Physicists Investigate Controversy over Room-Temperature Ice August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By confining water in nano-sized spaces, physicists from Leiden University in the Netherlands have turned water into ice at room temperature. While it’s not the first time scientists have created room-temperature ... | |
Delta to offer Wi-Fi on mainline domestic fleet August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Delta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday it will offer broadband wireless Internet access on its entire domestic mainline fleet by the middle of next year. Several other airlines either offer similar service or plan to, ... | |
 Dutch town tests 'air-purifying' concrete (Update) August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 76 vote(s)
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A road in the small Dutch town of Hengelo is to be paved with air-purifying concrete in a trial that could lead to a breakthrough in the fight against rising pollution, scientists said Wednesday. | |
Hot peppers really do bring the heat August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Chili peppers can do more than just make you feel hot, reports a study in the August 1 Journal of Biological Chemistry; the active chemical in peppers can directly induce thermogenesis, the process by which cells convert ... | |
 Phoenix Mars Team Opens Window on Scientific Process August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Phoenix Mars mission scientists spoke today on research in progress concerning an ongoing investigation of perchlorate salts detected in soil analyzed by the wet chemistry laboratory aboard ... | |
 Tevatron experiments double-team Higgs boson August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Scientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab have combined Tevatron data from the two experiments to advance the quest for the long-sought Higgs boson. Their ... | |
Oral pill turns slacker mice into marathonists: study August 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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US researchers have come up with a pill that promises to give a typical junk-food snacking couch potato the silhouette of an athlete and the endurance of a marathon runner. | |
Study uses genetic evidence to trace ancient African migration August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Stanford University researchers peering at history's footprints on human DNA have found new evidence for how prehistoric people shared knowledge that advanced civilization. | |
Eating fish may prevent memory loss and stroke in old age August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Eating tuna and other types of fish may help lower the risk of cognitive decline and stroke in healthy older adults, according to a study published in the August 5, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of ... | |
 Possible Shakespearean theater found in London August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists ... | |
Floss your teeth -- on the double! August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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In dental offices all over the world, patients are often told they are not flossing enough or instructed to floss more. As the old saying goes, you only need to floss the teeth you want to keep. After all, not flossing regularly ... | |
 Rosetta starts tracking asteroid Steins August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Heading toward its first target-asteroid, (2867) Steins, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has started using its cameras to visually track the asteroid and eventually determine its orbit with more ... | |
 Spiders Who Eat Together, Stay Together August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to work together and capture larger prey has allowed social spiders to stretch the laws of nature and reach enormous colony sizes, UBC zoologists have found. | |
 Martian soil may contain detrimental substance August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Scientists are analyzing results from soil samples delivered several weeks ago to science instruments on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander to understand the landing site's soil chemistry and mineralogy. | |
Study: To sleep better, perchance to live longer August 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Shakespeare once called sleep the "balm of hurt minds." Bodies, too, apparently. People with the severe form of apnea, which interferes with sleep, are several times more likely to die from any cause than are folks ... | |
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