Armed with a coffee grinder and a lot of questions, a University of Alberta graduate student is uncovering the mysteries of a humble root that is vital to grizzly bear survival.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 17, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

A novel type of fabric that can absorb water and perspiration on one side and transport it to the other has been invented by a team of textile scientists based at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).

Chemistry - Materials Science

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Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion announced a free premium apps giveaway for millions of its customers who may still feel jolted, and a month of technical support for some.

Technology - Software

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Centuries before movie and television audiences thrilled to tales of werewolves, vampires and wizards and Halloween became the second biggest celebration of the year, the ancient Greeks and Romans were spinning ...

Other Sciences - Other

Oct 17, 2011 4.5 / 5 (2) 1

Journalism faculty member Shahira Fahmy analyzed photos with differing points of view over the Gaza War.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

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NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the U.S. Air Force signed an agreement this week to establish clear criteria for certification of commercial providers of launch vehicles used for national security space ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Oct 17, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Carina Nebula is a star-forming region in the Sagittarius-Carina arm of the Milky Way that is 7,500 light years from Earth and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory has detected more than 14,000 ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Oct 17, 2011 4.3 / 5 (3) 3

Oh, yeah. Moving faster than the speed of light has been the hot topic in the news and OPERA has been the key player. In case you didn’t know, the experiment unleashed some particles at CERN, close to ...

Physics - General Physics

Oct 17, 2011 3.4 / 5 (9) 17

Sometimes, a simple decision to try something unconventional can lead to a significant discovery.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Oct 17, 2011 5 / 5 (11) 2 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Alcatel-Lucent is promoting a commercial broadband-over-copper solution. Its new equipment design will deliver better broadband speeds with standard VDSL2 (stands for Very-high-speed Digital ...

Technology - Telecom

Oct 17, 2011 5 / 5 (9) 8 |

Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on the planet, second only to tropical rain forests. Bird's nest coral (Seriatopora hystrix) is common throughout the Indo-Pacific and is able to live across a range of dep ...

Biology - Evolution

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Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a thermoplastic polyester which occurs naturally in bacteria as Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus megaterium. Even though PHB is biodegradable and is not dependent on fossil resources, this bioplast ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

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Disgraced South Korean stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-Suk unveiled eight cloned coyotes Monday in a project sponsored by a provincial government.

Biology - Biotechnology

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Silicon Valley nobility and political heavyweights paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on Sunday at a private memorial service at Stanford University, local media said.

Technology - Business

Oct 17, 2011 1 / 5 (1) 0

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Monday it is trying to block the sale of Apple's newest iPhone in Japan and Australia, escalating a legal battle with the US company after several setbacks.

Technology - Business

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