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DNA evidence shows that marine reserves help to sustain fisheries

Researchers reporting online on May 24 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology present the first evidence that areas closed to all fishing are helping to sustain valuable Australian fisheries. The intern ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Voters' views of Mormonism still hamper Romney's campaign

Mitt Romney's religion was a major stumbling block for his 2008 presidential aspirations, and remains so for his candidacy in 2012, according to David Campbell at the University of Notre Dame. Real time voter analysis of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Australian authorities race to drifting ship

Australian authorities were racing to secure a cargo ship drifting off the Great Barrier Reef, with one expert saying it was "sheer luck" it had not hit a reef near the World Heritage-listed site.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Troubled freighter drifts toward Great Barrier Reef

A broken-down cargo ship was drifting towards the fringes of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Saturday, with fears of major damage if it were to run aground at the World Heritage-listed site.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 19, 2012 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research team devises a means for measuring quantum tunneling time

(Phys.org) -- In a bit of inspired research, a diverse team of researchers has devised a means for measuring the time it takes for an electron to tunnel through a barrier. Led by Israel's Weizmann Institute ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

'Green' nanoparticles, that may enhance medication delivery and improve MRI performance

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have shown a new category of "green" nanoparticles comprised of a non-toxic, protein-based nanotechnology that can non-invasively cross the blood brain barrier and is capable ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Why is Great Barrier Reef 'not so great'

(Phys.org) -- Researchers at James Cook University have questioned why coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef has continued to decline when it is recognised as “the best managed coral reef system in the world”.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Under climate change, winners and losers on the coral reef

As ocean temperatures rise, some species of corals are likely to succeed at the expense of others, according to a report published online on April 12 in the Cell Press journal Current Biology that details the fi ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gulf Coast residents say BP Oil Spill changed their environmental views, research finds

University of New Hampshire researchers have found that residents of Louisiana and Florida most acutely and directly affected by the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster -- the largest marine oil spill in U.S. history ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Chemical microgradients accelerate coral death at the Great Barrier Reef

Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology along with Australian colleagues, have examined corals from the Great Barrier Reef affected by the Black Band Disease and identified the critical ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sympatric speciation contributes to island biodiversity

Scientists discover at least 11 examples of sympatric speciation on Lord Howe Island.

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Australia probes claims turtles, dugongs butchered alive

Australia Friday vowed to investigate claims that turtles and the threatened dugong are being killed to feed an illegal meat trade after images of an animal being butchered alive sparked new concerns.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Australia's Barrier Reef to get Google treatment

Australian scientists mapping the Great Barrier Reef will broadcast their findings in partnership with Google, emulating its "Street View" to spotlight the impact of climate change.

Technology / Other

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Coral embryos clone themselves

Forming a unique part of the animal kingdom, corals have built the only living entity visible from space; the Great Barrier Reef. Scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have recently ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Panoramic images of Great Barrier Reef will take millions on virtual dives

Internet surfers will soon be able to go below the surface to immerse themselves in the spectacular coral and marine life of the Great Barrier Reef, under a joint venture between global technology giant Google, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0