(PhysOrg.com) -- A contender for the title of brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy has been unearthed in the dusty metropolis of the galaxy's center.

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jul 15, 2008 4.4 / 5 (16) 0

A type of wild rice that only grows in a small stretch of the San Marcos River is likely so rare because it plays the sexual reproduction game poorly, a study led by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center ...

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite decades of progress for minorities in corporate settings, Americans still expect business leaders to be white, and they judge white leaders as more effective than their minority counterparts. This ...

Other Sciences - Other

Jul 15, 2008 3.2 / 5 (5) 0

Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered diabetes could be a hidden condition for some patients with coronary heart disease.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jul 15, 2008 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to chowing down at all-you-can-eat Chinese buffets, thinner people do it differently, finds a new Cornell study. They tend to browse and chew more, use chopsticks and smaller plates, face away ...

Other Sciences - Other

Jul 15, 2008 3.8 / 5 (16) 1

For infants and children with blinding diseases of the cornea, a sophisticated new corneal transplantation technique offers the hope of improving vision while overcoming the technical difficulty and low success rate of traditional ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Jul 15, 2008 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Although sickle cell disease is a single-gene disorder, its symptoms are highly variable. In a study published online July 14 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists at Children's Hospital Boston ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Jul 15, 2008 5 / 5 (2) 0

According to a new study, global warming could lead to larger changes in snowmelt in the western United States than was previously thought, possibly increasing wildfire risk and creating new water management ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jul 15, 2008 2.8 / 5 (8) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mid-life working women are more committed and more likely to plan exercise into their daily lives if they know it will make them feel better immediately, a new study from the University of Michigan shows.

Medicine & Health - Health

Jul 15, 2008 3.8 / 5 (8) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two years of field work with members of six English gangs has produced one of the most revealing portraits of their lives, exploding distorted stereotypes of their culture.

Other Sciences - Other

Jul 15, 2008 3.4 / 5 (32) 8

Elpida Memory, Inc., Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), announced today that it has developed a top-tier power efficient 1 Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM, which is capable of operating ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Jul 15, 2008 5 / 5 (2) 0

Intel Corporation unveiled its Intel Centrino 2 Processor Technology products for laptops today, powered by five new Intel Core2 Duo processors. Close to 250 innovative consumer and business notebook PC designs ...

Electronics - Hardware

Jul 15, 2008 3.2 / 5 (5) 3

Older adults can decrease their risk of disability and increase their likelihood of maintaining independence by 41 percent by participating in a walking exercise program, according to a new University of Georgia study.

Medicine & Health - Health

Jul 15, 2008 4.8 / 5 (13) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and researchers have taken a big step closer to a cure for the most common strain of avian influenza, or "bird flu," the potential pandemic that has claimed more than 200 lives ...

Biology -

Jul 15, 2008 4.8 / 5 (9) 1

Animals thrive on the banks of waterways. And those same tree-covered, green grassy areas are keys to maintaining healthy watersheds for creeks and rivers. Landowners must learn how to manage these properties to strike an ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 15, 2008 5 / 5 (1) 0