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Walney offshore wind farm is world's biggest (for now)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Walney wind farm on the Irish Sea--characterized by high tides, waves and windy weather--officially opened this week. The farm is treated in the press as a very big deal as the Walney ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 88 | with audio podcast weblog




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16th-century Korean mummy provides clue to hepatitis B virus genetic code

The discovery of a mummified Korean child with relatively preserved organs enabled an Israeli-South Korean scientific team to conduct a genetic analysis on a liver biopsy which revealed a unique hepatitis ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

News Corp takes stake in private China film group

US media giant News Corp. has taken a 19.9 percent stake in Bona Film Group, which calls itself the largest privately owned film distributor in China, the firms said.

Technology / Business

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Iran to launch observation satellite on nuclear talks day

Iran will launch next week an experimental observation satellite, on the day of talks with world powers over its controversial nuclear programme, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Vietnam 'cancer-cure' horn habit threat to world rhinos

For desperate Vietnamese cancer patients ground rhinoceros horn is seen as an elixir of life -- a medically unproven and illegal obsession that threatens the very survival of the world's wild rhinos.

Biology / Ecology

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X-ray quasars, and a distance record

Quasars are thought to be galaxies whose bright nuclei contain massive black holes around which disks are actively accreting matter. The accretion process releases vast amounts of energy, often including a ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smalleye pigmy sharks' bellies shine

Smalleye pigmy sharks have an eye-catching party trick: Their bellies glow. However, instead of being a giveaway, Julien Claes and Jérôme Mallefet from Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, have shown ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nanoparticle-delivered RNA interference drug stops head and neck cancer growth

(Phys.org) -- A nanoparticle drug delivery vehicle for small interfering RNA molecules (siRNA), that is already being tested in human clinical trials, now shows promise for the treatment of head and neck cancer. Dong Shin, ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Touch of gold improves nanoparticle fuel-cell reactions

Advances in fuel-cell technology have been stymied by the inadequacy of metals studied as catalysts. The drawback to platinum, other than cost, is that it absorbs carbon monoxide in reactions involving fuel ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Pet bears to be returned to wild in Vietnam

Seven Asiatic black bears kept as pets in small cages will be prepared for a return to the wild in Vietnam after their owner decided they were too big for captivity, an official said Monday.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jurassic salamanders with stomach contents found from Inner Mongolia

Paleontologists from Chinese Academy of Sciences reported two Jurassic salamanders with stomach contents from Daohugou, Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, China, as reported in Chinese Science Bulletin online ...

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