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Amphibian Froth: Unusual linkage pattern in a blue protein found in the foam nests of tropical frogs

Chemistry /

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual blue protein called ranasmurfin and found in the foam nests of a Malaysian tree frog has aroused the interest of a team of British, Brazilian, and Malaysian researchers led by Alan Cooper at the ...


Strange molecule in the sky cleans acid rain, scientists discover

Strange molecule in the sky cleans acid rain, scientists discover

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created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (48) | comments 9

Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. It's the unusual chemistry facilitated ...





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Developing enzymes to clean up pollution by explosives

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

Scientists at the University of York have uncovered the structure of an unusual enzyme which can be used to reverse the contamination of land by explosives.


2,000 students at Washington State University report swine flu symptoms (Update)

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 13

Some 2,000 students at Washington State University have reported symptoms of swine flu, university officials said, in one of the largest reported outbreaks of the virus on a US college campus.


Arctic exploration finds large underwater mountain

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- Joint U.S.-Canada exploration of the Arctic sea floor discovered an unusual underwater mountain and evidence that could boost the two countries' claims that their boundaries extend farther north. For the past two ...


Unusual meteorite found by time-lapse camera observatory

Unusual meteorite found by time-lapse camera observatory

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual meteorite with an interesting orbit has been tracked to the ground using a photographic observatory that records time-lapse images of fireballs traveling across the sky.


Crikey steveirwini! Snail honour for late Aussie star

Biology / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An Australian scientist has paid an unusual tribute to late conservation star Steve Irwin by naming a rare species of snail "crikey steveirwini".


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Google Latitude adds location history, alerts you when friends are nearby

Technology / Software

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google Latitude to find your nearby friends, you're in luck: Google updated Latitude with location history and alerts for when your friends are nearby. If you don't love your every step tracked -- well, it's ...


Hearing on the wing: New structure discovered in butterfly ears

Hearing on the wing: New structure discovered in butterfly ears

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A clever structure in the ear of a tropical butterfly that potentially makes it able to distinguish between high and low pitch sounds has been discovered by scientists from the University ...


CDC chief says swine vaccine for my kids, too (AP)

CDC chief says swine vaccine for my kids, too

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says his kids are going to get the swine flu vaccine when it's available.


Geologist analyzes earliest shell-covered fossil animals

Geologist analyzes earliest shell-covered fossil animals

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The fossil remains of some of the first animals with shells, ocean-dwelling creatures that measure a few centimeters in length and date to about 520 million years ago, provide a window on evolution at this ...


Nullarbor fireball cameras find rare meteorite

Researchers make rare meteorite find using new camera network in Australian desert

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered an unusual kind of meteorite in the Western Australian desert and have uncovered where in the Solar System it came from, in a very rare finding published today ...



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