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Mathematician foresees tight races in Major League Baseball's Eastern divisions

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels should make the playoffs in the American League (AL) in 2009 with most other teams lagging well behind. The National League (NL) should see another ...


Male crickets with bigger heads are better fighters, study reveals

Biology /

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Observing and betting on cricket fights has been part of Chinese cultural tradition since at least the Sung Dynasty (A.D. 960-1278). This ancient practice has resulted in a detailed list of characteristics ...





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Michael Jackson tops Web's search charts in 2009 (AP)

Michael Jackson tops Web's search charts in 2009

Technology / Internet

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Michael Jackson's stunning death made him the Internet's biggest star this year.


Mathematics prize goes to University of Chicago's Hannah Alpert

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Association for Women in Mathematics has named Hannah Alpert, a third-year mathematics major at the University of Chicago, a co-winner of the 2010 Alice T. Schafer Prize for excellence in mathematics ...


Darwin's mockingbirds DNA research may help species recovery

Darwin's mockingbirds DNA research may help species recovery

Biology / Evolution

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research could help protect the future of a rare bird in the Galapagos Islands that was an inspiration for Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, scientists report in a paper ...


New Anti-Clotting Medication Not More Effective than Standard Care; Hint of Other Clinical Benefits

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two large studies confirmed that an investigational, reversible anti-clotting medication failed to show greater effectiveness than clopidogrel or a placebo for patients undergoing a procedure to open blocked ...


ISU researchers' findings bring hope for possible Parkinson’s disease cure

New findings bring hope for possible Parkinson's disease cure

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at Iowa State University have found an essential key to possibly cure Parkinson's disease and are looking for others.


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, ...


Texas begins $3 billion quest to cure cancer (AP)

Texas begins $3 billion quest to cure cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Texas gave birth to the modern oil industry, invented the handheld calculator and sent man to the moon. But can the Lone Star State cure cancer?


Biosphere 2 Opens Phoenix Mars Lander Exhibit

Biosphere 2 Opens Phoenix Mars Lander Exhibit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A full-size model Phoenix Lander has landed at Biosphere 2 before it heads, ultimately, to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C


Engaged employees deliver improved business performance

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research indicates that in the UK and US as many as 70% of employees may not be engaged at work. Therefore, it is not surprising that employee engagement has become something of a hot topic amongst business ...


When someone is raised female and the genes say XY

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 38

(AP) -- It's the birth defect people don't talk about. A baby is born not completely male or female. The old term was hermaphrodite, then intersex. Now it's called "disorders of sexual development." Sometimes the person ...



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