Scientists narrow global warming range
(Phys.org) —Australian scientists have narrowed the predicted range of global warming through groundbreaking new research.
Environment
May 27, 2013
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Charge your mobile phone with formic acid?
(Phys.org) —Surprisingly the answer is yes. With the technology of today it is possible to use environmental friendly formic acid in fuel cell powering your mobile phone or laptop. Physicist Florian Nitze, Umeå University, ...
Materials Science
May 27, 2013
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The hoarding gene: Using the behavior of Doberman pinschers to understand the compulsion to collect
The shoes, newspapers or other items that hoarders collect can eventually take over their homes. Some people have even been crushed to death when towering piles of their collectibles have fallen on them. Believe it or not, ...
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2013
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Image: Hubble sees a swirl of star formation
(Phys.org) —This beautiful, glittering swirl is named, rather un-poetically, J125013.50+073441.5. A glowing haze of material seems to engulf the galaxy, stretching out into space in different directions and forming a fuzzy ...
Astronomy
May 27, 2013
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Workers' strikes and Facebook likes
Research on Egypt is looking at how to read revolution and grass roots opposition through social media.
Social Sciences
May 27, 2013
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How low battery can you go?
With batteries still struggling to pack the same power as petrol one of the great challenges for electric vehicles is extending their range.
Energy & Green Tech
May 27, 2013
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Rutgers computer scientists receive Google grant to develop personalized data search system
(Phys.org) —An app that responds to search terms as personal as "that restaurant I visited on a rainy day last spring" could someday be a reality thanks to Rutgers researchers.
Computer Sciences
May 27, 2013
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African Horse Sickness: mapping how a deadly disease might spread in the UK
A disease lethal to horses, until now confined to hot countries, could arrive in the UK. New research creates a picture of its possible spread and pinpoints the area that would be worse hit.
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2013
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Wait is on for judge's ruling in BP oil spill trial
Ed Sherman, a Tulane University law professor specializing in complex litigation, continues to closely monitor the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill trial in New Orleans, almost three years after the Deepwater Horizon drilling ...
Economics & Business
May 27, 2013
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Living in space
Every day, 400 kilometres above our heads, there are astronauts living in space. Their home is the ISS, the frontier outpost of human exploration, and a workplace like nothing on Earth. With spacewalks and dockings to contend ...
Space Exploration
May 27, 2013
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