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Cassini's Big Sky: The View from the Center of Our Solar System

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 20, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (15) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- When NASA's Cassini spacecraft began orbiting Saturn five years ago, a dozen highly-tuned science instruments set to work surveying, sniffing, analyzing and scrutinizing the Saturnian system.

The Stars My Destination

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 10, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (23) | 2

The Voyager spacecraft are now in the outermost layer of the heliosphere, traveling toward interstellar space - the first man-made spacecraft to travel such a vast distance from Earth.

Popcorn at the movies still an unhealthy treat

Medicine & Health / Health

Nov 23, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study carried out in 1994 by advocacy group CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) found that popcorn being sold by cinema chains in the US was high in saturated fat and calories, ...

Scientists Reproduce a Building Block of Life in Laboratory

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 06, 2009 | 4.9 / 5 (28) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory.

Ultra-Powerful Laser Reproduces How Star's Jets Travel through Interstellar Space

Physics / General Physics

Nov 20, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A multi-trillion-watt laser at the University of Rochester has simulated a stellar jet -- an outpouring of matter from a fledgling star -- with unprecedented realism.

High vs. low hospital volume for angioplasty finds little difference in death rates

Medicine & Health / Other

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A study based on a contemporary registry of patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack) indicates that even though hospitals that perform a higher number of angioplasties are more likely to follow evidence-based guidelines ...

For improving early literacy, reading comics is no child's play

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Nov 05, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Although comics have been published in newspapers since the 1890s, they still get no respect from some teachers and librarians, despite their current popularity among adults. But according to a University ...

Infrared Image of Circumstellar Disk Illuminates Massive Star Formation Process

Space & Earth / Astronomy

31 minutes ago | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers from Ibaraki University, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Kanagawa University, University of Tokyo, Academica Sinica, and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan ...

Short-term hormone therapy and intermediate dose radiation increases survivial for early stage prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Nov 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Short-term hormone therapy given prior to and during intermediate dose radiation treatment for men with early stage prostate cancer increases their chance of living longer, compared to those who receive the same radiation ...