
Can genetic information be controlled by light? 24 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers at Kiel University have succeeded in showing that DNA strands differ in their light sensitivity depending on their base sequences. Their results are reported by Nina Schwalb and colleagues in the current issue ... | |
 NASA supercomputer shows how dust rings point to exo-Earths 24 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect. The research points ... | |
ASU Mars instrument gets new lease on life as NASA extends Mars Odyssey mission 24 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A six-minute rocket firing on Sept. 30 has put NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft on track for a new orbit around the Red Planet. The change, part of a two-year extension for the mission, will give an ASU-operated instrument ... | |
Deadly bird flu virus found at German farm: EU 24 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
German authorities were culling poultry at a farm in Germany after the discovery of a case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the European Commission announced Friday. | |
British military staff data drive lost: ministry 24 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A computer hard drive with personal details of some 100,000 serving military personnel, over half the total armed forces, has gone missing, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Friday. | |
WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica 24 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. | |
Weakening PC demand expected to affect Intel, AMD 24 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Weakening demand for personal computers has led analysts to take a more cautious look at Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the two giants of the PC-chip industry prepare to release third-quarter results. | |
Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting's future October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(AP) -- On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete. It's a ... | |
Researchers find important clue to learning deficit in children with autism October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: They spend less time looking at the faces of people ... | |
 Fitness in a changing world: The genetics and adaptations of the Alaskan stickleback fish October 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The stickleback fish, Gasterosteus aculeatus, is one of the most thoroughly studied organisms in the wild, and has been a particularly useful model for understanding variation in physiology, behavior, ... | |
Scientists discover crucial control in long-lasting immunity October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have identified a protein that plays matchmaker between two key types of white blood cells, T and B cells, enabling them to interact in a way that is crucial to establishing ... | |
Research shows link between bisphenol A and disease in adults October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A research team from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Exeter, the University of Plymouth and the University of Iowa, have found evidence linking Bisphenol A (BPA) to diabetes and heart disease in adults. | |
 A new explosive: Melt-castable nitrate ester with high explosive energy October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Since the discovery of nitroglycerin in 1846, the nitrate ester group of compounds has been known for its explosive properties. A whole series of other nitrate esters have been subsequently put to use as explosives ... | |
Opening a can of worms: Serendipitous discovery reveals earthworms more diverse than first thought October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists have found that the UK's common or garden earthworms are far more diverse than previously thought, a discovery with important consequences for agriculture. | |
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