 Mars Odyssey Shifting Orbit for Extended Mission October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The longest-serving of six spacecraft now studying Mars is up to new tricks for a third two-year extension of its mission to examine the most Earthlike of known foreign planets. | |
Polls may underestimate Obama's support by 3 to 4 percent, researchers say October 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 56 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 ... | |
Deep sea pipelines to green gas production October 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 2
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researchers are working to tap into a wealth of natural gas resources located in distant, deep-ocean fields off the coast of Western Australia. | |
A link between mitochondria and tumor formation in stem cells October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers report on a previously unknown relationship between stem cell potency and the metabolic rate of their mitochondria –a cell's energy makers. Stem cells with more active mitochondria also have a greater capacity ... | |
Researcher eliminates viral vector in stem cell reprogramming October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Shinya Yamanaka MD, PhD, of Kyoto University and the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) has taken another step forward in improving the possibilities for the practical application of induced pluripotent ... | |
Volcanic eruption signals simulated in lab for first time October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, seismic signals that precede a volcanic eruption have been simulated and visualized in 3-D under controlled pressure conditions in a laboratory. The ability to conduct such simulations ... | |
 Unique fossils capture 'Cambrian migration' October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique set of fossils indicates that 525 million years ago marine animals congregated in Earth’s ancient oceans, most likely for migration, according to an international team of scientists. | |
 NASA Maps Shed Light on Carbon Dioxide's Global Nature October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA/university team has published the first global satellite maps of the key greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in Earth's mid-troposphere, an area about 8 kilometers, or 5 miles, above Earth. ... | |
 Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it's supercopter October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unmanned helicopters could soon be a key part of emergency relief operations, as well as bringing a new dimension to filmmaking, thanks to some innovative work done by European researchers. | |
 Early planting lets farmers be both mean and green, study shows October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Farmers can be both mean and green when protecting their canola fields from a pesky insect that poses a chronic threat, says a University of Alberta researcher. | |
 Venus Express searching for life – on Earth October 10, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using ESA’s Venus Express are trying to observe whether Earth is habitable. Silly, you might think, when we know that Earth is richly stocked with life. In fact, far from being ... | |
 Researchers developing wireless soil sensors to improve farming October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Ratnesh Kumar keeps his prototype soil sensors buried in a box under his desk. He hopes that one day farmers will be burying the devices under their crops. | |
 On the trail of a targeted therapy for blood cancers October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Investigators from the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine are focusing on a family of blood proteins that they hope holds a key to decreasing the toxic ... | |
Dietary approaches to stop hypertension October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
I was doing what any self-respecting dietitian does with friends at the beach ... reading the label on the corn chip bag. I was surprised that this particular brand was lower in sodium than other snack foods I've seen. | |
How to... remake your breakfast October 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Many people start their day off wrong by eating foods high in fat, salt and sugar, nutritionists say. Here are some ways to change: | |
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