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Titan's lakes could be explored by boat

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If a suggestion to be made to NASA comes to fruition, vast lakes thought to be filled with liquid hydrocarbons near the north pole of Saturn's moon Titan, may one day be explored by boat.


A star is born? Herschel space observatory captures the birth of stars

A star is born? Herschel space observatory captures the birth of stars

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency has released a preview of the first science results from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. The new data which include images ...


Bioactive glass nanofibers produced

Bioactive glass nanofibers produced

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A team of researchers from the University of Vigo, Rutgers University in the United States and Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, has developed "laser spinning", a novel method of producing glass ...


Predicting insurgent attacks with a mathematical model

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

When bombs and bullets left 37 dead during Friday prayers at a mosque in Pakistan, earlier this month, the insurgency was using the element of surprise. Unpredictability is the hallmark of modern insurgent attacks such as ...


Should flowers be banned in hospitals?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Does flower water harbour potentially deadly bacteria? Do bedside blooms compete with patients for oxygen? Do bouquets pose a health and safety risk around medical equipment?


More effort needed to crack down on 'secret remedies'

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

The medical establishment and politicians must do more to crack down on alternative medicine, argues a senior scientist on BMJ.com today.


Michelangelos make smart lovers: New study shows that partners sculpt each other to achieve their ideal selves

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Is that really Bob? You've seen him hundreds of mornings for the last 10 years at local coffee shops. Since he started dating Sara, he looks you in the eye -- and smiles. Sara takes every opportunity to let coffee shop cronies ...


DNA of Jesus-era shrouded man in Jerusalem reveals earliest case of leprosy

DNA of Jesus-era shrouded man in Jerusalem reveals earliest case of leprosy

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 11

The DNA of a 1st century shrouded man found in a tomb on the edge of the Old City of Jerusalem has revealed the earliest proven case of leprosy. Details of the research will be published December 16 in the ...


Queen Mary scientists shed light on a mysterious particle

Queen Mary scientists shed light on a mysterious particle

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at Queen Mary, University of London have begun looking deep into the Earth to study some of nature's weirdest particles; neutrinos.


Electronic patient records are not a panacea

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Large-scale electronic patient record (EPR) programmes promise much but sometimes deliver little, according to a new study by UCL researchers that reviewed findings from hundreds of previous studies from all over the world.



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