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Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Development of Tropical Storm Florence

On Friday, August 3, the low pressure area known as “System 90L” was being watched for development. It was located south of the Cape Verde Islands off the…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers unlock secret of the rare 'twinned rainbow'

Unlike the more common double-rainbow, which consists of two separate and concentric rainbow arcs, the elusive twinned rainbow appears as two rainbows arcs…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Future of Lithium-Ion Batteries: Insights from 150 Manufacturers

You can count about 150 manufacturers of these and IDTechEx has profiled nearly all of them. We expect 200 manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries soon, mainly…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Cryptography Theory Shows Security Flaw at SPIE Conference

Details will be described at the SPIE conference on Quantum Communication and Quantum Imaging held in San Diego on August 15, 2012.Until now, the majority of…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Tracks Typhoon Haikui Approaching China

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Typhoon Haikui on August 5. The AIRS instrument captured an infrared image of the cloud temperatures that showed the…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding Steroid Use: The Science Behind Effects

“There is this disconnect among young people that somehow your emotions, your thought processes—things that have to do with your brain—are separate and…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Stroke Risks in Cardiac Catheterization

When a patient undergoes a cardiac catheterization procedure such as a balloon angioplasty, there's a slight risk of a stroke or other neurological…

Physics & Astronomy

Testing Extreme Plasma Theories with LCLS X-Ray Laser

The study also demonstrates the unique capabilities of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s SLAC…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Microbial Life in Undersea Volcanoes

By some estimates, a third of Earth's organisms live in our planet's rocks and sediments, yet their lives are almost a complete mystery.This week, the work of…

Health & Medicine

Brain Signals Reveal Fast-Acting Antidepressant Responders

Scientists have discovered a biological marker that may help to identify which depressed patients will respond to an experimental, rapid-acting antidepressant….

Environmental Conservation

How Disturbances Help Forests Thrive After Fires and Volcanoes

Forests hammered by windstorms, avalanches and wildfires may appear blighted, but a Washington State University researcher says such disturbances can be key to…

Health & Medicine

Color-coded labels improve healthy food choices in employees from all backgrounds

A program designed to encourage more healthful food choices through simple color-coded labels and the positioning of items in display cases was equally…

Health & Medicine

Kids and Car Safety: Why Restraint Use Is Alarmingly Low

Despite the fact that car crashes are the leading cause of death for children older than three years in the U.S. and send more than 140,000 children to the…

Physics & Astronomy

Two University of Tennessee Scientists to Begin Searching for Potential Habitats for Life on Mars

Linda Kah and Jeffrey Moersch, associate professors in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, are an integral part of the NASA team working on the…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers Invent New Tool to Study Single Biological Molecules

Existing technologies allow researchers to measure single molecules on the x and y axes of a 2-D plane. The new technology allows researchers to make height…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers Provide Answers to Questions About Relaxors

University of Arkansas physicists and their colleagues have determined important information about the nanoscale properties of materials called relaxors, which…

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