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Physicists Discover New Particle: the Bottom-most 'Bottomonium'

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 10, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (61) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thirty years ago, particle physics delighted in discovering the "bottomonium" family—the set of particles that contain both a bottom quark and an anti-bottom quark but are bound together with different energies. ...





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'Green Clean:' Researchers Determining Natural Ways To Clean Contaminated Soil

'Green Clean:' Researchers Determining Natural Ways To Clean Contaminated Soil

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University are working to demonstrate that trees can be used to degrade or capture fuels that leak into soil and ground water. Through a process called ...


Tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dry

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore.


Significant regional variations exist regarding proximity to burn centers

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although nearly 80 percent of the U.S. population lives within 2 hours by ground or helicopter transport to a verified burn center, there is substantial state and regional variation in geographic access to these centers, ...


When food gets inspected and recalled, consumers may not get a clear picture of the process

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Consumers usually find out pretty quickly if the meat they're planning to throw on the grill has been recalled.


Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.


Mastodon Tusk May Be Largest Ever Uncovered In NYS

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research under way at the New York State Museum indicates that a huge mastodon tusk, recently excavated by Museum scientists in Orange County, may be the largest tusk ever found in New York State.


Moles, not magic, make worm 'grunting' work

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Gary Revell gets up every morning before sunrise, heads into the woods and grunts. Not because it's so early. It's the term for coaxing worms from the ground by the hundreds to be scooped up and plopped in a tin ...


Scientists monitor developing Mars dust storm

Scientists monitor developing Mars dust storm

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a new dust storm that has ...


College students vote smarter than expected

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

College students make strategic choices about where to vote, most prefer absentee ballots, and they are especially likely to vote absentee if their homes are in swing states, according to a new Northwestern University study ...


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Nothing But Net: The Physics of Free-Throw Shooting

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pay attention, Shaq: Two North Carolina State University engineers have figured out the best way to shoot a free throw - a frequently underappreciated skill that gets more important as the ...



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