British scientists have discovered an enormous dome of fresh water in the western Arctic Ocean. They think it may result from strong Arctic winds accelerating a great clockwise ocean circulation called the Beaufort Gyre, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2012
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The invention being developed by EPFL’s Group of Catalytic Reaction Engineering (GGRC) will soon make it possible to manufacture drugs, cosmetics and household products in a safer and more efficient manner. The scientists ...
Materials Science
Jan 23, 2012
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In 1991, conservationists announced with dismay that endangered African wild dogs had gone extinct from the Serengeti-Mara region of east Africa. Now the latest genetic study reveals that this proclamation may have been premature ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Educational philosophy in Finland is strikingly different than in the United States, but the students there outperform U.S. learners.
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying past Saturn's moon Dione, Cassini captured this view which includes two smaller moons, Epimetheus and Prometheus, near the planet's rings.
Space Exploration
Jan 23, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The survival of the endangered snow leopard is looking promising thanks to Monash University scientists who have, for the first time, produced embryonic stem-like cells from the tissue of an adult leopard.
Biotechnology
Jan 23, 2012
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The environmental impact of plaice and cod caught wild in the North Sea is similar to that of imported farmed fish like salmon, tilapia and pangasius. This was the conclusion arrived at by LEI, part of Wageningen UR, in a ...
Ecology
Jan 23, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer Research UK scientists have created the first 3D structure of a key protein that protects against the development of cancer, according to research published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Etruscan shrew, one of the world’s tiniest mammals, measuring around 4 centimetres long, is the inspiration for a ground-breaking new robot developed to use sophisticated whiskers to find its way ...
Robotics
Jan 23, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Generation Y's strong affinity for hybrid vehicles could make it the generation that leads the automotive market away from traditional gasoline-powered vehicles, according to an annual survey by Deloitte ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 23, 2012
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