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Social networking study reveals threat to Tasmanian devils

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study into the social networks of Tasmanian devils may help prevent the further spread of an extinction-threatening disease. The research, published in Ecology Letters, has produced an intricate social ...


Wildlife faces cancer threat

Wildlife faces cancer threat

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While cancer touches the lives of many humans, it is also a major threat to wild animal populations as well, according to a recent study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).


Tasmanian devils listed as endangered in Australia (AP)

Tasmanian devils listed as endangered in Australia

Biology / Ecology

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Tasmanian devil, a snarling fox-sized marsupial made notorious by its Looney Tunes cartoon namesake Taz, was listed in Australia as an endangered species Friday because of a contagious cancer ...





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Micro Sparky: Engineering the tiniest Sun Devil

Micro Sparky: Engineering the tiniest Sun Devil

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Arizona State University engineering student may have found the tiniest - yet most cleverly inventive - way to show school spirit.


Grains and lamb offer new sources of omega-3

Grains and lamb offer new sources of omega-3

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO research on grains and lamb aimed at developing new dietary sources of long-chain omega-3 oils will be presented at the World Congress on Oils and Fats in Sydney this week.


Space Hand-Me-Downs

Space Hand-Me-Downs

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Molecules vital to life have been detected in outer space and isolated in meteorites and comets. Some of this material that rained down on Earth may have jump-started biology. If so, these space seeds also ...


'Dung of the devil' plant roots point to new swine flu drugs

'Dung of the devil' plant roots point to new swine flu drugs

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists in China have discovered that roots of a plant used a century ago during the great Spanish influenza pandemic contains substances with powerful effects in laboratory experiments in killing the H1N1 ...


A Real Dracula Story

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Research, discovery and publishing in a prestigious journal are not as easy as 1-2-3. However, an outstanding mentor and a well-equipped lab made this feat possible for doctoral student Fei Jiang.


Cooperative cybercars, a question of priorities

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed new control systems that let driverless vehicles communicate and cooperate with each other. Could fleets of high throughput rapid transit systems soon be cruising our cities?


Exporting ponchos to a land 'where the devil lost his poncho'

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

University of Leicester researcher reveals history of British textiles trade in South America We may think of ponchos as quintessentially South American, but new research by a University of Leicester historian reveals that ...


Highest-ever winter water temperatures recorded

Highest-ever winter water temperatures recorded

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tasmania’s east coast is recording its highest-ever winter water temperatures of more than 13ºC - up to 1.5ºC above normal - due to a strengthening of an ocean current originating north of ...


Extinction crisis looms in Oceania: study

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Governments must act urgently to halt loss of habitats and invading species that are posing major threats to biodiversity and causing species extinctions across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, according to ...


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EU: Microsoft agrees to unbundle Explorer from Windows

Technology / Software

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 13

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. will offer computer users a choice of rival Web browsers to ward off new European Union antitrust fines, EU regulators and Microsoft said Friday.



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