Researchers Moving Closer to Creating Viable Energy From Sewage October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a newly developed technology for producing hydrogen gas from biowaste is brought to commercial use – as researchers believe it can be – then it appears the world will have plenty of energy if it can ... | |
Fake YouTube pages used to spread viruses October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker. | |
 At 2.8 km down, a 1-of-a-kind microorganism lives all alone October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometers (1.74 miles) beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa. ... | |
 Fuzziness on the road to physics' grand unification theory October 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 59 vote(s)
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Leave it to hypothesized gravity to weigh down what physicists have thought for 30 years. If theoretical physicists, led by the University of Oregon's Stephen Hsu, are right, the idea that nature's forces ... | |
 Robot suit for rent in Japan to help people walk October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A robotic suit that reads brain signals and helps people with mobility problems will be available to rent in Japan for $2,200 a month starting Friday - an invention that may have far-reaching benefits ... | |
Narcissistic people most likely to emerge as leaders October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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When a group is without a leader, you can often count on a narcissist to take charge, a new study suggests. Researchers found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of leaderless groups. Narcissism ... | |
 CoRoT discovery challenges the definition of extra-solar planets October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The CoRoT satellite has discovered a planet-sized object so exotic that astronomers are unsure whether to call it a planet. The object, named CoRoT-Exo-3b, is approximately the same size as ... | |
 New spintronics effect could lead to magnetic batteries October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 54 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have recently discovered that heating one side of a magnetized nickel-iron rod causes electrons to rearrange themselves according to their spins. This so-called "spin Seebeck effect" ... | |
 Earliest Animal Footprints Ever Found -- Discovered in Nevada October 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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The fossilized trail of an aquatic creature suggests that animals walked using legs at least 30 million years earlier than had been thought. The tracks -- two parallel rows of small dots, each about 2 millimeters ... | |
Occasional memory loss tied to lower brain volume October 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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People who occasionally forget an appointment or a friend's name may have a loss of brain volume, even though they don't have memory deficits on regular tests of memory or dementia, according to a study published in the October ... | |
Deadlines set for designating polar bear habitat October 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 6
(AP) -- The federal government will designate "critical habitat" for polar bears off Alaska's coast, a decision that could add restrictions to future offshore petroleum exploration or drilling. | |
Extinction by asteroid a rarity: 'Sick Earth' extinctions more likely October 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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In geology as in cancer research, the silver bullet theory always gets the headlines and nearly always turns out to be wrong. | |
 Long-Lasting Quantum Memory Leads to Long-Distance Quantum Communication October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have taken a step closer to realizing long-distance quantum communication, in which a quantum state is transferred from one location to another by becoming entangled with a traveling ... | |
Future of flagship Mars mission up in the air October 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Will NASA's flagship mission to Mars fly next year? The space agency could decide as early as Friday whether to cancel, delay or proceed with plans to launch a nuclear-powered, SUV-size rover to the red planet. | |
 Siren voice means she's fertile October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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A woman raises the pitch of her voice during her most fertile period of the month in an unconscious boost to her femininity, according to a study published Wednesday in the British journal Biology Letters. ... | |
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