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Physics & Astronomy

SDO Spots Extra Energy in the Sun's Corona

For years these waves were too difficult to detect directly, but NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is now able to track the movements of this solar…

Life & Chemistry

Aging Brains: How Humans and Chimpanzees Differ

Brains shrink in humans, potentially causing a number of health problems and mental illnesses as people age, but do they shrink to the same extent in the…

Life & Chemistry

Colugos Glide: Nature’s Time-Saving Gliders Explained

However, when this animal leaps it launches into a graceful glide, spreading wide the enormous membrane that spans its legs and tail to cover distances of up…

Studies and Analyses

Gout Prevalence Soars in the U.S. Over 20 Years

A new study shows the prevalence of gout in the U.S. has risen over the last twenty years and now affects 8.3 million (4%) Americans. Prevalence of increased…

Physics & Astronomy

Fundamental Matter-Antimatter Symmetry Confirmed in Physics

According to modern cosmology, matter and antimatter were created in equal amounts in the Big Bang at the beginning of the universe. Physicists are developing…

Interdisciplinary Research

Grant to Investigate Methane Gas from Marcellus Shale Drilling

“We know there are environmental concerns about the Marcellus Shale and there have been some accidents related to the drilling,” said Michel Boufadel,…

Physics & Astronomy

Piezoelectric Nanowires Create New Form of Memory

The piezoelectrically modulated resistive memory (PRM) devices take advantage of the fact that the resistance of piezoelectric semiconducting materials such as…

Trade Fair News

E-Commerce Paris expects 30,000 visitors in September 2011

“Today, E-Commerce Paris is the foremost European trade show for e-commerce, boasting over 450 exhibitors across four main sections: E-commerce Technologies,…

Life & Chemistry

Early Reptiles’ Unique Movement Revealed in 300-Million-Year-Old Fossils

Modern scientists would have loved the sight of early reptiles running across the Bromacker near Tambach-Dietharz (Germany) 300 million years ago….

Studies and Analyses

Minority Rules: Scientists Discover Tipping Point for the Spread of Ideas

The scientists, who are members of the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center (SCNARC) at Rensselaer, used computational and analytical methods to…

Life & Chemistry

One Tiny Electron Could Be Key to Future Drugs that Repair Sunburn

What they saw contradicts fundamental notions of how key biological molecules break up during the repair of sunburn – and that knowledge could someday lead to…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Brain Differences Between Humans and Chimpanzees Linked to Aging

Chimpanzees, the closest living relatives to humans, do not experience a decrease in brain volume as they age like humans do, according to a study by George…

Studies and Analyses

Climate Change to Increase Yellowstone Wildfires Dramatically

•A study led by UC Merced Professor Anthony Westerling shows an increase in wildfires due to climate change could profoundly alter the Greater Yellowstone…

Event News

Call for Papers: Conference ibausil at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

The international conference on development and application of building materials “ibausil” provides an established forum to an international audience for the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Testing Fumigant Films to Improve Air Quality in Agriculture

Research leader Sharon Papiernik, with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory in Brookings, S.D., used…

Studies and Analyses

Hormone Therapy Risks for Men with Heart Conditions

However, adding hormone therapy may reduce overall survival in men with pre-existing heart conditions, even if they have high-risk prostate cancer according to…

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