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Earth Sciences

New Analysis Questions Earthquake Risks in Blanco Fault Zone

The Blanco Transform Fault Zone likely won't produce the huge earthquake many have predicted for the Pacific Northwest because it isn't a subduction zone…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Drought-Tolerant Corn: Innovation from AgriLife Research

Dr. Wenwei Xu, AgriLife Research corn breeder from Lubbock, is working with crosses between temperate and tropically adapted varieties of corn to find a…

Studies and Analyses

K-State Research Reveals Consumers Predict Inflation Accurately

Research by a Kansas State University professor shows that household surveys predict the inflation rate fairly accurately and as well as professional…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Discovery Targets Bird Flu and Influenza Epidemics

Researchers at Rutgers University and The University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that could help scientists develop drugs to fight the…

Medical Engineering

State's first single incision robotic kidney removal

“We made several improvements in the technique that could allow us to perform this type of procedure routinely,” says Craig Rogers, M.D., Henry Ford's director…

Architecture & Construction

Building a Stronger Roof Over Your Head: 'Three Little Pigs' Project Begins First Tests

This week, inaugural tests at The University of Western Ontario’s ‘Three Little Pigs’ project at The Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes will begin to…

Environmental Conservation

Heavy Metals in Sydney Harbor Harm Crustacean Growth and Health

The finding adds to mounting evidence that toxic sediments and seaweeds in Sydney Harbour are a deadly diet for many sea creatures.The new findings, published…

Studies and Analyses

California Tobacco Control Program Saves Billions in Costs

During the same period, the state spent only a total of $1.8 billion on the program, a 50-to-1 return on investment, according to study findings. The study is…

Life & Chemistry

New evidence debunks 'stupid' Neanderthal myth

The research team has shown that early stone tool technologies developed by our species, Homo sapiens, were no more efficient than those used by Neanderthals….

Life & Chemistry

Capuchin Monkeys Find Joy in Giving, Study Shows

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have shown capuchin monkeys, just like humans, find giving to be a satisfying…

Awards Funding

EMBO Honors German Zoologist for Excellence in Public Communication

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) awards the prize annually to a practicing scientist in Europe for outstanding communication with the public.The additional award was made in recognition of Tautz's long-term public communication activity on a single organism using all available media….

Life & Chemistry

Century-old rule of chemistry overturned — major implications for drug delivery

The new observations of the Warwick researchers suggest that the real transport rates could be up to a hundred times slower than predicted by the century old…

Life & Chemistry

Wind Turbines and Bat Safety: Unveiling the Hidden Threats

Ninety percent of the bats they examined after death showed signs of internal hemorrhaging consistent with trauma from the sudden drop in air pressure (a…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA EPSCoR Grant Boosts Black Hole Research at UALR

Dr. Marc Seigar, a UALR astrophysics professor and three colleagues from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, have received a $1.4 million grant from…

Life & Chemistry

How 'Secondary' Sex Characters Can Drive the Origin of Species

In the September 2008 issue of Evolution (now online), Armin Moczek and Harald Parzer examine males from four geographically separated populations of the…

Trade Fair News

FOKUS at IFA’08 – Convergence and Community – interactive, personalized, mobile, and location-based

At this year’s IFA – the world’s largest fair for consumer electronics – the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS is presenting its latest innovations which put the…

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