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Endangered Philippine hawk-eagle bred in captivity

A Philippine hawk-eagle feared to be heading for extinction has been bred in captivity for the first time, its breeders said Thursday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alternative-energy innovations on display

Climate change is in dispute. Oil and gas are staging a comeback. Republicans are questioning federal funding for energy research as a waste of money in a time of deficits.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New way to tap largest remaining treasure trove of potential new antibiotics

Scientists are reporting use of a new technology for sifting through the world's largest remaining pool of potential antibiotics to discover two new antibiotics that work against deadly resistant microbes, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Hotter homes produce smarter babies

(PhysOrg.com) -- A hotter home appears to produce babies with better cognitive abilities - but before you turn up the home heater to make your baby brainier, the research was conducted on the Australian lizard ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cold spots contaminated in high humidity incubators

Microbes in human incubators, like those found in neonatal intensive care units, grow most robustly on cold spots when the relative humidity is at least 60 percent, according to a paper in the December 2011 issue of the journal ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers demonstrate fully printed carbon nanotube transistor circuits for displays

Since the invention of liquid crystal displays in the mid-1960s, display electronics have undergone rapid transformation. Recently developed organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have shown several advantages over LCDs, including ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Petroleum-eating mushrooms

Take a Petri dish containing crude petroleum and it will release a strong odor distinctive of the toxins that make up the fossil fuel. Sprinkle mushroom spores over the Petri dish and let it sit for two weeks ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

New national business incubation study identifies best practices for success

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy has released a new study, "Incubating Success: Incubation Best Practices that Lead to Successful New Ventures," funded ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

To keep social drinkers safe, one tech company is bringing breathalyzers to the bar

(Medical Xpress) -- Buffalo Niagara and Canadian tech firm Ladybug Teknologies has launched a pilot program for the SipSmart Network, a breathalyzer kiosk that enables bar patrons to stay safe by checking ...

Technology / Other

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Caltech engineers build smart petri dish

The cameras in our cell phones have dramatically changed the way we share the special moments in our lives, making photographs instantly available to friends and family. Now, the imaging sensor chips that ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Heat-proof' eggs help turtles cope with hot beaches

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sea turtles face an uncertain future as a warming climate threatens to reduce their reproductive viability. However, new research led by the University of Exeter and published this week in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

20 endangered Siamese crocodiles hatch in Laos

(AP) -- One of the world's rarest crocodile species has moved a little bit further from extinction with the hatching of 20 wild eggs plucked from a nest found in southern Laos.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E. coli offers insight to evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski occasionally thinks of his 12 original flasks of E. coli as the experiment that keeps on giving.

Biology / Evolution

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nesting turtles give clues on oil spill's impact

(AP) -- Nearly hidden by brownish sand, the Kemps ridley sea turtle digging furiously with her back flippers as she carved out a flask-shaped hole to lay her eggs wasn't aware of the excitement she was generating ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Good guy or bad guy? Diagnosing stomach disease in pet reptiles

Indigestion is surprisingly common in pet snakes and other reptiles. It frequently results from a parasitic infection known as cryptosporidiosis, to which reptiles seem especially prone. Cryptosporidiosis is highly contagious ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Incubation

The word incubation and similar (from the Latin incubare, "to lie upon") may refer to:

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