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Earth Sciences

Antarctica’s Ice-Free Past: New Insights from Climate Study

The study suggests that Antarctica at that time was yet to develop extensive ice sheets. Back then, New Zealand was about 1100 km further south, at the same…

Studies and Analyses

South Africa’s Schoolboy Sexual Abuse Epidemic: Key Findings

By the age of 18 years, two in every five South African schoolboys report being forced to have sex, mostly by female perpetrators.A new study, reported in…

Life & Chemistry

Ancient Mammals: Evidence of Prehistoric Boozing in Malaysia

A wild mammal closely resembling the earliest primates is drinking palm beer on a daily basis since maybe millions of years. Nevertheless, this Malaysian…

Physics & Astronomy

Exploring the Solar Eclipse: Insights from Scientists’ Expedition

When that happens, it gets a million times darker outside, allowing the faint outer layers of the sun to be seen and studied.Scientists Jay Pasachoff and Bryce…

Life & Chemistry

Student Research Targets Garlic Mustard Control Methods

Senior Jonathan Finger of Algonquin, Ill., launched a research project into methods for controlling garlic mustard in the spring of 2007 at Pierce Cedar Creek…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Students' Device Aims to Protect Electric Utility Workers

Their prototype, built at the request of a local utility company, consists of a lightweight aluminum frame that uses rope and a lever-and-pulley system to…

Health & Medicine

How Physical Training Benefits Heart Health Over Time

However, this adaptation process takes longer than it takes the muscle to revert to its original conditions. Researchers from the Universidad Politécnica de…

Environmental Conservation

Birdsong Not Just For the Birds: Bio-acoustic method also hears nature’s cry for help

Computer scientists from the University of Bonn, in conjunction with the birdsong archives of Berlin’s Humboldt University, have developed a kind of ‘Big…

Life & Chemistry

Hepatitis B Virus Structure Mapped by Utrecht University Researchers

Using a newly developed method, Utrecht University researchers have mapped the structure and composition of the hepatitis B virus. The researchers were able to…

Physics & Astronomy

Phoenix Modifies Method for New Icy Sample Delivery

“We are going to modify the process we ran on Sol 60 to acquire another icy sample and attempt to deliver it to TEGA,” the Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer,…

Information Technology

Two-Chip Stacked Package: Insights from NDSU Case Study

A case study by researchers in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at North Dakota State University was published in the July 2008 issue of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Untapped Ocean Currents: A New Source for Renewable Energy

Officials from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and FAU’s Center for Ocean Energy Technology (COET) in the College of Engineering and Computer Science…

Seminars Workshops

The bestLog Workshop III – Actions for Policy Makers and the Industry

In this workshop, which is the third in a series of workshops throughout 2008, Best Practice Case Studies will be presented and logistics professionals from…

Life & Chemistry

Create Your Own Microfluidic Device with New 16-Piece Kit

University of Michigan engineers are seeking to change that with a 16-piece lab-on-a-chip kit that brings microfluidic devices to the scientific masses. The…

Earth Sciences

Scientists Discover Northernmost Hydrothermal Vent Field

Dissolved sulfide minerals that solidify when vent water hits the icy cold of the deep sea have, over the years, accumulated around the vent field in what is…

Studies and Analyses

Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Open Tumor Blood Vessels, Study Finds

In a study using laboratory animals, researchers found that medications commonly prescribed for erectile dysfunction opened a mechanism called the blood-brain…

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