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Study explores violent world of raptors

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A journey that started with a box of bird feet carried three Montana State University graduate students into the gruesome world of raptors and led to their findings being published in a prominent journal.


Open wide and say 'zap'

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A group of researchers in Australia and Taiwan has developed a new way to analyze the health of human teeth using lasers. As described in the latest issue of Optics Express,, by measuring how the surface of a tooth respon ...


FDA concludes mercury in dental fillings not risky

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The government declared Tuesday that silver dental fillings contain too little mercury to harm the millions who've had cavities filled with them - including young children - and that only people allergic to mercury ...


Scientists closer to making implantable bone material

Scientists closer to making implantable bone material

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are closer to understanding how to grow replacement bones with stem cell technology, thanks to research published today in the journal Nature Materials.


Music is the engine of new lab-on-a-chip device (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Music, rather than electromechanical valves, can drive experimental samples through a lab-on-a-chip in a new system developed at the University of Michigan. This development could significantly simplify the ...


Healing power of aloe vera proves beneficial for teeth and gums, too

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The aloe vera plant has a long history of healing power. Its ability to heal burns and cuts and soothe pain has been documented as far back as the 10th century. Legend has it that Cleopatra used aloe vera to keep her skin ...


New Danish research shows how oil gets stuck underground

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It is a mystery to many people why the world is running out of oil when most of the world's oilfields have only been half emptied. However some of the oil that has been located is trapped as droplets of oil in small cavities ...


Endoscopic surgery effectively relieves sinusitis symptoms; large pooled study

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Endoscopic sinus surgery can significantly relieve symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis - inflammation of the sinus cavities - according to a research team, led by a Georgetown physician, which conducted the first large-scale ...


I'm a believer: Some product claims work better than others

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Consumers face a barrage of product claims each day. What makes those claims believable? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says both marketers and consumers can benefit from information about the way people ...