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Life & Chemistry

Plants That Move: New Zealand’s Alpine Seed Dispersal Method

Although the ability to move is typically thought to be a characteristic unique to the animal kingdom, plants are also capable of movement, from the sudden…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellites Track Nicole’s Impact on US East Coast Weather

While Nicole weakened, a huge trough of low pressure over the U.S. eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine has become the key weathermaker there. The trough, an…

Information Technology

Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse Web Portal Launched

The web portal is the platform for direct sharing and dissemination of relevant smart grid information, ranging from background documents, deployment…

Health & Medicine

Scientists Creates ‘Smart Cane’ for Blind to ‘See‘

Dr. Cang Ye, associate professor of applied science in UALR’s Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology, recently received a nationally…

Studies and Analyses

Stress Hormone Blocks Testosterone’s Effects

The study, led by Robert Josephs, professor of psychology at The University of Texas at Austin, and Pranjal Mehta, assistant professor of psychology at the…

Event News

International Congress on Bio-Based Plastics and Composites

Clear political requirements towards a bio-based economy have become a world-wide phenomenon, which includes bio-based plastics and composites along with…

Studies and Analyses

Blueberries Help Fight Artery Hardening, Lab Animal Study Indicates

Principal investigator Xianli Wu, based in Little Rock, Ark., with the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center and with…

Health & Medicine

Professor Discovers New TB Pathogen

Tuberculosis is presently the leading cause of death from infectious disease, infecting more than a third of the world’s population.Alexander discovered that…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists Break Color Barrier for Sending, Receiving Photons

The proof-of-concept experiment is reported in a paper about work led by UO physicist Michael G. Raymer that appeared in the Aug. 27 issue of Physical Review…

Physics & Astronomy

Nitrogen, Methane Dominate Icy Surface of Eris

Stephen Tegler, NAU professor of physics and astronomy and lead author of “Methane and Nitrogen Abundances on Eris and Pluto,” will present the team’s findings…

Physics & Astronomy

NIST Clock Experiment Demonstrates That Your Head is Older Than Your Feet

Now, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have measured this effect at a more down-to-earth scale of 33 centimeters, or…

Health & Medicine

New Sensor Nanotechnology Developed by Stony Brook University Researchers Simplifies Disease Detection

The new research, “Nanosensor Device for Breath Acetone Detection,” will be published by American Scientific Publishers in the October 2010 issue of Sensor…

Physics & Astronomy

Spacecraft Tracks Conditions at Solar System’s Edge

The new findings were published this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics, a publication of the American Geophysical Union.NASA's…

Physics & Astronomy

IBEX Discovers Surprising Changes at Solar Boundary

That's where the solar wind, an outward rush of charged particles and magnetic fields continuously spewed by the Sun, runs into the flow of particles and…

Life & Chemistry

NIH Study Reveals How Salmonella Spreads in Humans

In a study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe finding a reservoir of rapidly replicating…

Physics & Astronomy

Slicing proteins with Occam's Razor

A cheetah lies still in the grass. Finally, a gazelle comes into view. The cheetah plunges forward, reaches sixty-five miles per hour in three seconds, and has…

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