Polls may underestimate Obama's support by 3 to 4 percent, researchers say October 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 54 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Current polls of the presidential election may be underestimating Barack Obama's support by 3 to 4 percent nationally and possibly larger margins in the Southeast and some strongly Republican states, according ... | |
Researchers document world's mammals in crisis October 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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From majestic African elephants to tiny and often unappreciated rodents, mammals on Earth are in a state of crisis. One in four mammal species on Earth is being pushed to extinction, according to the Global Mammal Assessment, ... | |
 Scientists resolve long-standing puzzle in climate science October 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Livermore scientists has helped reconcile the differences between simulated and observed temperature trends in the tropics. | |
Cosmic strings might emit cosmic sparks, answer cosmological questions October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For astronomers, understanding what happened in the early moments of the universe could answer many questions in physics and astronomy. One possible player in the early universe is cosmic strings, which arise ... | |
 Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 58 vote(s)
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A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon. | |
 New spintronics effect could lead to magnetic batteries October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 55 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" ... | |
 Scientists create superconducting thin films October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One major goal on the path toward making useful superconducting devices has been engineering materials that act as superconductors at the nanoscale -- the realm of billionths of a meter. Such ... | |
US culture derails girl math whizzes October 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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A culture of neglect and, at some age levels, outright social ostracism, is derailing a generation of students, especially girls, deemed the very best in mathematics, according to a new study. | |
 India to launch unmanned lunar mission this month October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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India will launch its first lunar mission on October 22 from southern India, a top official from the country's space agency said Monday. | |
 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. ... | |
 In quantum channels, zero plus zero can equal non-zero October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 56 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have discovered a strange characteristic of quantum communication channels. If two quantum channels each have a transmission capacity of zero, they may still have a nonzero capacity ... | |
 Scientist warns cash woes 'devastating' to science October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Famed scientist Richard Leakey warned that the worldwide credit crisis will be "just devastating" to scientific research in coming years, as endowment interest income drops and companies cut donations. | |
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. | |
 World first for sending data using quantum cryptography October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 52 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time the transmission of data secured by quantum cryptography is demonstrated within a commercial telecommunications network. 41 partners from 12 European countries, including ... | |
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 ... | |
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