(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists believe they finally understand why one of the most dynamic regions in Saturn's rings has such an irregular and varying shape, thanks to images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. And the answer, ...
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Washington researchers are using tiny sea creatures called foraminifera to help diagnose the health of Puget Sound.
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2010
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Male worms plug females after copulation as a form of 'gift', rather than to prevent them from mating again, as had previously been thought. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The seven-month upgrade to the historic "Mars antenna" at NASA's Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, Calif. has been completed. After a month of intensive testing, similar to the rehabilitation stage after ...
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2010
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University and college students who identify themselves as politically liberal voted at higher rates in the 2008 presidential election than conservatives, according to new data released by the Higher Education Research Institute ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Oil and water don't mix, but add in some nanofibers and all bets are off.
Nanomaterials
Nov 1, 2010
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It may seem difficult to change stereotypical thinking. Perceptions can be very important in forming an individual's attitudes. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that people conditioned to think in ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2010
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Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a novel technology using quantum dots that is expected to have major implications for research and treatment of tuberculosis, as well as other inflammatory lung diseases.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 1, 2010
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GMOs, or Genetically Modified Organisms, may raise concerns of genes escaping from crops and having unknown effects on natural, wild species. But what is the real risk that traits associated with GMOs will actually migrate ...
Ecology
Nov 1, 2010
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Google has filed suit against the US government claiming the terms for a large Department of the Interior contract favor rival Microsoft.
Internet
Nov 1, 2010
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