Archive: 09/25/2006
Researchers Reveal Three Distinct Modes of Dynamic Friction Rupture with Implications for Earthquake Behavior
A new study by researchers at the California Institute of Technology has revealed important findings about the nature of ruptures and sliding behavior, which could impact how we respond to earthquakes and other disasters.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 25, 2006 |
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Size doesn't matter: island mammals 'dwarfed' by lack of competitors and predators
The evolution of miniature or 'dwarf' versions of animals like elephants and hippos on islands is caused by lack of competition for food and the absence of predators, and not just because they are too large ...
Biology /
Sep 25, 2006 |
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Better sludge through metagenomics
Few stop to consider the consequences of their daily ablutions, the washing of clothes, the watering of lawns, and the flush of a toilet. However, wastewater treatment--one of the cornerstones of modern civilization--is the ...
Biology /
Sep 25, 2006 |
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New insights into costly destruction of subsurface petroleum
Scientists are reporting an advance toward understanding and possibly combating a natural process that destroys billions of dollars worth of subsurface petroleum. Called biodegradation, it occurs as bacteria and other microbes ...
Sep 25, 2006 |
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Physicists observe subatomic quick-change artist
It's taken 19 long years of painstaking, high-precision experiments, but it's finally official: Physicists have announced the observation of a subatomic particle known as the Bs (pronounced "B sub s") meson ...
Sep 25, 2006 |
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Open Science Grid receives $30 million award
Scientists on the track to discovery got good news this month when a powerful computing tool received critical government funding. A five-year, $30 million award to the Open Science Grid Consortium, announced by the National ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 25, 2006 |
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Findings Suggest New Method to Fight Staph Infections
School districts in middle Tennessee recently have reported several cases of staph infection among students and school workers. A biology professor at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) is involved in research that ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 25, 2006 |
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Using Multiphoton Microscopy to See Chromosomes in Action
Feverish fruit fly larvae, warmed in a toasty lab chamber, are giving Cornell researchers a way to watch chromosomes in action and actually see how genes are expressed in living tissue.
Biology /
Sep 25, 2006 |
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Molecules Dress for Success
An enormous challenge to science is the generation of two individual molecules that are not chemically bound to each other but are mechanically wedged together to form a tight link. A team of British and American researchers ...
Sep 25, 2006 |
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