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China environmental phenomena monitored from space

China is in a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground deformation across major continental faults ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Seeing red: Decoding the hidden information on robins' feathers

Red breasted robins are a classic symbol of the winter months and have adorned Christmas cards for over a century. Ornithologists studying the feathers of the European robin (Erithacus rubecula) have discov ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Geoengineering could save Earth -- or destroy it

(AP) -- Brighten clouds with sea water? Spray aerosols high in the stratosphere? Paint roofs white and plant light-colored crops? How about positioning "sun shades" over the Earth?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 13

'Fishy lawnmowers' help save Pacific corals

Can fish save coral reefs from dying? UC Santa Barbara researchers have found one case where fish have helped coral reefs to recover from cyclones and predators.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Daily deal companies are here to stay, according to consumers

Despite recent news reports questioning the long-term viability of daily deal companies, a new study from researchers at Rice University and Cornell University shows that the companies are more popular than ever among consumers.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists seek to quantify macroscopic quantum states

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Scientists have been interested in generating and observing macroscopic quantum superpositions in order to test quantum mechanics at the macroscopic scale," physicist Hyunseok Jeong of Seoul National University ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 10 | with audio podcast feature

Reptile 'cousins' shed new light on end-Permian extinction

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of researchers studied the parareptiles, a diverse group of bizarre-looking terrestrial vertebrates which varied in shape and size. Some were small, slender, agile and ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Through a Sensor, Holographically

(PhysOrg.com) -- The power and resolution of lens-based optical microscopes have improved by orders of magnitude since their invention around 1595. Nevertheless, relying on a high-magnification lens for image ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature

Genetic analysis finds that modern humans evolved from southern Africa's Bushmen

A team of Stanford University scientists, using the largest-ever genetic analysis of remote tribal people, have determined that the human family tree is rooted in one of the world's most marginal and primitive people - the ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 16

Using Xbox Kinect, standard graphics chips, researchers achieve highest frame rate yet for streaming holographic video

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2010 was abuzz about a slew of prototype 3-D TVs, but if new research from the MIT Media Lab is any indication, holographic TVs could be close behind. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Which-way detector unlocks some mystery of the double-slit experiment

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the greatest puzzles of the double-slit experiment – and quantum physics in general – is why electrons seem to act differently when being observed. While electrons traveling ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (51) | comments 85 | with audio podcast feature


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