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The great cosmic challenge
Oct 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today cosmologists are challenging the world to solve a compelling statistical problem, to bring us closer to understanding the nature of dark matter and energy which makes up 95 per cent of the ‘missing’ ...
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Can Snowmobiles Adapt in the Age of Ethanol?
Dec 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By 2022, federal regulations will require a 400 percent increase in the amount of renewable fuel in America’s gasoline, from 9 billion to 36 billion gallons.
Teams Win at NASA National Lunar Robotics Competition
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nineteen teams pushed their robot competitors to the limit, and three teams claimed a total of $750,000 in NASA prizes at this year's Regolith Excavation Challenge on Oct. 18. This is the ...
Preschoolers challenge stereotypical gender roles
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 03, 2009 |
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According to research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, a preschooler's gender determines how he or she is treated and responded to in play and learning activities, and when the children's possibilities become expanded, ...
Cameron Davis appointed as Great Lakes czar
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Cameron Davis, leader of a Chicago-based environmentalist group, has been appointed to oversee President Barack Obama's initiative to clean up the Great Lakes.
Researchers' new goal: Drug-free remission for HIV infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 05, 2009 |
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A group including leading academic and industry scientists has issued a challenge to researchers in the field of HIV/AIDS: find a way to effectively purge latent HIV infection and eliminate the need for chronic, suppressive ...
China's food economy benefits small, poor farmers
Jan 07, 2009 |
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Beijing, China - January 7, 2009 - One of the most significant changes in China's agricultural economy over the past fifteen years has been the rise of horticulture. During this same time period, modern supply chains have ...
Final frontier: Mission to explore buried ancient Antarctic lake given green light
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 02, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists led by the UK has been given the go-ahead to explore one of the planet's last great frontiers - an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. Buried under ...
Prehistoric bears also ate everything and anything
Apr 09, 2009 |
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By comparing the craniodental morphology of modern bear species to that of two extinct species, researchers from the University of Málaga, Spain, have discovered that the expired plantigrades were not so different ...
Orangutans unique in movement through tree tops
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Movement through a complex meshwork of small branches at the heights of tropical forests presents a unique challenge to animals wanting to forage for food safely. It can be particularly dangerous for large ...
Mild glucose intolerance in pregnancy may be associated with cardiovascular risk
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Mild glucose intolerance in pregnancy may be an early identifier of women who are at increased risk of heart disease in the future, found a new study http://www.cmaj.ca/press/cmaj090569.pdf published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journ ...
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