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Global Model Reveals New Insights on Species Origin

The tremendous diversity of life continues to puzzle scientists, long after the 200 years since Charles Darwin's birth. However, in recent years, consistent…

Business and Finance

US Wind Power Market Surges: 60% Capacity Growth in 2008

Specifically, U.S. wind power capacity additions increased by 60 percent in 2008, representing a $16 billion investment in new wind projects. “At this pace,…

Studies and Analyses

Managing Erosion From Everyday Beverages: Key Solutions

In a recent study that appeared in the May/June 2009 issue of General Dentistry, the AGD's clinical, peer-reviewed journal, lead author, Mohamed A. Bassiouny,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Helping High Elevation Pines Thrive at Waterton Lakes Park

Cripps' is working with resource managers and visitor relations staff from Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP). She is part of a project that aims to restore…

Health & Medicine

Addressing Children’s Breathing Issues: Key Innovations Explained

Although the key external causes of these diseases were identified a long time ago (traffic and industrial air pollution), it had not previously been possible…

Earth Sciences

Impact of Warming on Colorado River Reservoir Levels

The study's coauthors looked at the effects of a range of reductions in Colorado River stream flow on future reservoir levels and at the implications of…

Earth Sciences

Underwater Excavations Shine Light on Urla’s Ancient History

*The ranking was performed by the Archaeological Institute of America*The underwater archaeological excavations in the Turkish port town of Urla, being carried…

Life & Chemistry

Uterine Cells Generate Estrogen During Pregnancy Breakthrough

This is the first time that the uterus has been identified as an endocrine organ, said University of Illinois veterinary biosciences professor Indrani Bagchi,…

Physics & Astronomy

Apollo 11 Moon Rocks: Importance 40 Years On

And he credits another WUSTL professor for the fact that the astronauts even collected the moon rocks in the first place.Randy L. Korotev, Ph.D., a research…

Earth Sciences

California's Channel Islands Hold Evidence of Clovis-age Comets

In a paper appearing online ahead of regular publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Oregon archaeologist Douglas J….

Materials Sciences

Exactly Nano – Reference materials for nanotechnologies

BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing lists the world-wide available nano-scale reference materials on its websiteBAM has listed the…

Earth Sciences

NASA’s CASIE Launches Airborne Quest for Arctic Sea Ice Insights

NASA's Characterization of Arctic Sea Ice Experiment, known as CASIE, began a series of unmanned aircraft system flights in coordination with satellites….

Environmental Conservation

Invasive Species Threaten Habitats: Oyster Population Declines

Led by marine biologist David L. Kimbro, now of The Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory , the study shows that in Tomales Bay , half the population of California's native Olympia oyster has perished because its habitat has fallen victim to the dysfunctional relationship between native species and non-native ones accidentally introduced. The work of Kimbro, a postdoctoral associate at the FSU lab, and colleagues from the University of California-Davis and its Bodega Marine Laboratory has magnified concerns…

Studies and Analyses

Cortex Complexity: A Key to Smarter Brain Function?

In a new article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Eduardo Mercado III from the…

Health & Medicine

Scientists Discover Disease Switches That Impact Aging

These switches, which regulate protein functions, may prove to be a crucial factor in human ageing and the onset and treatment of diseases such as cancer,…

Life & Chemistry

Neon Blue-Tailed Lizard: A Unique Arboreal Glider

Most lacertid lizards are content scurrying in and out of nooks and crannies in walls and between rocks. However, some have opted for an arboreal life style….

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