 Electrons discover their individuality September 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 58 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrons have something in common with people: the more information they acquire about their setting, the more they become aware of their individuality and the more belonging to a group loses ... | |
 Canada's Arctic ice shelves break apart, drift away September 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Two ice shelves in Canada's far north have lost massive sections since August while a third ice shelf now is adrift in the Arctic Ocean, said researchers Wednesday who blamed climate change. | |
 Theory of the sun's role in formation of the solar system questioned September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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A strange mix of oxygen found in a stony meteorite that exploded over Pueblito de Allende, Mexico nearly 40 years ago has puzzled scientists ever since. Small flecks of minerals lodged in the stone and thought ... | |
Climate change target may lead to 'dangerously misguided' policies September 02, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The pledge from G8 countries to cut global emissions by 50 per cent by 2050, in an effort to cut global warming to 2ºC, could lead to ‘dangerously misguided’ climate change adaptation policies, according to new research from ... | |
 Next stop: The fourth dimension September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 60 vote(s)
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How did the universe come to be? What is it made of? What is mass? Can science prove that there are other dimensions? We may have answers soon. | |
Physicists investigate how time moves forward 7 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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As humans, we have a very intuitive concept of time, and of the differences between the past, present, and future. But, as scientists Edward Feng of the University of California, Berkeley, and Gavin Crooks of the Lawrence ... | |
 Astronomer Discovers Upper Mass Limit for Black Holes 4 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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There appears to be an upper limit to how big the universe’s most massive black holes can get, according to new research led by a Yale University astrophysicist. | |
 Bleeding-heart jetsetters spell bad news for climate September 01, 2008 | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The emergence of a new generation of ‘bleeding-heart jetsetters’ has disturbing implications for the UK’s spiralling emissions from air travel, according to new research by the University of Exeter. The results ... | |
Gene associated with pair-bonding in animals has similar effects in human males September 02, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Variation in the gene for one of the receptors for the hormone vasopressin appears to be associated with how human males bond with their partners, according to an international team of researchers. | |
Study shows no connection between measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism September 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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In a case-control study, the presence of measles virus RNA was no more likely in children with autism and GI disturbances than in children with only GI disturbances. Furthermore, GI symptom and autism onset were unrelated ... | |
 Methane gas oozing up from Siberian seabed: Swedish researcher August 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is leaking from the permafrost under the Siberian seabed, a researcher on an international expedition in the region told Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter on Saturday. | |
New master switch found in the brain that regulates appetite and reproduction August 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Body weight and fertility have long known to be related to each other – women who are too thin, for example, can have trouble becoming pregnant. Now, a master switch has been found in the brain of mice that controls both, ... | |
6 Internet providers disclose Web tracking for ads August 31, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The nation's largest Internet service providers all say they haven't partnered with Silicon Valley startup NebuAd Inc. to monitor Web surfing and deliver targeted advertising to their subscribers. Here is a look ... | |
 Switchable bio-adhesion September 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new type of property-changing polymer: It is water-repellent at 37°C, which makes it an ideal culture substrate for biological cells. At room temperature it attracts ... | |
Complex ocean behavior studied with 'artificial upwelling' September 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A team of scientists is studying the complex ocean upwelling process by mimicking nature – pumping cold, nutrient-rich water from deep within the Pacific Ocean and releasing it into surface waters near Hawaii that lack the ... | |
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