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New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)

New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)

Physics / Condensed Matter

created 8 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer.


Study: Swine flu poses a threat to new moms

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 17 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Swine flu is not only dangerous to pregnant women, but it's a threat to new mothers too, the first study to document this risk shows. An analysis of pregnant women and new mothers who were hospitalized with swine ...


Marketing Researcher Takes on Human Decision Making Process

Other Sciences / Other

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Jesper Nielsen, a UA marketing professor and his colleague are shedding light on why people decide to avoid or gravitate to a consumer product.


Mendenhall Glacier

Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 20 hours ago | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 7

Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source - ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. ...


Sleeping off childhood?

Medicine & Health / Health

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Are your 11- and 12-year-olds staying up later, then dozing off at school the next day? Parents and educators who notice poor sleeping patterns in their children should take note of new research from Tel Aviv University ― ...


Scientists map speed of climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created 21 hours ago | popularity 3.2 / 5 (17) | comments 14

New study finds that the average ecosystem will need to shift about a quarter mile per year to keep pace with global climate change.


2/3 of Australians unlikely to get vaccinated against swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Australia risks a serious swine flu (H1N1 influenza virus) outbreak with two-thirds (65 per cent) of unprotected Australians stating they're unlikely to get vaccinated against the disease in the next 12 months, according ...


New insights into mushroom-derived drug promising for cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A promising cancer drug, first discovered in a mushroom commonly used in Chinese medicine, could be made more effective thanks to researchers who have discovered how the drug works. The research is funded by the Biotechnology ...


Pollution linked to hospitalizations for pneumonia in older adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older adults with long-term exposure to higher levels of pollution are at higher risk for hospitalization for pneumonia, according to researchers in Canada.


The number of 85-year-olds will increase by a third by 2020

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Health and social care provision needs to be put in place for a large increase (33%) in the 85 year old population in the UK by 2020, according to a study published today in the British Medical Journal.



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