Study shows how glaciers affected deer evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 10-year study of mule and black-tailed deer has found unique subspecies created by the animals' responses to climate change thousands of years ago.
Evolution
Mar 26, 2009
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Researchers Identify Problems in the Uranium Bioremediation Avenue
(PhysOrg.com) -- Toxic uranium is often found in soil and groundwater in places where uranium was either mined or enriched to make nuclear fuel and weapons. Uranium contamination, which is a threat to wildlife and water supplies ...
Environment
Mar 26, 2009
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Cobalt Nanoparticles Boost Imaging Sensitivity and Edge Detection
(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can serve as a very sensitive technique for detecting small tumors in the body, but it is not as good at identifying the edges of a tumor. Photoacoustic imaging tomography ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 26, 2009
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Nanoparticles Deliver Gene Therapy, Killing Tumors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Given that cancer is ultimately a genetic disease, it has long been the hope of researchers to use gene therapy to attack tumors where they might be most susceptible. Those prospects have taken a significant ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 26, 2009
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Technology and Art Unite to Create Dance Show Based on Volcanic Sounds of the Earth (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time ever, a modern dance company has performed to music generated from seismic data, recorded from four volcanoes across three continents. This unique event was facilitated by DANTE, the provider ...
Other
Mar 26, 2009
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'Painter' supercomputer comes to life at Louisiana Tech
The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) gained another 4.77 teraflops of computing power recently with the activation of the "Painter" supercomputer housed in the Data Replication Center at Louisiana Tech University.
Hardware
Mar 26, 2009
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Research reveals old timers in the frog world
Research at Victoria University has revealed remarkable longevity in wild populations of New Zealand native frogs, particularly in the threatened Maud Island frog (Leiopelma pakeka).
Plants & Animals
Mar 26, 2009
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Switching off protein 'thermostat' shuts down deadly fungal disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Toronto researchers have discovered that by switching off a protein "thermostat" that controls the growth and spread of lethal fungal infections, the disease may be halted.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 26, 2009
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Silicon Micro-islands and Nano-spikes Channel Water on Glass Slides
(PhysOrg.com) -- Working at the nanoscale level, University of Arkansas engineering researchers have created stable superhydrophilic surfaces on a glass substrate. The surfaces, made of randomly placed and densely distributed ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 26, 2009
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Mars Rover Update
In January 2004, NASA landed two identical robotic rovers named Spirit and Opportunity on the surface of Mars. The twins were primed for a brief 3-month mission to tell us a story of water and possibly life itself in the ...
Space Exploration
Mar 26, 2009
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