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Bouncing atoms may be the key to the future of gravimetry

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- When studying cold atoms, scientists often use magnetic or optical traps to keep the atoms in place. However, in some cases experimentalists want to study free atoms, avoiding the effects of a trap. "One ...


Culex quinquefasciatus Laying Eggs

No more big stink: scent lures mosquitoes, but humans can't smell it

Biology /

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Mosquito traps that reek like latrines may be no more. A University of California, Davis research team led by chemical ecologist Walter Leal has discovered a low-cost, easy-to-prepare attractant that lures ...


Study finds better way to protect streams from construction runoff

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found an exponentially better way to protect streams and lakes from the muddy runoff associated with stormwater around road and other construction projects.


Lobster Traps Going High Tech

Lobster Traps Going High Tech

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New England lobstermen have gone high tech by adding low-cost instruments to their lobster pots that record bottom temperature and provide data that could help improve ocean circulation models ...


New England lobster traps are nabbing dinner, data

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Skip Ryan has worked the same channel into Boston Harbor for 50 years, setting and hauling his lobster traps so often that he is certain of one thing.


X marks the spot: Ions coldly go through NIST trap junction

X marks the spot: Ions coldly go through NIST trap junction

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new ion trap that enables ions to go through an intersection while keeping their cool. Ten million times ...


No Mistaking this Bug with New Insect ID Technique

No Mistaking this Bug with New Insect ID Technique

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Misidentifying boll weevils caught in pheromone traps could be easier to avoid, thanks to a new DNA fingerprinting method devised by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their ...


Killer bees may increase food supplies for native bees

Killer bees may increase food supplies for native bees

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Aggressive African bees were accidentally released in Brazil in 1957. As "killer bees" spread northward, David Roubik, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, began a 17-year study ...