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Nine gaming predictions for 2010

Technology / Software

created 15 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

The end of the year offers a chance to look back on all that's come and gone in the past 12 months. It also offers a chance to use that knowledge of the past to bet on the outcome of the next 12 months for fun and profit.


New science estimates carbon storage potential of US lands

Space & Earth / Environment

created 23 hours ago | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4

The first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that U.S. forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change.


Governments turn to cloud seeding to fight drought (AP)

Governments turn to cloud seeding to fight drought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 23 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- On a mountaintop clearing in the Sierra Nevada stands a tall metal platform holding a crude furnace and a box of silver iodide solution that some scientists believe could help offer relief from searing ...


Vermicompost from pig manure grows healthy hibiscus

Space & Earth / Environment

created 23 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vermicomposting, the practice of using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. During vermicomposting, earthworms and microorganisms stabilize organic ...


Stolen e-mails embolden climate change skeptics

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (10) | comments 30

(AP) -- At a critical time, the uproar over stolen e-mails suggesting scientists suppressed contrary views about climate change has emboldened skeptics - including congressional Republicans looking to scuttle President Barack ...


New approach to emissions makes climate and air quality models more accurate, major study finds

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

It's no secret that the emissions leaving a car tailpipe or factory smokestack affect climate and air quality. Even trees release chemicals that influence the atmosphere. But until now, scientists have struggled to know where ...


First phase of pan-tropical forest mapping debuting at COP15

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tropical forest loss accounts for an estimated 17% of global emissions of carbon dioxide. As part of a strategy to reduce these greenhouse gas fluxes to the atmosphere, the UNFCCC's Conference of the Parties 15 in Copenhagen ...


Vacuum flask

Scientists Create Material More Insulating than the Vacuum

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (43) | comments 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- With its complete lack of atoms, a vacuum is often considered to be the best known insulator. For this reason, vacuums are regularly used to reduce heat transfer, such as in the lining of ...


Potential new heart attack biomarker uncovered

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Though they remain a leading killer, heart attacks can be effectively treated provided they can be rapidly diagnosed following initial onset of symptoms. In a study appearing in this month's Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, resear ...


Japanese researchers say they have found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide

Extra pores on plants could ease global warming: Japan study

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

Japanese researchers said Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production.



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