Archive: 05/15/2006
Rising price of oil highlights affordable energy alternatives
With oil prices reaching near near-record highs in recent weeks, calls have grown louder for the U.S. to develop new sources of affordable, domestic energy. Work by experts from The Earth Institute at Columbia University ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 15, 2006 |
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Exercise can protect against skin cancer
While doctors and scientists have long agreed that physical activity has health benefits, Rutgers cancer researcher Allan Conney and his New Jersey colleagues have found that exercise can even protect against skin cancer.
May 15, 2006 |
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Researchers Look to Nature for Design Inspiration
Georgia Tech researchers studying nature’s masterful and time-tested design techniques to find answers for some of science’s toughest design challenges presented their research May 11 and May 12 at the International ...
May 15, 2006 |
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EU caps to curb pollution not working
An EU plan to battle industrial pollution faces a test after new data show countries were too lenient in setting emission caps.
May 15, 2006 |
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In Brief: Yahoo! integrates ask and search sites
Yahoo! said its question-and-answer site will be combined with its general search engine.
May 15, 2006 |
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In Brief: Vodafone to sell Verizon Wireless stake?
Verizon Communications is reportedly prepared to pay $48 billion to buy out Vodafone's share of Verizon Wireless.
May 15, 2006 |
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Panel to evaluate U.S. math education
The Bush administration has created a nationwide panel to look at math education in U.S. schools and recommend ways to create competitive instruction.
May 15, 2006 |
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DNA used to trace Columbus' roots
Five hundred years after Christopher Columbus' death, researchers are using DNA testing to identify where he was born and when.
May 15, 2006 |
3.6 / 5 (7) |
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IBM offers to help fight bird flu
U.S.-based computer giant IBM reportedly will offer its advanced technology and know-how to fight the spread of avian flu and other infections diseases.
May 15, 2006 |
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How Did Cactuses Evolve
In a groundbreaking new study in the June issue of American Naturalist, Erika J. Edwards (Yale University and University of California, Santa Barbara) and Michael J. Donoghue (Yale University) explore how leafy, ...
Biology /
May 15, 2006 |
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Female Guppies Risk Their Lives To Avoid Too Much Male Attention
Sexual harassment is a burden that females of many species face, and some may go to extreme lengths to avoid it. In a new paper from the June issue of the American Naturalist, Darren Croft (University of Wales) and a research ...
Biology /
May 15, 2006 |
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