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Earth Sciences

Global Temperature Report – Nov. 2009

Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.13 C per decade November temperatures (preliminary)Global composite temp.: +0.50 C (about 0.90 degrees Fahrenheit)…

Life & Chemistry

Female Birds – Acting Just Like the Guys – Become Sexual Show Offs in Cooperative Breeding Species

“We've known it happens with females in some specialized cases, but it's probably more widespread than we ever realized before,” said Irby Lovette, the Fuller…

Physics & Astronomy

Thirty Meter Telescope New 5-Minute Video Showcases Excitement and Promise of Next-generation Observatory

In a new video produced by TMT and acclaimed animator Dana Berry, astronomers Richard Ellis, the Steele Professor of Astronomy at Caltech, and Andrea Ghez,…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Prove Key Cancer Theory

Their findings, which appear in the current issue of the journal Cancer Cell along with an independent commentary on the discovery, end a major controversy in…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble's Deepest View of Universe Unveils Never-Before-Seen Galaxies

The faintest and reddest objects in the image are galaxies that formed 600 million years after the Big Bang. No galaxies have been seen before at such early…

Life & Chemistry

Thirsty Plants Send Emergency Signals: New Research Insights

The probe has been developed by a team headed by Professor Ulrich Zimmermann from the Biocenter at the University of Würzburg in close mutual discussions with…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Brain Patterns That Predict Promise Breaking

Patterns of brain activity even enable predicting whether someone will break a promise. The results of the study conducted by Dr. Thomas Baumgartner and…

Corporate News

Mondi Coatings chooses production monitoring system from Siemens

In comparison with conventional production monitoring systems, Sipaper IT MES features direct interfacing to the automation system and monitors all processes…

Life & Chemistry

Human umbilical stem cells cleared mice's cloudy eyes

Transplanting human stem cells from umbilical cords onto the abnormally thin, cloudy corneas of laboratory mice significantly improved corneal transparency and…

Studies and Analyses

'Shoot-'em-up' video game increases teenagers' science knowledge

While navigating the microscopic world of immune system proteins and cells to save a patient suffering from a raging bacterial infection, young teenage players…

Information Technology

Intel and DFKI Collaborate on Future 3D Internet Innovations

DFKI aggregates research excellence and application orientation. In May 2009, Justin Rattner, Director of the Corporate Technology Group and Intel Chief…

Environmental Conservation

Alpine Ibex Horns Illuminate Grassland Climate Insights

Researchers from the Chair of Grassland Science at the Technische Universität München (TUM) have now – for the first time worldwide – taken up this issue for…

Earth Sciences

GAW Stations Monitor CO2 Levels Across China

In the past decades, the field campaign and research program were only conducted at a few sites in China by different agencies. However, none of those…

Studies and Analyses

Land Plant Fossils Reveal Paleoasian Ocean’s Disappearance

Despite numerous research efforts in recent decades, the precise time of this event has remained a puzzle until now. New evidence in helping settle this issue…

Life & Chemistry

UCSB scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males

In an article published in the December 8 issue of Public Library of Science Biology, the authors described their experiments on the sex lives of fruit flies.”Can females be too good looking?” asks William Rice, biology professor at UCSB. “Can there be disadvantages to being attractive? The answer is yes: If you are too attractive, you get too much male attention, and that interferes with your ability to function biologically.”…

Earth Sciences

Meteorite Impact Evidence Lacking for Younger Dryas Event

The Younger Dryas is an abrupt cooling event in Earth's history. It coincided with the extinction of many large mammals including the woolly mammoth, the saber…

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