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Analysing effects of underwater noise on sperm whales

Analysing effects of underwater noise on sperm whales

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are investigating whether or not noise generated by the oil and gas industry might affect the day-to-day behaviour of sperm whales.





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Nanoimaging in 3-D

Nanoimaging in 3-D

Physics / General Physics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- As technology shrinks ever smaller, interest in objects and devices on the nanoscale becomes more apparent. However, visualizing these objects in three dimensions comes with special challenges. ...


INL develops safer, more efficient nuclear fuel for next-gen reactors

INL develops safer, more efficient nuclear fuel for next-gen reactors

Technology / Energy

created 16 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 3

As the nation ponders its energy choices, Americans keep asking themselves: how can the country make better use of its resources and emit fewer greenhouse gases without hurting U.S. industries? A research ...


Long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level

Medicine & Health / Health

created 17 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intensive exercise prevented shortening of telomeres, a protective effect against aging of the cardiovascular system, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Research sheds new light on epilepsy

Medicine & Health / Research

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Pioneering research using human brain tissue removed from people suffering from epilepsy has opened the door to new treatments for the disease.


First Step To Success steps up in Albuquerque schools

First Step To Success steps up in Albuquerque schools

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A school-based behavioral intervention program developed under a federal grant in the mid-1990s at the University of Oregon, already in widespread use, now has shown real value on a complex stage, scoring ...


'The pill' for him: Scientists find a hormonal on-and-off switch for male fertility

Medicine & Health / Research

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A new research report published in the December 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal could one day give men similar type of control over their fertility that women have had since the 1960s. That's because scientists have f ...


Western diets turn on fat genes

Medicine & Health / Research

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Those extra helpings of gravy and dessert at the holiday table are even less of a help to your waistline than previously thought. According to a new research report recently appearing online in The FASEB Journal, a diet t ...


Black hole caught zapping galaxy into existence?

Black hole caught zapping galaxy into existence?

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Which come first, the supermassive black holes that frantically devour matter or the enormous galaxies where they reside? A brand new scenario has emerged from a recent set of outstanding ...


Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana

Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana

Biology / Ecology

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The Aznalcóllar mining accident more than 11 years ago, which contaminated part of the Doņana National Park, also damaged reptile habitat there. Now a team of Spanish researchers, who have been studying ...


Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you

Medicine & Health / Research

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If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you -- bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you mi ...



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