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Lost water of the Napa Valley vineyards

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 9 hours ago | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Getting the most out of every drop of water is a high priority for grape growers in the southern Napa Valley, where summers are hot and dry and vines have to be irrigated to make it through the growing season. But Stanford ...


Engineers help secure California highways and roads

Engineers help secure California highways and roads

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sprays of dirt flew out of a soil box that held a retaining wall as it violently shook from a simulated 7.4 magnitude earthquake. The wall was put to test recently by engineers at the UC San Diego Englekirk ...


First archaeological survey of Paphlagonia published

First archaeological survey of Paphlagonia published

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Project Paphlagonia is the first fully published multi-period archaeological and historical survey of the little explored region of north-central Turkey. Today this region includes the provinces ...


Surveying bird biodiversity from space?

Biology / Ecology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A fundamental rule of wildlife ecology says that diverse habitats foster greater biodiversity: The Amazon has far more species than Greenland. But how do habitat and biodiversity relate in a state like Wisconsin, ...


Callers of all incomes ditching landlines for cell

Technology / Telecom

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(AP) -- The number of households with cell phones but no landlines continues to grow, but the recession doesn't seem to be forcing poor cellular users to abandon their traditional wired phones any faster than higher-income ...


Late-surviving megafauna exposed by ancient DNA in frozen soil

Late-surviving megafauna exposed by ancient DNA in frozen soil

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Extinct woolly mammoths and ancient American horses may have been grazing the North American steppe for several thousand years longer than previously thought. After plucking ancient DNA from frozen soil in ...


USGS monitoring Twitter for earthquake details

Technology / Internet

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- OMG! Earthquake!


New research may help to clean drainage from abandoned mines

New research may help to clean drainage from abandoned mines

Space & Earth / Environment

created 12 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a quiet green glen near Ashville, Pa., lies a rust-colored pond. A deep, rectangular hole in the ground, it somewhat resembles an Olympic-sized pool. Few people, however, would make the ...


Aggressive infection control protects cancer patients from acquiring H1N1 influenza

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in ...


Report: Arizonans make good neighbors, but not good citizens

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Polls consistently show that Arizonans take pride in their state, enjoy their quality of life, and like and trust their neighbors. Yet despite such positive outlooks, the percentage of Arizona citizens who ...



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