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Birds Move North with Climate Change

Biology /

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

Researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) have documented that a variety of North American bird species are extending their breeding ranges to the north, adding to concerns about climate ...


Assisted colonization key to species' survival in changing climate

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Species are adapting slowly to climate change and 'assisted colonisation' can play a vital role in helping wildlife to survive in a warming world.





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Creation of new school districts in US may cause a new form of segregation

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 overturned segregation within many U.S. metropolitan communities and districts, school districts were slow to change and have remained segregated between districts. ...


Australian discovery solves mystery of the Andes

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 14, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (17) | comments 0

A research team led by an ANU scientist has solved the mystery behind the formation of the Andes by discovering how the jostling of tectonic plate boundaries affects geological formations.


Good fences make good neighbors

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 13, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (23) | comments 0

In the last century, more than 100 million people have perished in violent conflict, very often because of local clashes between ethnically or culturally distinct groups. In a novel study this week in Science, researchers report ...


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Researchers explore magnetic properties of iron-based superconductors

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have proposed theoretical models to explain the normal magnetic properties in iron-based superconductors. This research was published in the December 21, 2008 ...


Researchers Explore Magnetic Properties of Iron-Based Superconductors

Researchers Explore Magnetic Properties of Iron-Based Superconductors

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory have proposed theoretical models to explain the normal magnetic properties in iron-based superconductors. This research was published in the December ...


Mechanical energy dissipation in ultrananocrystalline diamond microresonators

Highlight: Mechanical energy dissipation in ultrananocrystalline diamond microresonators

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers in the Nanofabrication and Devices group at the Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania, Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc., and Innovative Micro Technology, ...


Ericsson, Telstra Achieve World's First 200km Cell Range Mobile Broadband Coverage

Ericsson, Telstra Achieve World's First 200km Cell Range Mobile Broadband Coverage

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 14, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ericsson and Australian telecom operator Telstra said they launched the world’s first 200km cell range in a commercial mobile broadband network. The achievement was announced yesterday at the 3GSM World Congress ...


Complexity of financial services industry

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 04, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The financial services industry is complex and financial service professionals are becoming less distinguishable and more inter-related, according to a new RAND Corporation report issued today.


Study provides insights into how climate change might impact species' geographic ranges

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 1

A new study by a team of researchers led by Jessica Hellmann, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, offers interesting insights into how species may, or may not, change their geographic ...


Doing Something 'Easy' on Superfluid Solids

When is a supersolid not quite so super?

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 24, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (40) | comments 0

A deceptively simple experiment, recently published in the journal Science, has moved physics one step closer to explaining the odd behavior of supersolid helium. The unusual state of matter – in which a port ...



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