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Scientists Make Ink Disappear, Make Paper Reusable

Scientists Make Ink Disappear, Make Paper Reusable

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (16) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite ongoing efforts to save the trees, many offices print high volumes of paper documents on a daily basis. Although many companies encourage paper recycling, both disposing of and recycling ...


Fire and water reveal new archaeological dating method

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new way of dating archaeological objects - using fire and water to unlock their 'internal clocks'.





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Flying dinosaur controversy resolved

Flying dinosaur controversy resolved

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (17) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research appears to have ended a scientific debate that has vexed palaeontologists for almost 100 years.


Earliest toothless bird found

Earliest toothless bird found

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new species of bird from the Cretaceous period in China has been identified. It had toothless upper and lower jaws, and provides significant information on the diversification in the evolution ...


Climate change turns up heat on mushrooms

Climate change turns up heat on mushrooms

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that spring-fruiting fungi, including the morel and St George’s mushroom are fruiting nearly three weeks earlier than they did 50 years ago.


Think again about keeping little ones so squeaky clean

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 5

A new Northwestern University study suggests that American parents should ease up on antibacterial soap and perhaps allow their little ones a romp or two in the mud --- or at least a much better acquaintance with everyday ...


Brooding fishes take up nutrients from their own children

Brooding fishes take up nutrients from their own children

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In the pipefish, the male cares for the offspring. Apart from the ones he sucks the life out of. The discovery of filial cannibalism in the pipefish is now creating a stir in the research world.


Birds Call to Warn Friends and Enemies

Biology / Plants & Animals

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Birds' alarm calls serve both to alert other birds to danger and to warn off predators. And some birds can pull a ventriloquist's trick, singing from the side of their mouths, according to a UC Davis study.


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.


Variable Temperatures Leave Insects wtih a Frosty Reception

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists at The University of Western Ontario have shown that insects exposed to repeated periods of cold will trade reproduction for immediate survival.


Destruction spreads 'like a disease'

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- People have cleared more than a quarter of the world’s forests and half of its grasslands, according to a paper published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society by researchers from The University of Que ...


Scientists Unravel Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish

Scientists Unravel Evolution of Highly Toxic Box Jellyfish

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- With thousands of stinging cells that can emit deadly venom from tentacles that can reach ten feet in length, the 50 or so species of box jellyfish have long been of interest to scientists ...



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