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New tool in the fight against mosquito-borne disease: A microbial 'mosquito net'

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Earlier this year, researchers showed that they could cut the lives of disease-carrying mosquitoes in half by infecting them with a bacterium they took from fruit flies. Now, a new report in the December 24th issue of Cell, ...


Sun and moon trigger deep tremors on San Andreas Fault

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock to slip with little ...


Scientists map speed of climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (25) | comments 22

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


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Bees show off the perfect landing

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Honey bees undergo a sudden transition from speeding aircraft to hovering helicopter as they perform the delicate art of landing on a flower.


UN climate official warns of Indian energy 'crisis'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

India's reliance on coal means the country is heading for an energy crisis unless it diversifies its sources of power, the chairman of the UN's top climate change panel predicted on Wednesday.


Whiskers hold secrets of invasive minks

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Details of the lifestyle of mink, which escaped from fur farms and now live wild in the UK, have been revealed through analysis of their whiskers. Research led by the University of Exeter reveals more about the diet of this ...


First adhere, then detach and glide forward

First adhere, then detach and glide forward

Medicine & Health / Research

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

How do one-celled parasites move from the salivary gland of a mosquito through a person's skin into red blood cells? What molecular mechanisms form the basis for this very important movement of the protozoa? ...


High-blood-pressure treatment for the over-80s too aggressive, warns expert

Medicine & Health / Health

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

People over 80 years are being treated too aggressively for high blood pressure, warns an expert in an editorial in BMJ Clinical Evidence this week.


A man working an interactive TV screen

Controlling the TV with a wave of the hand

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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

Touchscreens are so yesterday. Remote controls? So last century. The future is controlling your devices with a simple wave of the hand.


Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy

Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy

Technology / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Most teddy bears, regretfully, face a lonesome retirement once their owners grow up or move on.



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