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Researchers Discover Remnant of an Ancient 'RNA World'

Researchers Discover Remnant of an Ancient 'RNA World'

Biology /

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (27) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some bacterial cells can swim, morph into new forms and even become dangerously virulent - all without initial involvement of DNA. Yale University researchers describe Friday in the journal ...





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On the Crest of Wave Energy

On the Crest of Wave Energy

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency, and the ...


Astronomers explore 'last blank space' on map of the Universe

Astronomers explore 'last blank space' on map of the Universe

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (30) | comments 71

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most distant object ever discovered is described in this week's edition of the science journal Nature. Two international teams of astronomers report their observations of a gamma-ray burst ...


Google PowerMeter

Google forms PowerMeter partnership

Technology / Energy

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google has announced it has secured its first official device partner for Google PowerMeter, which means you can now use the software without having a smart meter installed by your utility ...


Invention busts dust

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Worried that dust from a nearby construction zone will harm your family's health? A new Tel Aviv University tool could either confirm your suspicions or better yet, set your mind at rest.


Taking the juice for granted

Taking the juice for granted: Powering American cities in the new century

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Barring the occasional thunderstorm, most Americans take the electric current behind their power buttons for granted, and assume the juice will be there when they're ready to fire up an appliance or favorite ...


Nikon Coolpix S1000pj

Innovation to the Rescue: Nikon Coolpix S1000pj Camera with Built-In Projector

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Nikon has taken the bull by the horns in order to drag consumer products out of a sink-hole for the holidays. Nikon is in the process of introducing the first combined digital camera and built-in projector. ...


Climate change poker: The barriers which are preventing a global agreement

Climate change poker: The barriers which are preventing a global agreement

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 5

As the world's environment ministers, government officials, diplomats and campaigners prepare to attend the COP15 conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 to unite in the battle against climate change in ...


NASA patches air-purifying system on space station (AP)

NASA patches air-purifying system on space station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A space station air purifier was working again Sunday after it shut down at the worst possible time, when company was still visiting and had swollen the on-board crowd to a record 13.


All 13 astronauts enjoy first day off in 11 days (AP)

All 13 astronauts enjoy first day off in 11 days

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The astronauts in orbit, all 13 of them, enjoyed their first day off in more than a week Saturday after a series of grueling spacewalks.


Apollo astronauts relive experiences at ceremony (AP)

Apollo astronauts relive experiences at ceremony

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- It was a reunion of reunions. Twelve Apollo astronauts reminisced, traded stories and poked fun at each other Friday night as the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing and moonwalk approached.



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