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Stellar Interlopers Caught Speeding Through Space

Hubble Finds Stars That 'Go Ballistic'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even some stars go ballistic, racing through interstellar space like bullets and tearing through clouds of gas.


Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars in New Space Image

Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars in New Space Image

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stellar winds are eroding thickets of dusty material.





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Underwater robot probes depths for Istanbul quake clues

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 9 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A state-of-the-art underwater robot called BOB may hold the key to protecting millions of people around Turkey's biggest city against a massive earthquake scientists say is all but inevitable.


Submersibles discover top-secret Japanese submarines

Submersibles discover top-secret Japanese submarines

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oʻahu. They are the I-14, which ...


'Emotions increase or decrease pain': researchers

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Getting a flu shot this fall? Canadians scientists have found that focusing on a pretty image could alleviate the sting of that vaccine. According to a new Université de Montréal study, published in the latest ...


Study shows brief training in meditation may help manage pain

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope.


Study: Credit crisis, debt load a double whammy for investment

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Firms with heavy long-term debt that came due amid the nation's recent credit crisis slashed investment more than three times as much as companies whose paybacks ducked the meltdown, a new University of Illinois study found.


Use of cannabinoids could help post-traumatic stress disorder patients

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Use of cannabinoids (marijuana) could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients. This is exposed in a recent study carried out at the Learning and Memory Lab in the University of Haifa's Department ...


Researchers develop innovative imaging system to study sudden cardiac arrest

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A research team at Vanderbilt University has developed an innovative optical system to simultaneously image electrical activity and metabolic properties in the same region of a heart, to study the complex mechanisms that ...


House Dems unveil health bill, cheered on by Obama (AP)

House Dems unveil health bill

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on the insurance ...


Expect the unexpected when adapting to climate change in Africa, says leading researcher

Expect the unexpected when adapting to climate change in Africa, says researcher

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nations, communities and families in Africa need to safeguard their homes and livelihoods against the unpredictable effects of climate change, according to a discussion paper written by Imperial ...


High tech for bicycles

High tech for bicycles

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Carbon fiber composite materials (CFRPs) not only make cars and airplanes lightweight but also benefit the light weight constructions for valuable bicycle concepts. At the Composites Europe trade show in Stuttgart, ...



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