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Efforts to save endangered languages

Efforts to save endangered languages

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- There are an estimated 6,500 languages in the world, with around fifty percent of them endangered and likely to cease to exist by 2100, but efforts are now being made to save them from extinction.


Researchers Reveal That Environmentally Devastating Zebra Mussels Can Be Controlled

Researchers Reveal That Environmentally Devastating Zebra Mussels Can Be Controlled

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Cloaked in a delicate brown and cream striped shell and measuring a mere inch in length, the zebra mussel certainly doesn’t look ominous. This tiny invasive species, however, has wreaked havoc in waterways ...


Helping hands

Helping hands

Medicine & Health / Other

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In capstone project, mechanical engineering students apply innovative and collaborative skills to create a rehab glove that stroke patients can use at home


A 'one health' approach to addressing emerging zoonoses: The HALI project in Tanzania

Medicine & Health / Other

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In this week's PLoS Medicine, Jonna Mazet (University of California, Davis) and colleagues describe their work in the Tanzania-based HALI Project, which adopts the "One Health" approach to address emerging zoonoses, recogn ...


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.


Scientists isolate new antifreeze molecule in Alaska beetle

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 4

Scientists have identified a novel antifreeze molecule in a freeze-tolerant Alaska beetle able to survive temperatures below minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Unlike all previously described biological antifreezes that contain ...


Microscopic gyroscopes, the key for motion sensing

Microscopic gyroscopes, the key for motion sensing

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny devices made possible by combining the latest advances in mechanical and electronics technology could be at the heart of next-generation personal navigation and vehicle stabilisation ...


The battle of the sexes

Ovaries must suppress their inner male

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

For an ovary to remain an ovary, the female organ has to continuously suppress its inner capacity to become male. That's the conclusion of a study in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell revealing that t ...


NASA tech zooms in on water and land

NASA tech zooms in on water and land

Space & Earth / Environment

created 11 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a pilot project that could help better manage the planet's strained natural resources, space-age technologies are helping a Washington state community monitor its water availability. NASA satellites and ...


Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Other Sciences / Other

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have fascinated future engineers for generations. Recently, a group of young students had an opportunity to design and build their own robots using LEGOs, the popular plastic pieces ...



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