Large-scale digital music distribution is bringing about a profound revolution in the way we ‘consume’ music. The market is still in flux, but it is very clear that the hi-fi systems of the future will be significantly ...
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Feb 1, 2008
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As organic farming becomes more common, methods to identify fraud in the industry are increasingly important. In a recent study in Journal of Environmental Quality, scientists successfully use nitrogen isotopic discrimination ...
Environment
Feb 1, 2008
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DNA of the common Black Rat (Rattus rattus) has shed light on the ancient spread of rats, people and diseases around the globe.
Feb 1, 2008
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While hunting among chimpanzees is a group effort, key males, known as “impact hunters” are highly influential within the group. They are more likely to initiate a hunt, and hunts rarely occur in their absence, according ...
Feb 1, 2008
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For the first time ever, NASA will beam a song -- The Beatles' "Across the Universe" -- directly into deep space at 7 p.m. EST on Feb. 4.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2008
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Scientists aboard the research vessel, Southern Surveyor, return to Hobart today with a collection of coral samples and photographs taken in the Southern Ocean at greater depths than ever before.
Earth Sciences
Feb 1, 2008
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In the near future, every manufactured product – our clothes, money, appliances, the paint on our walls, the carpets on our floors, our cars – will be embedded with intelligence, networks of tiny sensors and actuators, ...
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Feb 1, 2008
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Despite the vital role wetlands play in society, they remain among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. To emphasise the direct and positive effects of healthy wetlands for humans, the theme of this year’s World Wetlands ...
Environment
Feb 1, 2008
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A new process for catching gas from the environment and holding it indefinitely in molecular-sized containers has been developed by a team of University of Calgary researchers, who say it represents a novel method of gas ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 1, 2008
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University of Nottingham astronomers will be studying icy cosmic dust millions of light years away — using the biggest space telescope ever built.
Space Exploration
Feb 1, 2008
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