New initiative begins to remove mink in north Scotland
Mixing fluids efficiently in confined spaces: Let the fingers do the working
Getting two fluids to mix in small or confined spaces is a big problem in many industries where, for instance, the introduction of one fluid can help extract another — like water pumped underground can release oil trapped ...
May 12, 2011
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Soil bacteria plant bodyguards against fungal infections
With up to 33,000 ‘taxa’, plant roots are home to an unprecedentedly large diversity of bacteria. Some of these bacteria can function as a type of bodyguard for plants, protecting them against infection ...
May 12, 2011
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The ewe can mitigate adverse experiences in her lambs
Lambs are likely to encounter a number of adverse events, starting from the fetal stage. In rodents and humans, it was shown that the mother can mitigate the effects of adverse experiences in her young.
May 12, 2011
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Panasonic develops new high picture quality MOS image sensor with industry's highest sensitivity
Panasonic Corporation has successfully developed high sensitivity and high picture quality technologies for new MOS image sensors by improving the sensitivity of the company's νMaicovicon MOS image sensor ...
May 12, 2011
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Aquarius to illuminate links between salt, climate
When NASA's salt-seeking Aquarius instrument ascends to the heavens this June, the moon above its launch site at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base won't be in the seventh house, and Jupiter's latest alignment ...
May 12, 2011
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Image: Flooding from Mississippi river levee breach
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers detonated explosives at the Birds Point levee near Wyatt, Missouri, at 10:02 p.m. on May 2, 2011. Water from the intentional breach flooded a 130,000-acre stretch of land. ...
May 12, 2011
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Risking one's neck for better grog: Mutinies reveal tipping points for collective unrest
Films depicting the 1787 mutiny aboard the British ship HMS Bounty show sailors living cheek by jowl, being forced to dance, enduring storm-ridden Cape of Good Hope crossings to satisfy the ship captain's ...
May 12, 2011
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Latitude and rain dictated where species lived
Aggregating nearly the entire landmass of Earth, Pangaea was a continent the likes our planet has not seen for the last 200 million years. Its size meant there was a lot of space for animals to roam, for there ...
May 12, 2011
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Interactive teaching methods double learning in undergraduate physics class
(PhysOrg.com) -- Interactive teaching methods significantly improved attendance and doubled both engagement and learning in a large physics class, according to a University of British Columbia study published ...
May 12, 2011
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Action needed to manage climate change risks -- new report
Warning that the risk of dangerous climate change impacts is growing with every ton of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere, a National Research Council committee today reiterated the pressing need for substantial ...
May 12, 2011
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Activated graphene makes superior supercapacitors for energy storage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have helped to uncover the nanoscale structure of a novel form of carbon, contributing to an explanation of why ...
May 12, 2011
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Strong, tough and now cheap: New way to process metallic glass developed (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stronger than steel or titanium -- and just as tough -- metallic glass is an ideal material for everything from cell-phone cases to aircraft parts. Now, researchers at the California Institute ...
May 12, 2011
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Certain bacteria render mosquitoes resistant to deadly malaria parasite
cientists have identified a class of naturally occurring bacteria that can strongly inhibit malaria-causing parasites in Anopheles mosquitoes, a finding that could have implications for efforts to control malaria. The study, ...
May 12, 2011
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Ancient gene gives planarians a heads-up in regeneration
A seldom-studied gene known as notum plays a key role in the planarian's regeneration decision-making process, according to Whitehead Institute scientists. Protein from this gene determines whether a head or tail will regrow ...
May 12, 2011
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