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Their infinite wisdom

Their infinite wisdom

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created 1hour ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hotel guests come and go. But in the first decade of the 1900s, a pair of frequent Russian visitors to the Hotel Parisiana, near the Sorbonne on Paris' Left Bank, stood out vividly. The children ...


A view of the Swiss Alps at Matterhorn

Sunshine speeded 1940s Swiss glacier melt: scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 4 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

A surge in sunshine more than 60 years ago helped Swiss mountain glaciers melt faster than today, even though warmer average temperatures are being recorded now, Swiss researchers said Monday.


Brain

The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal Brain provid ...


Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Early carnivorous dinosaurs crossed continents

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Did the first dinosaurs wander across continents or stay put where they first evolved? The first dinosaurs evolved 230 million years ago when the continents were assembled into one landmass called Pangea. ...


Researchers uncover chemical basis for extra 'quality control' in protein production

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

December 9, 2009 -Even small errors made by cells during protein production can have profound disease effects, and nature has developed ways to uncover these mistakes and correct them. Though in the case of one essential ...


LST builds first global nanotech regulation database

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A global database of government documents on nanotechnology is being launched by three law professors at Arizona State University who, with their colleagues in Australia and Belgium, have corralled and organized ...


Manufacturing, reinvented

Technology / Software

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created the architecture, hardware and software that will enable super-agile distributed corporations capable of reconfiguring themselves on the fly. It promises to make 'made-to-order' ...


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (55) | comments 15

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


Heavy metal paradox could point toward new therapy for Lou Gehrig's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New discoveries have been made about how an elevated level of lead, which is a neurotoxic heavy metal, can slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease - findings that could point the way ...


Is global warming unstoppable?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (55) | comments 81

In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions - the major cause of global warming - cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the ...



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