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A dolphin swims off the coast of Rangiroa

Oceans becoming noisier thanks to pollution -- report

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 4

The world's oceans are becoming noisier thanks to pollution, with potentially harmful effects for whales, dolphins and other marine life, US scientists said in a study published Sunday.


Nut Roasting Benefits: Antioxidant levels of nuts increases after roasting

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The chemical reaction that darkens a batch of roasting peanuts also boosts the amount of antioxidants they contain, according to a new study in the journal Food Chemistry.


Not easy being green

Not easy being green

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a battle to save a cherished piece of nature from the forces of economic growth. Preservationists formed groups to present their case, and public figures across the country spoke up ...





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Hatchery-raised salmon too crowded

Biology / Ecology

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

Every year, large amounts of hatchery-raised young salmonids are released into Swedish rivers and streams to compensate for losses in natural production. Butthese fish generally survive poorly in the wild. ...


Why don't robins get fat?

Why don't robins get fat?

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by the School of Biosciences is shedding light on the reasons why the European robin doesn’t get fat -even though they are feeding for much longer.


Study: States need economic freedom to benefit from natural resources

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- States with small governments, low taxes and labor market freedom enjoy greater benefits from natural resource development than states with large and intrusive government policies, according to a new study ...


Chemistry makes the natural 'wonder fabric' -- wool -- more wonderful

Chemistry makes the natural 'wonder fabric' -- wool -- more wonderful

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists in China are reporting an advance that may improve the natural wonders of wool — already regarded as the "wonder fabric" for its lightness, softness, warmth even when wet, and other qualities. They ...


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

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 17 hours ago | 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, ...


The sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline on December 11 in New York

New Yorkers beware! New cockroach hits the Big Apple

Biology / Evolution

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 4

New Yorkers are used to fighting each other for space, but there may be a new contender in town according to a Rockefeller study that appears to have uncovered a new species of cockroach.


Mystery solved: Scientists now know how smallpox kills

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

A team of researchers working in a high containment laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, have solved a fundamental mystery about smallpox that has puzzled scientists long after the ...


Poisonous prehistoric 'raptor' discovered

Poisonous prehistoric 'raptor' discovered in China

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of University of Kansas researchers working with Chinese colleagues have discovered a venomous, birdlike raptor that thrived some 128 million years ago in China. This is the first ...


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.


Marketing Researcher Takes on Human Decision Making Process

Other Sciences / Other

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



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