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Asian carp raises fear and loathing on Great Lakes

Biology / Ecology

created 15 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- After nearly four decades as a fishing guide on the Great Lakes, Pat Chrysler has seen enough damage from invasive species to fear what giant, ravenous Asian carp could do to the nation's largest bodies of freshwater.


Personalities judged by physical appearance alone

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 17 hours ago | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Observers were able to accurately judge some aspects of a stranger's personality from looking at photographs, according to a study in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSBP), the official monthl ...


Jefferson neurosurgeon helps draft new treatment guidelines for brain metastases

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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New treatment guidelines for patients with brain metastases are now available from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). David Andrews, M.D., F.A.C.S., ...


Climate change turns up heat on mushrooms

Climate change turns up heat on mushrooms

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that spring-fruiting fungi, including the morel and St George’s mushroom are fruiting nearly three weeks earlier than they did 50 years ago.


UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel

UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than three decades ago, marine scientists in the United States first identified the need for a research vessel capable of bringing scientists to Alaska's icy northern waters.


Family's inherited condition links prion diseases, Alzheimer's

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A laboratory connection between Alzheimer's disease and brain-wasting diseases such as the human form of mad cow disease has moved into the clinic for what is believed to be the first time, manifesting itself ...


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The impact of the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

An international group of anthropologists offers a new theory about the diffusion of maize to the Southwestern United States and the impact it had.


New technology helps scientists understand ancient fossils

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Some of the world's oldest human bones and other ancient relics are studied here using some of the world's newest technologies.


Cosmic rays hunted down: Physicists are closing in on the origin of cosmic rays

Cosmic rays hunted down: Physicists are closing in on the origin of cosmic rays

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A thin rain of charged particles continually bombards our atmosphere from outer space. The mysterious particles were first detected 100 years ago but until 10 years ago when a new type of ...


In search of the root causes of the 2008 crisis: New York Fed to hear new theory on financial meltdown

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Anjan Thakor, finance professor at the Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, will present a new theory on the causes of the financial crisis to a meeting of the New York Federal Reserve ...



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