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Research Team Finds Evidence Cacao Ritually Used in Chaco Canyon

(PhysOrg.com) -- Inhabitants of Chaco Canyon apparently drank chocolate from cylinders like these about a thousand years ago. That’s the finding in a paper published this week by PNAS, a publication of the ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists Develop First Chip-Scale Thermoelectric Cooler

(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer chips become more powerful, they also become hotter. Nearly all the power that flows into a chip comes out of it as waste heat, and that heat hurts the performance of the chip. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 7 weblog

Omega-3s ease depressive symptoms related to menopause

Omega-3s ease psychological distress and depressive symptoms often suffered by menopausal and perimenopausal women, according to researchers at Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine. Their study, published in the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Water heaters put solar energy within reach

Andrei Mitran of Cary says he has no desire to live "off the grid." But when choosing a replacement for his 18-year-old hot water heater, the computer programmer says he decided to look into purchasing a solar unit.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 4

Exoplanet atmospheres detected from Earth for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Transiting exoplanets are routinely detected when they pass in front of their parent star as viewed from the Earth, which only happens by chance. The transit event causes a small drop in the ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 4