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Newly discovered star one of hottest in Galaxy

Newly discovered star one of hottest in Galaxy (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics have discovered one of the hottest stars in the Galaxy with a surface temperature of around 200,000 degrees ...


ARS Survey Helps Growers Track Two Key Cotton Pests

ARS Survey Helps Growers Track Two Key Cotton Pests

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cotton growers will be better able to keep an eye out for two common pests because of a comprehensive survey by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at College Station, Texas.


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Blue whales singing with deeper voices

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 8 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Blue whales, the largest animals on earth, are singing with deeper voices every year, but scientists are unsure of the reason.


Even at sublethal levels, pesticides may slow the recovery of wild salmon populations

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biologists determined that short-term, seasonal exposure to pesticides in rivers and basins may limit the growth and size of wild salmon populations. In addition to the widespread deterioration of salmon habitats, these findings ...


Genetic ancestry highly correlated with ethnic and linguistic groups in Asia

Biology / Other

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Several genome-wide studies of human genetic diversity have been conducted on European populations. Now, for the first time, these studies have been extended to 73 Southeast Asian (SEA) and East Asian (EA) populations.


Study finds logging effects vary based on a forest's history, climate

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Smoky Mountain forest's woodland herb population has shown that climate may play a role in how forest understories recover from logging, according to Purdue University research.


Genetic study clarifies African and African-American ancestry

Genetic study clarifies African and African-American ancestry

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 0

People who identify as African-American may be as little as 1 percent West African or as much as 99 percent, just one finding of a large-scale, genome-wide study of African and African-American ancestry released ...


Shift working aggravates metabolic syndrome development among middle-aged males

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Shift work exposures can accelerate metabolic syndrome (MetS) development among the large population of middle-aged males with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (e-ALT) is a ...


African leaf-eating monkeys are 'likely to be wiped out' by climate change

African leaf-eating monkeys are 'likely to be wiped out' by climate change

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Monkey species will become 'increasingly at risk of extinction' because of global warming, according to new research published this week.


How the daisy got its spots… and why

How the daisy got its spots... and why

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dark spots on flower petals are common across many angiosperm plant families and occur on flowers such as some lilies, orchids, and daisies. Much research has been done on the physiological and behavioral ...



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