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Supersoldier ants created in the lab by reactivating ancestral genes

(PhysOrg.com) -- There are over 1100 species of Pheidole genus ants, and most individual ants belong to either the worker or soldier caste. In only eight of the Pheidole species, some individuals can belong ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (23) | comments 21 | with audio podcast report

Single nanomaterial yields many laser colors

Red, green, and blue lasers have become small and cheap enough to find their way into products ranging from BluRay DVD players to fancy pens, but each color is made with different semiconductor materials and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Global warming: New research emphasizes the role of economic growth

It's a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we'll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world's economies work.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 133

Magnetic nanochain detonates chemo barrage inside tumors

Medicine-toting nanochains slip into tumors and explode a chemotherapy drug into hard-to-reach cores of cancer, engineers and scientists at Case Western Reserve University report.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New hybrid 'NOSH aspirin' as possible anti-cancer drug

Scientists have combined two new "designer" forms of aspirin into a hybrid substance that appears more effective than either of its forebears in controlling the growth of several forms of cancer in laboratory ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

In nanorod crystal growth, nanoparticles seen as artificial atoms

In the growth of crystals, do nanoparticles act as "artificial atoms" forming molecular-type building blocks that can assemble into complex structures? This is the contention of a major but controversial theory ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The desert Southwest: Oasis or mirage?

(Phys.org) -- The American West has a drinking problem. On farms and in cities, we are guzzling water at an alarming rate.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Researchers demonstrate possible primitive mechanism of chemical info self-replication

(Phys.org) -- When scientists think about the replication of information in chemistry, they usually have in mind something akin to what happens in living organisms when DNA gets copied: a double-stranded molecule ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Physicists 'turn signals' for neuron growth

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new paper scheduled for publication in the January issue of Nature Photonics describes the use of spinning microparticles to direct the growth of nerve fiber, a discovery that could allow ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Time of year important in projections of climate change effects on ecosystems

(PhysOrg.com) -- Does it matter whether long periods of hot weather, such as last year's heat wave that gripped the U.S. Midwest, happen in June or July, August or September?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google launches Chrome browser for Android smartphones

With more and more people connecting to the Internet through a phone or a tablet instead of a PC, Google Inc. is bringing its fast-growing browser, Chrome, to the newest Android-powered mobile devices.

Technology / Software

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Sea cucumbers could be key to preserving coral reefs

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tropical sea cucumbers could play a key role in saving coral reefs from the devastating effects of climate change, say scientists at One Tree Island, the University of Sydney's research station ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Researchers develop new method of cleaning toxins from the oilsands

Alberta's oilsands have water challenges. Oilsands development uses a vast amount of water and even though it's recycled multiple times, the recycling concentrates the toxins and metals leftover from extracting ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tropical cyclones to cause greater damage

Tropical cyclones will cause $109 billion in damages by 2100, according to Yale and MIT researchers in a paper published in Nature Climate Change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Population adds to planet's pressure cooker, but few options

The world's surging population is a big driver of environmental woes but the issue is complex and solutions are few, experts at a major conference here say.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 6

Growth

Growth refers to an increase in some quantity over time. The quantity can be physical (e.g., growth in height, growth in an amount of money) or abstract (e.g., a system becoming more complex, an organism becoming more mature). It can also refer to the mode of growth, i.e. numeric models for describing how much a particular quantity grows over time.

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