News tagged with events
First Neutrino Events Observed at T2K Near Detector
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists from the Japanese-led multi-national T2K neutrino collaboration announced today that over the weekend they detected the first events generated by their newly built neutrino beam ...
Carbon and oxygen in tree rings can reveal past climate information
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
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The analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events in the Mackenzie Delta region of northern Canada.
Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.
Mass Extinctions, Ancient Viruses May Hold Clues to Life’s Origins
Apr 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mass extinctions occur repeatedly, though irregularly, throughout Earth’s history, and occasionally these extinctions have been devastating to life on our planet - or have they? Extinction ...
Crashing comets not likely the cause of Earth's mass extinctions: new research
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have debated how many mass extinction events in Earth's history were triggered by a space body crashing into the planet's surface. Most agree that an asteroid collision 65 million ...
Severe asymptomatic heart disease may accompany narrowing in leg arteries
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) reveal that one in five patients with narrowing or blockage in arteries that supply ...
Researchers find that the unexpected is a key to human learning
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2009 |
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The human brain's sensitivity to unexpected outcomes plays a fundamental role in the ability to adapt and learn new behaviors, according to a new study by a team of psychologists and neuroscientists from the University of ...
Dietary fats trigger long-term memory formation
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Having strong memories of that rich, delicious dessert you ate last night? If so, you shouldn't feel like a glutton. It's only natural.
Scientists trace the human role in Indonesian forest fires
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 22, 2009 |
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Severe fires in Indonesia - responsible for some of the worst air quality conditions worldwide - are linked not only to drought, but also to changes in land use and population density, according to a new study ...
Cosmic rays detected deep underground reveal secrets of the upper atmosphere (Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cosmic-rays detected half a mile underground in a disused U.S. iron-mine can be used to detect major weather events occurring 20 miles up in the Earth's upper atmosphere, a new study has revealed.
Team first to record key event that breaks continents apart
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have captured for the first time a geological event considered key in shaping the Earth's landscape.
Research links seismic slip and tremor, with implications for subduction zone
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the last decade, scientists have recorded regular episodes of tectonic plates slowly, quietly slipping past each other in western Washington and British Columbia over periods of two weeks or more, releasing ...
Physicists 'See' Single Top Quarks at the Tevatron
Aug 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the world's largest fully operating particle accelerator, the Tevatron at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Illinois, have discovered convincing evidence suggesting the existence ...
Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Richer nations with competitive crop production and few trade barriers would fare the best if climate change, weather events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more volatile, a new study has ...
Study reveals mounting evidence of fish oil's heart health benefits
Aug 03, 2009 |
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There is mounting evidence that omega-3 fatty acids from fish or fish oil supplements not only help prevent cardiovascular diseases in healthy individuals, but also reduce the incidence of cardiac events and mortality in ...
