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Spirit Rover Images of Martian Rocks

How Martian winds make rocks walk

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

Rocks on Mars are on the move, rolling into the wind and forming organized patterns, according to new research.





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Scientists seek safe carbon dioxide storage for 'greener' power generation (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to fund research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Engineering on technologies that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the capture ...


States call on EPA for tougher air pollution regulations

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Twelve states and the District of Columbia urged the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday to adopt more rigorous national policies so they can meet federal air pollution reduction requirements for the region.


Crossing the line: how aggressive cells invade the brain

Crossing the line: how aggressive cells invade the brain (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cells of the immune system infiltrate the brain tissue, where they cause immense damage. For many years, it was an enigma as to how these cells can escape from the bloodstream. ...


The last European hadrosaurs lived in the Iberian Peninsula

The last European hadrosaurs lived in the Iberian Peninsula

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Spanish researchers have studied the fossil record of hadrosaurs, the so-called 'duck-billed' dinosaurs, in the Iberian Peninsula for the purpose of determining that they were the last of their kind to inhabit ...


Global media giant News Corp. posted an 11 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday

News Corp. net profit up on movie, cable TV showing

Technology / Business

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Global media giant News Corp. posted an 11 percent rise in quarterly net profit on Wednesday as strong results from its movie, cable television and book publishing divisions offset a newspaper slump.


New CReAM research on the factors that shape individual attitudes towards migration policy

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new research paper from CReAM (Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration at UCL) investigates the factors which determine individual attitudes towards migration policy.


Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the north Pacific, say Stanford researchers

Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the north Pacific

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that the sharks have maintained such a consistent pattern of ...


Growing online sales could lower prices, but also trim choices

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Shoppers could see lower prices but less variety to choose from as more manufacturers sell directly to consumers through the Internet, according to new research led by a University of Illinois business professor.


Recent copies of Time and People magazines

Major layoffs loom at Time Inc.: reports

Technology / Business

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time Inc., publisher of Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, People and other magazines, plans to lay off some 540 employees starting next week, or six percent of its workforce, The New York Post reported Friday.


Life's Ancient Island in the Ice

Life's Ancient Island in the Ice

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 3

During the last ice age, massive glaciers covered much of our planet. However, a region of Alaska, Siberia and the Canadian Yukon remained ice-free. This region, known as Beringia, supported unique organisms ...



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