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Ruthenium in a Clinch

Chemistry /

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Amines are needed for the production of pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, agrochemicals, plastics, dyes, pigments, and additives. Most important are compounds with a terminal amino group (–NH2), known as primary ...





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As shuttle's career nears an end, NASA turns focus to satellites

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

NASA heads into 2010 with the bittersweet assignment of retiring the space shuttle after nearly three decades. But that's not all the agency has planned: There are also launches of three new satellites aimed at better understanding ...


The Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of crude into the sea in 1989

Fuel spill at same Alaska reef as Exxon Valdez

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A tugboat struck the same reef as the Exxon Valdez tanker 20 years ago, spilling diesel into Alaska's Prince William Sound and creating a three-mile-long slick, the US Coast Guard said on Friday.


Study: Swine flu poses a threat to new moms

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 23, 2009 | 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 ...


Alzheimer's disease may protect against cancer and vice versa

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

People who have Alzheimer's disease may be less likely to develop cancer, and people who have cancer may be less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the December 23, 2009, online issue ...


Keck Telescopes Take Deeper Look at Planetary Nurseries

Keck Telescopes Take Deeper Look at Planetary Nurseries

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have peered far into a young planetary system, giving an unprecedented view of dust and gas that might eventually form planets similar to Jupiter, ...


Genomic differences identified in common skin diseases

Medicine & Health / Research

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you have dry skin, wet it, if wet skin, dry it. This has been a general rule of dermatology for centuries, but scientists are working to develop more precise treatments for the dozen-plus inflammatory ...


Scientists map speed of climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (28) | comments 29

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 ...


Researchers find new patterns in H1N1 deaths

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Brazilian researchers have performed the first-ever autopsy study to examine the precise causes of death in victims of the H1N1 swine flu.


Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe (AP)

Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Police and soldiers donned Santa hats and red clown noses and belted out songs in crammed evacuation centers in hopes of keeping 47,000 displaced residents from sneaking back to their homes on the ...



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