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LHC experiments present their latest results at Europhysics conference

The first of the major summer conferences for particle physics opens today in Grenoble. All of the Large Hadron Collider experiments will be presenting results, and a press conference is scheduled for Monday 25 July. The ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Fewer verbs and nouns in financial reporting could predict stock market bubble, study shows

When the language used by financial analysts and reporters becomes increasingly similar the stock market may be overheated, say scientists.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rising oceans - too late to turn the tide?

Melting ice sheets contributed much more to rising sea levels than thermal expansion of warming ocean waters during the Last Interglacial Period, a UA-led team of researchers has found. The results further ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 45 | with audio podcast

Swarms of locusts use social networking to communicate

Social studies of Facebook and Twitter have been adapted to gain a greater understanding of the swarming behaviour of locusts. The enormous success of social networking sites has vividly illustrated the importance of networking ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers study cotton gin dust emissions

The last of seven cotton gins is being tested this year as the fieldwork for a major 4-year cotton gin dust sampling project draws to a close. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists organized the project to intensively ...

Biology / Other

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Variation in susceptibility to a virus is the key to understanding infection biology

A new study shows that differences in the vulnerability of animals to a virus are crucial to understanding patterns of infection, and that variation in susceptibility to two marginally different viruses increases the number ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study could help recreate ancient woods

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University and the Forestry Commission studied remnants of the ancient Caledonian pine forests in the Scottish Highlands.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Takeoffs and landings cause more precipitation around major airports

Researchers have found that areas near commercial airports sometimes experience a small but measurable increase in rain and snow when aircraft take off and land under certain atmospheric conditions.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Demonstrating the importance of dynamical systems theory

Two new papers in the Journal of General Physiology demonstrate the successes of using bifurcation theory and dynamical systems approaches to solve biological puzzles.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Disease-resistant oysters call for shift in Bay restoration strategies

Development of disease resistance among Chesapeake Bay oysters calls for a shift in oyster-restoration strategies within the Bay and its tributaries. That's according to a new study by researchers at the Virginia ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Model helps pinpoint cyanobacterial genes that capture the sun's energy

A new computer model of blue-green algae can predict which of the organism's genes are central to capturing energy from sunlight and other critical processes.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heat will kill more than cold in Europe eventually

(AP) -- A new study says one of the few benefits of global warming - fewer deaths from the combination of extreme heat and cold - may eventually melt away in Europe.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's tsunami debris set for 10-year Pacific tour

Debris sucked from the shoreline of Japan by the March 11 tsunami has embarked on a 10-year circuit of the North Pacific, posing an enduring threat to shipping and wildlife, a French green group says.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Networking' turns up flu viruses with close ties to pandemic of 2009

Scientists using new mathematical and computational techniques have identified six influenza A viruses that have particularly close genetic relationships to the H1N1 "swine" flu virus that swept through the United States ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

For water researchers, an atmosphere full of questions

A Gulfstream turboprop sits on the McClellan Airport runway under gray, gloomy skies. Kim Prather has waited two weeks for this day.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0