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Grad student researches improvised explosive devices by making his own

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Phillip Mulligan is trying to make improvised explosive devices more powerful with the idea of eventually making them less deadly.


Protection built to scale--fish scale, that is

Protection built to scale -- fish scale, that is

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 27, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (41) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists seeking to protect the soldier of the future can learn a lot from a relic of the past, according to an MIT study of a primitive fish that could point to more effective ways of designing ...





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U.S. funds body armor research

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 19, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The U.S. military is turning to the animal world in an effort to develop lighter, tougher and longer lasting body armor.


Fossil of Extinct Armored Worm

480 million-year-old fossil sheds light on 150-year-old paleontological mystery

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 09, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (46) | comments 3

Discovery of an exceptional fossil specimen in southeastern Morocco that preserves evidence of the animal’s soft tissues has solved a paleontological puzzle about the origins of an extinct group of bizarre ...


Geologist analyzes earliest shell-covered fossil animals

Geologist analyzes earliest shell-covered fossil animals

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The fossil remains of some of the first animals with shells, ocean-dwelling creatures that measure a few centimeters in length and date to about 520 million years ago, provide a window on evolution at this ...


S.C. governor OK with intelligent design

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created Jan 31, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he believes intelligent design should be taught in his state's public school classrooms.


How blast waves cause human brain injury even without direct head impacts?

How blast waves cause human brain injury even without direct head impacts?

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

New research on the effects of blast waves could lead to an enhanced understanding of head injuries and improved military helmet design.


Security from chaos

Security from chaos

Technology / Other

created Apr 16, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

There’s safety (and security) in numbers … especially when those numbers are random. That’s the lesson learned from a DHS-sponsored research project out of the University of Southern California (USC). The ...


Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue (AP)

Greek fisherman nets 2,200-year-old bronze statue

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Greek fisherman must have been expecting a monster of a catch when he brought up his nets in the Aegean Sea last week. Instead, Greek authorities say his haul was a section of a 2,200-year-old bronze ...


Study examines the evolutionary fate of 'useless' traits

Study examines the evolutionary fate of 'useless' traits

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

What happens when traits no longer give creatures a competitive edge?


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New process could cause titanium price to tumble

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 20, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (80) | comments 7

Whether for stopping cars or bullets, titanium is the material of choice, but it has always been too expensive for all but the most specialized applications.


'Pelvis has left the building'

'Pelvis Has Left the Building'

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research shows that when two species of stickleback fish evolved and lost their pelvises and body armor, the changes were caused by different genes in each species. That surprised researchers, ...



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