World's Largest Ocean Observatory Nears Completion
Canada is about to take the world on a 25-year non-stop research expedition—into the deep ocean.
Jul 06, 2009
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Jul 06, 2009
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Hurricane Katrina: Phone home
Though New Orleans residents were told to evacuate days before the arrival of Hurricane Katrina, no one could have predicted the real extent of the devastation.
Jul 06, 2009
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Study: delirium presentation predicts mortality
The way certain patients present in the post-acute hospital setting with delirium, a common, preventable but life-threatening acute confusional state, predicts mortality, according to a study conducted by the Institute for ...
Jul 06, 2009
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Switching schools affects student achievement, study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture a kindergarten classroom of 20 students. By the time that class finishes fourth grade, only six students—30 percent—will have been continuously enrolled in the same school.
Jul 06, 2009
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Brain's immune system may cause chronic seizures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic seizures caused by traumatic head injuries may result from chemicals released by the brain's immune system attempting to repair the injured site, according to a study led by the University of Colorado ...
Jul 06, 2009
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A New Way of Treating the Flu
(PhysOrg.com) -- What happens if the next big influenza mutation proves resistant to the available anti-viral drugs? This question was presenting itself to scientists and health officials recently at the World ...
Jul 06, 2009
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Scientists are learning more about big birds from feathers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Catching adult eagles for research purposes is no easy task, but a Purdue University researcher has found a way around the problem, and, in the process, gathered even more information about ...
Jul 06, 2009
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Physicist takes a quantum leap
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Queensland physicist is seeking answers to a persistent problem throughout human history: how do I compute things? None, however, have had the same impact as what we today know as simply the ...
Jul 06, 2009
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Students with depression twice as likely to drop out of college (w/ Podcast)
(PhysOrg.com) -- College students with depression are twice as likely as their classmates to drop out of school, new research shows.
Jul 06, 2009
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US Justice Dept probing telecom companies: WSJ
The US Justice Department is conducting an initial review to determine whether large US telecom companies have abused their market power, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Jul 06, 2009
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National Semiconductor Introduces Industry's Lowest-Noise Frequency Synthesizer
National Semiconductor today announced the industry’s lowest-noise, fully integrated frequency synthesizer. The PowerWise LMX2541 provides less than 2 milli-radians (mrad) root-mean-square (rms) noise at ...
Jul 06, 2009
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Chemicals in common consumer products may play a role in pre-term births
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of expectant mothers suggests that a group of common environmental contaminants called phthalates, which are present in many industrial and consumer products including everyday personal care items, ...
Jul 06, 2009
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One step closer to an artificial nerve cell
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University (Sweden) are well on the way to creating the first artificial nerve cell that can communicate specifically with nerve cells in the body using ...
Jul 06, 2009
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Space Station Marathon
The International Space Station (ISS) is about to make a remarkable series of flybys over the United States. Beginning this 4th of July weekend, the station will appear once, twice, and sometimes three times ...
Jul 06, 2009
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Proba-2's journey to Russia marks its first step towards space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Proba-2, one of the smallest satellites ESA has ever built for space, is about to leave its Belgian homeland. Its development and testing complete, the satellite is being packed up for the ...
Jul 06, 2009
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