A new study published in Conservation Letters aims to measure whether parks and reserves in the tropics succeed in protecting forests.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the IRAM array of millimetre-wave telescopes in the French Alps, a team of European astronomers from Germany, the UK and France have discovered a large reservoir of gas and dust in a ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Apr 02, 2012 5 / 5 (8) 20 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research shows that the space age has coincided with a period of unusually high solar activity, called a grand maximum. Isotopes in ice sheets and tree rings tell us that this grand ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 02, 2012 4.4 / 5 (9) 6 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the 1980s astronomers have seen thousands of comets falling towards the Sun, most of them too small to survive a close approach, let alone to re-emerge. Until recently no such objects ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The term "laboratory astrophysics" might sound like an oxymoron; after all, how can equipment in a small room possibly simulate cosmic effects seen in the vastness of space. But in fact, much ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Apr 02, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It used to be when using Google Maps to plan your route, i.e. driving from one destination to another, Google Maps would also try to give you an estimate for how long it would really take ...

Technology - Internet

Apr 02, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

China has said it will aim to bring faster and cheaper Internet access to more people, following complaints that a near monopoly by state-backed firms had hurt service.

Technology - Internet

Apr 02, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1

Communications via satellite are changing the way the forest industry harvests trees. A new approach being tested by ESA combines satcoms and cellular services to relay important information almost immediately ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 02, 2012 not rated yet 0

In the last decade, same sex schools and classes have increased dramatically across the United States. Many studies have examined the differences in the education students receive in a same sex school versus co-ed institutions. ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Apr 02, 2012 3.5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international consortium has determined the structure of an important new drug target in complex with a synthetic molecule designed by our researchers, opening up new avenues for drug discovery.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Apr 02, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- When an optical fiber is bent by 90° or more, the light begins to leak away, posing a problem for fiber optics communications. But by using special lenses that can bend light by not only ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Apr 02, 2012 4.2 / 5 (12) 17 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a relatively inexpensive winter for heating in central North America, with mild temperatures reducing the need to warm our houses, but the mild, fluctuating temperatures will cause ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 02, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene could be the superhero of materials – it’s light, strong and conducts heat and electricity effectively, which makes it a great material for potential use in all kinds of ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Apr 02, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

Midtown Manhattan is red hot; Greenpoint a cool yellow and beige. It’s all a matter of energy: A new interactive, color-coded map created by a team at Columbia’s engineering school allows viewers to pinpoint and comp ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Apr 02, 2012 1.5 / 5 (2) 1

Imagine that you have a big box of sand in which you bury a tiny model of a footstool. A few seconds later, you reach into the box and pull out a full-size footstool: The sand has assembled itself into a large-scale ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Apr 02, 2012 4.7 / 5 (15) 6 |