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New study measures hookah use among Florida teens

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hookah pipe smoking has gained a foothold with Florida teens, according to a new University of Florida study, which shows 11 percent of high school students and 4 percent of middle school students have tried ...





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Munich lab demonstrates diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

German researchers demonstrate diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Just three months after the Euro 5 Norm for exhaust emissions went into force for all new car models, researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany) have demonstrated an engine that is ...


Fish with attitude: Some like it hot

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coral reef fish can undergo a personality change in warmer water, according to an intriguing new study suggesting that climate change may make some species more aggressive.


Gene therapy improves vision

Gene therapy improves vision

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

German scientist Paul Ehrlich found what he coined the "magic bullet" in the early 20th century upon developing the world’s first effective treatment of syphilis.


Fighting climate change by turning CO2 to stone

Fighting climate change by turning CO2 to stone

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (13) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- While politicians debate the best ways to cut global carbon dioxide emissions, researchers at Idaho National Laboratory's Center for Advanced Energy Studies are charging ahead on a strategy ...


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All eyes on Murdoch as newspapers ponder digital future

Technology / Internet

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Is Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure?


Pushing light beyond its known limits

Pushing light beyond its known limits

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (18) | comments 6

Scientists at the University of Adelaide have made a breakthrough that could change the world's thinking on what light is capable of.


UN says hunger stunts some 200 million children

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nearly 200 million children in poor countries have stunted growth because they don't get enough to eat, according to a new report published by UNICEF Wednesday before a three-day international summit on the problem ...


Eco-friendly building techniques don't have to significantly raise construction costs

Technology / Energy

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Home builder Lance Schmidt hears it all the time: Green building costs more. But he and his colleagues are out to prove otherwise.



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