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Ann Arbor News to publish its last edition in July

Technology / Internet

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Ann Arbor News will cease publication in July after 174 years and will be replaced by a Web-focused community news operation built from the ground up.





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Common Grassland Birds

Birds in Flint Hills of Kansas, Oklahoma face population decline despite large habitat

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The wide-open spaces of the Flint Hills may no longer provide a secure home on the range for several familiar grassland birds, according to research by a Kansas State University ecologist and her colleagues.


Jenna the mouse.

Epilepsy gene identified in mice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 17, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at Oxford University have discovered a gene in mice which is involved in epilepsy and learning disabilities in humans.


No link between gut bugs and obesity

No link between gut bugs and obesity

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The types of bacterial bugs found in our guts are not a major cause of obesity, according to latest findings from Aberdeen researchers.


Exotic materials using neptunium, plutonium provide insight into superconductivity

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (31) | comments 3

Physicists at Rutgers and Columbia universities have gained new insight into the origins of superconductivity - a property of metals where electrical resistance vanishes - by studying exotic chemical compounds that contain ...


Mastodon tooth find thrills Mich. family

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 06, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The way a Michigan man found three mastodon teeth may not be as adventurous as an Indiana Jones movie, but the discovery was just as exciting.


Scientists use lasers to measure changes to tropical forests

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New technology deployed on airplanes is helping scientists quantify landscape-scale changes occurring to Big Island tropical forests from non-native plants and other environmental factors that affect carbon sequestration.


Urban kids who feel safe look to future, avoid danger

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 04, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New research shows that urban middle school students who felt safe in their neighborhoods were better able to resist instant gratification, and in turn engaged in fewer violent and other risky behaviors.


Evolution axe goes on display

Evolution axe goes on display

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flint hand axe that helped reveal the very ancient age of humankind goes on display at the Natural History Museum October 2009.


Troubled Waters: Low Apalachicola River Flow May Hurt Gulf Fisheries

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Reductions in the flow of the Apalachicola River have far-reaching effects that could prove detrimental to grouper and other reef fish populations in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, according to a new Florida ...


First early-detection blood test for Parkinson's shows promise

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 11, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A test that profiles molecular biomarkers in blood could become the first accurate diagnostic test for Parkinson's disease, new research shows.



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