News tagged with st
Economists say copyright and patent laws are killing innovation; hurting economy
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Abolishing patent and copyright laws sounds radical, but two economists at Washington University in St. Louis say it's an idea whose time has come. Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine see innovation as a ...
Chilean eruption highlights risk from 'rhyolitic' volcanoes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Magma from a Chilean volcano shot through Earth's crust at around a metre (3.25 feet) per second, a speed highlighting the perils from so-called rhyolitic volcanoes, scientists reported on Wednesday.
Readers build vivid mental simulations of narrative situations, brain scans suggest
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new brain-imaging study is shedding light on what it means to "get lost" in a good book — suggesting that readers create vivid mental simulations of the sounds, sights, tastes and movements ...
St. John's wort relieves symptoms of major depression
Oct 08, 2008 |
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New research provides support for the use of St. John's wort extracts in treating major depression. A Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate ...
Rocket Racing Could be Futuristic NASCAR Sport
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2008 |
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With its first demonstration of a rocket-powered plane, the Rocket Racing League is hoping to have invented a new sport. Thousands of spectators witnessed the league´s first flight, held at the Experimental ...
25 year old message in a bottle reunited with its owner
Aug 21, 2008 |
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As an eleven year old boy in 1985, Donald Wylie tossed a bottle into the Orkney sea, with a message asking its finder to track him down. Almost a quarter of a century later, Donald will be reunited with the bottle which ...
Team confirms Alps-like mountain range under East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying twin-engine light aircraft the equivalent of several trips around the globe and establishing a network of seismic instruments across an area the size of Texas, a U.S.-led, international ...
Rising sea threatens coastline
Jan 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Experts at The University of Manchester are to produce a detailed picture of the public’s views on the uncertain future of a 250-mile-stretch of coastline.
How gorilla gestures point to evolution of human language
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of St Andrews have discovered that gorillas have a more extensive repertoire of gestures than any other mammal.
What are you looking at?
Biology /
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do we look when another person looks? Are we looking for objects of interest or perhaps a warning of impending danger? Or are we just plain nosey? Human tendency to follow another person's ...
Plant polymerases IV and V are special forms of Polymerase II
Biology /
Jan 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's a little like finding out that Superman is actually Clark Kent. A team of biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has discovered that two vital cellular components, nuclear RNA ...
San Diego Supercomputer Center director urges academia to make cyberinfrastructure 'real'
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Comprising the "infrastructure" for the Information Age, cyberinfrastructure – the organized aggregate of information technologies, organizations, and human resources – is essential for future research advancement ...
Stanford's Dostoevsky biographer concludes acclaimed series
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Everything was silent in St. Petersburg's Semenovsky Square. On the cold December day in 1849, the snow fell softly on the soldiers, on the crowd and on the ragged prisoners who unexpectedly found themselves blinking at the ...
Biblical diet 'unhealthy'
Jan 13, 2009 |
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A new study into the diet of ancient Israel has revealed that far from being 'the land of milk and honey', its inhabitants suffered from the lack of a balanced diet.
Women know bonnie babies best
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- St Andrews researchers may finally have found the reason why women are more likely to coo over babies than men.
