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Partial lunar eclipse will take place on 31st December

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 23 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.


Suzaku spies treasure trove of intergalactic metal

Suzaku spies treasure trove of intergalactic metal

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Every cook knows the ingredients for making bread: flour, water, yeast, and time. But what chemical elements are in the recipe of our universe?


Shape shifters: Researchers create new breed of antennas

Shape shifters: Researchers create new breed of antennas

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Antennas aren't just for listening to the radio anymore. They're used in everything from cell phones to GPS devices. Research from North Carolina State University is revolutionizing the field of antenna design ...


Heavy metal paradox could point toward new therapy for Lou Gehrig's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New discoveries have been made about how an elevated level of lead, which is a neurotoxic heavy metal, can slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease - findings that could point the way ...


First metallic nanoparticles resistant to extreme heat

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A University of Pittsburgh team overcame a major hurdle plaguing the development of nanomaterials such as those that could lead to more efficient catalysts used to produce hydrogen and render car exhaust less toxic. The researchers ...


How did flowering plants evolve to dominate Earth?

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

To Charles Darwin it was an 'abominable mystery' and it is a question which has continued to vex evolutionists to this day: when did flowering plants evolve and how did they come to dominate plant life on earth? Today a study ...


United Nations to probe climate e-mail leak (AP)

United Nations to probe climate e-mail leak

Space & Earth / Environment

created 4 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 11

(AP) -- The United Nations will conduct its own investigation into e-mails leaked from a leading British climate science center in addition to the probe by the University of East Anglia, a senior U.N. climate ...


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (46) | comments 14

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


Blushing dusty nebula

Blushing dusty nebula

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

On Earth, we tend to find dust nothing more than a nuisance that blankets our furniture and causes us to sneeze. Cosmic dust can also be a hindrance to astronomers because cameras using visible light cannot ...


Caltech scientists explain puzzling lake asymmetry on Titan

Scientists explain puzzling lake asymmetry on Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) suggest that the eccentricity of Saturn's orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of methane and ethane ...



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