 Scientists solve 30-year-old aurora borealis mystery 6 hours ago | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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UCLA space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism that triggers substorms in space; wreaks havoc on satellites, power grids and communications systems; and leads to the explosive release of ... | |
 Revolutionary materials reflect ancient forms 7 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although order is pleasing to the eye, it can quickly become boring. In Islamic architecture therefore, decoration often follows a strict yet aperiodic pattern. Similar structures also form ... | |
Hackers get hold of critical Internet flaw 2 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet. | |
 Microsoft shakes up online division and deepens Facebook ties 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Microsoft is shaking up management of its online division and strengthening its tie to Facebook in the aftermath of a failed bid to buy Yahoo to bolster its lagging Internet business. | |
Make your own microfluidic device with new kit from U-M 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A type of device called a "lab-on-a-chip" could bring a new generation of instant home tests for illnesses, food contaminants and toxic gases. But today these portable, efficient tools are often stuck in the lab themselves. ... | |
 Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain 4 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said ... | |
Nanoparticles Detect Telomerase Activity 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Telomerase, an enzyme that prevents chromosomes from shortening when they divide, is widely suspected of playing a key role in making cancer cells immortal. Though researchers have developed a variety of methods for measuring ... | |
 Trench on Mars Ready for Next Sampling by NASA Lander 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has groomed the bottom of a shallow trench to prepare for collecting a sample to be analyzed from a hard subsurface layer where the soil may contain frozen water. ... | |
Creators of Scrabble knockoff on Facebook sued 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook. | |
 Arctic 'holds 90bln barrels of oil, mostly offshore' 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Within the Arctic circle there are 90 billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, the government-run US Geological Survey said. | |
Genetic mutation identified for eye complaint 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
An international research collaboration including research teams from the Children's Hospital in Boston (USA), King's College London and the Peninsula Medical School, has identified a gene that, when mutated, causes Duane ... | |
Material may help autos turn heat into electricity 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers have invented a new material that will make cars even more efficient, by converting heat wasted through engine exhaust into electricity. In the current issue of the journal Science, they describe a material ... | |
 Electron microscopy enters the picometer scale 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Jülich scientists have succeeded in precisely measuring atomic spacings down to a few picometres using new methods in ultrahigh-resolution electron microscopy. This makes it possible to find out decisive parameters ... | |
The Quiet Explosion: Object intermediate between normal supernovae and gamma-ray bursts found 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A European-led team of astronomers are providing hints that a recent supernova may not be as normal as initially thought. Instead, the star that exploded is now understood to have collapsed into a black hole, producing a ... | |
Study: No gender differences in math performance 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
We've all heard it. Many of us in fact believe it. Girls just aren't as good at math as boys. But is it true? After sifting through mountains of data - including SAT results and math scores from 7 million students who were ... | |
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