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Obstacles no barrier to higher speeds for worms, researchers find

Obstacles in an organism's path can help it to move faster, not slower, researchers from New York University's Applied Math Lab at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences have found through a series ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Yellow-cedar are dying in Alaska: Scientists now know why

Yellow-cedar, a culturally and economically valuable tree in southeastern Alaska and adjacent parts of British Columbia, has been dying off across large expanses of these areas for the past 100 years. But ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

MARSIS completes measurement campaign over Martian North Pole

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) instrument on board Mars Express has recently completed a subsurface sounding campaign over the planet's North Pole. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Drying intensifying wildfires, carbon release ninefold, study finds

Drying of northern wetlands has led to much more severe peatland wildfires and nine times as much carbon released into the atmosphere, according to new research led by a University of Guelph professor.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Largest recorded tundra fire yields scientific surprises

In 2007 the largest recorded tundra fire in the circumpolar arctic released approximately as much carbon into the atmosphere as the tundra has stored in the previous 50 years, say scientists in the July 28 ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Wet spring seriously delays planting and harvesting for Pa. farmers

Spring was so wet this year in parts of Pennsylvania that eventual crop yields may be in jeopardy due to delayed planting, according to experts in Penn State's College of Agriculture Sciences.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Long-standing question about swimming in elastic liquids, answered

A biomechanical experiment conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science has answered a long-standing theoretical question: Will microorganisms swim faster or slower in elastic fluids? ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

April showers bring May glowers from N.Y. growers

The first of May in upstate New York usually finds fields plowed, corn planted and apple trees sprouting leaves. But this year's record April rainfall -- 7.31 inches in Ithaca, more than double the 3.29-inch ...

Biology / Other

created May 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dry

(PhysOrg.com) -- If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Avoid Inviting Termites to 'Dinner' at Your House

It is the nightmare of many a homeowner: Termites merrily eating away at the family castle.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0