British project helps save rare species
Reclamation of 200-square miles of British coalfields is being credited for saving rare species of animals from extinction.
Environment
Jun 19, 2006
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Climate change may threaten species of amphibians and reptiles in southwestern Europe
Projected climate change could trigger massive range contractions among amphibian and reptile species in the southwest of Europe, according to a new study published in the Journal of Biogeography.
Environment
Jun 19, 2006
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Mapping a glacial path of destruction
The dangerous power of glacial outburst floods - or jokulhlaups - will be easier to predict thanks to new models developed by a Leeds researcher and presented at the International Glaciological Society symposium in Iceland ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 19, 2006
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Researchers develop system to thwart unwanted video and still photography
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have completed a prototype device that can block digital-camera function in a given area. Commercial versions of the technology could be used to stymie unwanted use of video ...
Engineering
Jun 19, 2006
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Networking: Syndicated online content
The cost of online content continues to climb, but Internet retailers are not paying the full price for producing it, sources are telling United Press International's Networking column.
Internet
Jun 19, 2006
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Full speed ahead for cosmic ray project
Construction is accelerating on a $17 million cosmic ray observatory west of Delta, Utah, thanks to two U.S. agencies: the Bureau of Land Management issued a permit, and the National Science Foundation approved a $2.4 million ...
Space Exploration
Jun 19, 2006
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Single-electron ammeter based on bidirectional counting of single-electrons
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, in collaboration with the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and the Tohoku University, has successfully demonstrated an extremely sensitive ...
Nanophysics
Jun 19, 2006
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Sticky Surfaces Turn Slippery With the Flip of a Molecular Light Switch
Changing a surface from sticky to slippery could now be as easy as flipping a molecular light switch. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created an “optically switchable” material that alters its surface ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 19, 2006
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Recreation Of Butterfly Speciation Event
In a matter of months, butterflies sporting the yellow and red wing color pattern of a wild species were created through simple laboratory crosses of two other wild species, researchers report in the June 15, 2006 edition ...
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