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University research worth $187 billion over 12 years, group says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In what it calls a first-of-its-kind study, the nation's leading biotechnology trade group this week put a dollar figure on the value of university-driven research, asserting that economic output grew $187 billion from 1996-2007 ...


Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character

Solitude contributes to a person's imagined intimacy with a TV character

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If your best friend is a guy from "The Office" or a young doctor on "Grey's Anatomy," you may be relying too much on TV shows to fill a social void in your life.


Scientists protest plan to loosen patent protection on genetic research

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

University of Wisconsin-Madison officials are lashing out at new recommendations from an influential federal panel that could dramatically weaken patent protection for the university's genetic research.


Generic versions of biologic medications are coming

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The days of market exclusivity could soon come to an end for the biotech industry if Congress moves forward with plans to allow generic biologics on the U.S. market.


Lost World Found in Papua New Guinea Volcano

Lost World Found in Papua New Guinea Volcano

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (55) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A BBC expedition exploring inside the crater of an extinct volcano in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has discovered a lost world of dozens of weird new species and rare animals, including new frogs, ...


When palm trees gave way to spruce trees

When palm trees gave way to spruce trees

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

For climatologists, part of the challenge in predicting the future is figuring out exactly what happened during previous periods of global climate change.


Forestry officials on urgent mission: Beetles (AP)

Forestry officials on urgent mission: Beetles

Biology / Ecology

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Forestry officials in the Northeast are on an urgent mission, tracking thousands of Massachusetts residents as they search for tree-eating stowaway insects they may have carried to campgrounds or ...


Recalling the fear, heavy toll of the 1918 flu outbreak

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 10, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Given his age, H. Byran Poff figures he has seen just about everything that can happen to mankind.


'Painter' supercomputer comes to life at Louisiana Tech

'Painter' supercomputer comes to life at Louisiana Tech

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) gained another 4.77 teraflops of computing power recently with the activation of the "Painter" supercomputer housed in the Data Replication Center at Louisiana ...


Nanotube Brushes

Nanotubes find niche in electric switches

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research from Rice University and the University of Oulu in Oulu, Finland, finds that carbon nanotubes could significantly improve the performance of electrical commutators that are common in electric ...



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