 Astronomers get best view yet of infant stars at feeding time October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer to conduct the first high resolution survey that combines spectroscopy and interferometry on intermediate-mass infant stars. They obtained a ... | |
Can genetic information be controlled by light? October 10, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Researchers at Kiel University have succeeded in showing that DNA strands differ in their light sensitivity depending on their base sequences. Their results are reported by Nina Schwalb and colleagues in the current issue ... | |
 NASA supercomputer shows how dust rings point to exo-Earths October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Supercomputer simulations of dusty disks around sunlike stars show that planets nearly as small as Mars can create patterns that future telescopes may be able to detect. The research points ... | |
ASU Mars instrument gets new lease on life as NASA extends Mars Odyssey mission October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A six-minute rocket firing on Sept. 30 has put NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft on track for a new orbit around the Red Planet. The change, part of a two-year extension for the mission, will give an ASU-operated instrument ... | |
Dutch pub owners rebel against smoking law October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
Dutch pub owners have launched a coordinated resistance against a smoking ban introduced in June, taking their ashtrays out of short-lived storage and pooling cash to pay the resultant fines. | |
Deadly bird flu virus found at German farm: EU October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
German authorities were culling poultry at a farm in Germany after the discovery of a case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the European Commission announced Friday. | |
British military staff data drive lost: ministry October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
A computer hard drive with personal details of some 100,000 serving military personnel, over half the total armed forces, has gone missing, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Friday. | |
WHO probing deaths from mystery disease in SAfrica October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The U.N. health agency says it is investigating a mystery disease that killed three people in the South African city of Johannesburg. | |
Weakening PC demand expected to affect Intel, AMD October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Weakening demand for personal computers has led analysts to take a more cautious look at Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the two giants of the PC-chip industry prepare to release third-quarter results. | |
Facebook rekindling long-lost friendships October 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
It was the first message Marlee Wallingford ever received on Facebook. And it was a simple one: "Did you go to Salisbury Central School in 1968?" | |
Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting's future October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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(AP) -- On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete. It's a ... | |
Researchers find important clue to learning deficit in children with autism October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has discovered an important clue to why children with autism spectrum disorders have trouble imitating others: They spend less time looking at the faces of people ... | |
Transparency in politics can lead to greater corruption October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Why are some countries more prone to political corruption? Viviana Stechina from Uppsala University, Sweden, has investigated why corruption among the political elite was more extensive in Argentina than in Chile during ... | |
 Fitness in a changing world: The genetics and adaptations of the Alaskan stickleback fish October 10, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The stickleback fish, Gasterosteus aculeatus, is one of the most thoroughly studied organisms in the wild, and has been a particularly useful model for understanding variation in physiology, behavior, ... | |
Does it matter if black plus white equals black or multiracial? October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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"Is Barack Obama Black or Biracial?" a recent CNN.com headline asks. The question of whether Obama should be considered black or multiracial has been a concern of the media throughout the campaign. | |
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