Scientists: Soot may be key to rapid Arctic melt
An international research team is in the land of snow and ice, in search of soot.
Environment
Apr 20, 2011
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Facebook HQ abuzz ahead of Obama town hall meeting
(AP) -- A vast warehouse on Facebook's Silicon Valley campus is buzzing as tech industry luminaries, politicians and company employees gather for a town hall meeting with President Barack Obama.
Internet
Apr 20, 2011
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Researchers combine active proteins with material derived from fruit fly
Researchers at Rice University and Texas A&M have discovered a way to pattern active proteins into bio-friendly fibers. The "eureka" moment came about because somebody forgot to clean up the lab one night.
Materials Science
Apr 20, 2011
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New research moves nanomedicine one step closer to reality
A class of engineered nanoparticles -- gold-centered spheres smaller than viruses -- has been shown safe when administered by two alternative routes in a mouse study led by investigators at the Stanford University School ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 20, 2011
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30th annual survey shows Houstonians upbeat about city's future
Despite economic anxiety and concern for the future of the country, most Houstonians perceive an improving quality of life locally and 90 percent believe that Houston is a better place to live than most other metropolitan ...
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2011
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iPhone and iPad with iOS 4 records your moves (w/video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Security researchers have discovered that any iPhone or iPad that has been updated with iOS 4 records everywhere you have been to a secret file. The file is also copied to the owner’s computer whenever ...
Watching the birth of a sunspot
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Central Lancashire have monitored the birth of a sunspot over a period of eight hours using observations from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Dr. Stephane Regnier ...
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2011
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School students help astronomers study mysterious X-ray source
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers from Wales and the Netherlands, in collaboration with five schools, have used eight telescopes simultaneously to study the strange behaviour of an X-ray binary star system. Results were ...
Astronomy
Apr 20, 2011
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Fuel prices will be tipping point for U.S. electric vehicle consideration: survey
A new survey released today by Deloitte shows that 78 percent of consumers in the United States would consider purchasing an electric vehicle (EV) when fuel prices reach $5.00 per gallon. The study, "Gaining traction: ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 20, 2011
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Solutions for 'culture crashes' in algal production sought
(PhysOrg.com) -- Algae can seem quite stubborn and hardy when trying to rid them from your pool, but when it comes to mass producing algal feedstock to be used in the conversion to biofuel, more things can happen to destroy ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 20, 2011
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