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A Fresh Look at Jupiter's Great Red Spot

(PhysOrg.com) -- New, ground-breaking thermal images obtained with powerful ground-based telescopes show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never seen before within Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Jupiter's Spot Seen Glowing

(PhysOrg.com) -- New ground-breaking thermal images obtained with ESO’s Very Large Telescope and other powerful ground-based telescopes show swirls of warmer air and cooler regions never seen before within ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species

A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1




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Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows

Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it's learning what many in Tinseltown have known for decades: Movies are sexy, but the real money is in television.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

5-10 percent corn yield jump using erosion-slowing cover crops shown in new study

The most recent annual results from a four-year Iowa State University study on using cover crops between rows of corn reveals that higher yields – by as much as 10 percent – are possible using the ...

Biology / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Our Amorphophallus is smaller: New plant species from Madagascar smells like roadkill

The famed "corpse flower" plant – known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape – has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that i ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sweat, tears lead to breakthrough

Greg Weiss wears a big, old-fashioned watch on his left wrist that no longer marks ordinary time. It belonged to his father, a tumor surgeon who died of cancer himself. In large measure, that loss is what ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Solar eclipse over the USA

Mark your calendar.  On Sunday, May 20th, the sun is going to turn into a ring of fire.  It's an annular solar eclipse--the first one in the USA in almost 18 years.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Science magazine honors method that teaches essence of experimentation

Priscilla Laws' love of learning almost came to an abrupt end very early on—when she left kindergarten, where learning was by doing, and entered first grade, where learning was rote. "They promoted me ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survival rates for pediatric bone marrow transplants top in nation

The UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital has the best overall survival rates in the nation for bone marrow transplants, according to a recent independent review of 156 programs nationwide.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study of hunter-gatherers suggests social networks sparked evolution of cooperation

Ancient humans may not have had the luxury of updating their Facebook status, but social networks were nevertheless an essential component of their lives, a new study suggests.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists devise new imaging technique for analysis of biological samples

(PhysOrg.com) -- When trying to understand how cells respond to toxins, scientists want to do as little sample preparation as possible. Preparing these cells by immersing them in chemicals or drying them out ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cruise ship threatens marine paradise

(AP) -- Stone fortresses and watchtowers which centuries ago stood guard against against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a new and modern peril: fuel trapped within the capsized ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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