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Submersibles discover top-secret Japanese submarines

Submersibles discover top-secret Japanese submarines

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two World War II Japanese submarines, designed with revolutionary technology to attack the U.S. mainland, have been discovered off the Hawaiian coast of Oʻahu. They are the I-14, which ...


Thanksgiving Combines Myths, Traditions and Truths, CU Professor Says

Thanksgiving Combines Myths, Traditions and Truths, CU Professor Says

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the centuries Thanksgiving in America has meant many things to many people. What we consider the traditional Thanksgiving holiday today has been around only a few decades, according ...


Gene transcribing machine takes halting, backsliding trip along the DNA

Gene transcribing machine takes halting, backsliding trip along the DNA

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The body's nanomachines that read our genes don't run as smoothly as previously thought, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, scientists.


Prized mushroom collection returns to China

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Chinese scholar persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for smuggling a rare collection of mushrooms out of China before World War II was honored Saturday when the collection was returned more than 70 years later.


Visualizing the Aztecs

Visualizing the Aztecs

Technology / Computer Sciences

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has visited the ancient ruins of great civilizations can appreciate the difficulty of visualizing the buildings at their peak. Today's visitor to the British Museum can see structures ...


NOAA locates US Navy ship sunk in World War II battle

NOAA Locates U.S. Navy Ship Sunk in World War II Battle

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A NOAA-led research mission has located and identified the final resting place of the YP-389, a U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk approximately 20 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, by a German ...


AMD 2009 Desktop Platforms

AMD Phenom II Quad Core Overclocked to 6.3Ghz

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (69) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD has been showing off their soon to be released 45nm "Deneb" desktop chips which have been overclocked to 6.3Ghz. Unless you can get your hands on some liquid nitrogen, don´t expect to ...


Pages of the Codex Sinaiticus are pictured on a laptop in Westminster Cathedral, central London

World's oldest surviving Bible published online

Technology / Internet

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

About 800 pages of the world's oldest surviving Bible have been pieced together and published on the Internet for the first time, experts in Britain said Monday.


AMD Phenom II X4

AMD's Phenom II Takes On Intel's Core 2 Processors

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD has added two new Phenom II desktop chips to their product line. The Phenom II Dragon line desktop processors use AMD's new 45-nanometer technology and consists both of a triple-core (X3) ...


Link between unexploded munitions in oceans and cancer-causing toxins determined

Link between unexploded munitions in oceans and cancer-causing toxins determined

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (15) | comments 12

During a research trip to Puerto Rico, ecologist James Porter took samples from underwater nuclear bomb target USS Killen, expecting to find evidence of radioactive matter - instead he found a link to cancer. ...


Findings show insulin -- not genes -- linked to obesity

Findings show insulin -- not genes -- linked to obesity

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers have uncovered new evidence suggesting factors other than genes could cause obesity, finding that genetically identical cells store widely differing amounts of fat depending on subtle variations ...


New piece found in the puzzle of epigenetics

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

For many years scientists have known that the numerous biological functions of an organism are not regulated solely by the DNA sequence of its genes: Superordinate regulatory mechanisms exist that contribute to determining ...


The method of repairing Cadiz's walls has hardly changed since the 17th century

The method of repairing Cadiz's walls has hardly changed since the 17th century

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the year 1596, a sacking at the hands of the Count of Essex almost destroyed the city of Cadiz. Since then, authorities have focused their efforts on establishing a barrier between the city and the sea, ...


Surprising results: Virtual games players stick close to home

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

In the real world, tracking a person's social network -- which could include hundreds of contacts that serve different purposes -- is nearly impossible.


Pliable proteins keep photosynthesis on the light path

Pliable proteins keep photosynthesis on the light path

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Photosynthesis is a remarkable biological process that supports life on earth. Plants and photosynthetic microbes do so by harvesting light to produce their food, and in the process, also provide vital oxygen ...