News tagged with region
The secret jungles of ancient France
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ah, Paris. Land of the Eiffel Tower, delicious French bread and... tropical rainforests? Sacrebleu! It seems unlikely, but scientists have discovered evidence that France may have been a hot, wet tropical ...
New isotope cluster could lead to better understanding of atmospheric carbon dioxide
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers has discovered an unexpected concentration of a certain isotopic molecule in parts of the stratosphere that could have implications for understanding the carbon cycle ...
Natural gas in the Arctic is mostly Russian
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Nearly one-third of the natural gas yet to be discovered in the world is north of the Arctic Circle and most of it is in Russian territory, according to a new analysis led by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey.
Researchers set alarm for incoming space storms
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton has broken new ground in outer space by pinpointing the impact epicentre of an Earthbound space storm as it crashes into the ...
A Hidden Drip, Drip, Drip Beneath Earth's Surface
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There are very few places in the world where dynamic activity taking place beneath Earth's surface goes undetected.
Obama won't fight global warming with bear rules
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Obama administration, which promised a sharp break from the Bush White House on global warming, declared Friday it would stick with a Bush-era policy against expanding protection for climate-threatened ...
Study finds gene bringing together animal and human research in alcoholism
Apr 23, 2009 |
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An important genetic study conducted through Mayo Clinic has identified vital new information concerning alcoholism in subjects with European ancestry, according to a recent issue of Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Re ...
Asia Pacific PC sales down five pct in first quarter: report
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Sales of personal computers in the Asia Pacific region excluding Japan fell five percent in the first quarter from the previous year as a global economic slump hurt demand, a report said Monday.
US wants limits on Antarctic tourism
Apr 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Obama administration is pushing to protect Antarctica's fragile environment by imposing mandatory limits on the size of cruise ships sailing there and the number of passengers they bring ashore.
Asia to drive mobile broadband Internet access
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Broadband-service providers will see their revenue from mobile services jump to 137 billion dollars worldwide by 2014, up 450 percent from 2008, a report said Thursday.
Coming undone: How stress unravels the brain's structure
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 04, 2009 |
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The helpless behavior that is commonly linked to depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is preceded by stress-related losses of synapses—microscopic connections between brain cells—in the brain's hippocampal ...
Birds in Flint Hills of Kansas, Oklahoma face population decline despite large habitat
Mar 03, 2009 |
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The wide-open spaces of the Flint Hills may no longer provide a secure home on the range for several familiar grassland birds, according to research by a Kansas State University ecologist and her colleagues.
Here's looking at you, fellow!
Mar 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Already Charles Darwin investigated facial expressions of monkeys in order to find out how closely related humans and monkeys really are. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological ...
Semiconductor sales down 28.6 pct in January: SIA
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Worldwide semiconductor sales declined 28.6 percent in January from a year ago as the global recession continued to take a big bite out of the computer chip industry, an industry tracker said Monday.
Threats to biodiversity rise in the world's Mediterranean-climate regions
Feb 17, 2009 |
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In the first systematic analysis of threats to the biodiversity of the world's mediterranean-climate regions, scientists at The Nature Conservancy and UC Davis report that these conservation hotspots are facing significant ...
