A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, the University of Basel, and Radboud University Nijmegen has now revealed the details of an important microbial process regulating the global nitrogen ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 4, 2013
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A new study correlates a series of small earthquakes near Snyder, Texas between 2006 and 2011 with the underground injection of large volumes of gas, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2)—a finding that is relevant to the process ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 4, 2013
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A quirk of nature has long baffled biologists: Why do animals push in directions that don't point toward their goal, like the side-to-side sashaying of a running lizard or cockroach? An engineer building a robot would likely ...
General Physics
Nov 4, 2013
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UC Berkeley and University of Hawaii astronomers analyzed all four years of Kepler data in search of Earth-size planets in the habitable zones of sun-like stars, and then rigorously tested how many planets they may have missed. ...
Astronomy
Nov 4, 2013
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Usually, research findings on the state of U.S. race relations are pretty bleak. But a study of online dating by UC San Diego sociologist Kevin Lewis suggests that racial barriers to romance are not as insurmountable as we ...
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2013
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Researchers at the University of Chicago are developing computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) and quantitative image analysis (QIA) methods for mammograms, ultrasounds and magnetic resonance images (MRIs) to identify specific tumor ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 4, 2013
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Pop star Katy Perry has overtaken Justin Bieber as the most followed person on Twitter.
Internet
Nov 4, 2013
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NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Haiyan on Nov. 4 and infrared data showed a large area of powerful thunderstorms affecting Micronesia. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center has forecast newborn Tropical Storm ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 4, 2013
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Funding for SPIRou, a spectropolarimeter and a high-precision velocimeter optimized for both the detection of habitable Earth twins orbiting around nearby red dwarf stars and the study of the formation of Sun-like stars and ...
Astronomy
Nov 4, 2013
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Twitter is finding a niche among younger US adults who monitor the messaging service for news on mobile devices, a survey showed Monday.
Internet
Nov 4, 2013
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