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Kansas scientists probe mysterious possible comet strikes on Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 8

It's the stuff of a Hollywood disaster epic: A comet plunges from outer space into the Earth's atmosphere, splitting the sky with a devastating shock wave that flattens forests and shakes the countryside.


Farms, Fertilizers and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Farms, Fertilizers and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are front and center in finding out how farming affects emissions of the green house nitrous oxide (N2O).


Nicotine Levels Higher in Children Exposed to Secondhand Smoke in the Home

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, supports the World Health Initiative’s efforts for a home smoking ban, according ...


Health Physics Society recommends considering action for indoor radon below current guidelines

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Radon is a colorless and odorless radioactive gas that is produced by the radioactive decay of radium. Radium is a product of uranium decay and is found in trace amounts naturally in nearly all rocks, soils, and groundwater ...


Fast, easy, and highly sensitive arsenic detection with gold nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of arsenic poisoning usually brings to mind underhanded murder. However, the danger of arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking water is far greater. Low concentrations of arsenic are found in ...


Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Rapid population growth and urbanization have raised concerns over stormwater runoff contamination. Studies on watersheds indicate that excess nutrients, specifically nitrate-nitrogen and soluble reactive ...


Scientists use nanosensors for first time to measure cancer biomarkers in blood

Scientists use nanosensors for first time to measure cancer biomarkers in blood

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 3

A team led by Yale University researchers has used nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time. Their findings, which appear December 13 in the advanced online publication of ...


Looking for the heartbeat of cellular networks

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Our cells' molecules form an intricate network of interactions. Today's techniques, however, can only be used to measure individual molecular reactions outside the cells. Since molecular concentrations are much higher in ...


Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being Cool

Ice Cold: Cooler Than Being Cool

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Water expands when it freezes. Anyone who has ever left a can of soda or bottle of water in the freezer too long has witnessed this first hand. So how do plants and animals survive severe ...


Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

Lightweight composites to get trimmer and smarter

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have set themselves the goal of producing a new generation of super-strong, lightweight polymer composite materials for use in aircraft, road vehicles, trains and ferries.



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