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Jade sheds light on Guatemala's geologic history

The shifting of tectonic plates in Central America has been poorly understood -- until now. New research on jade found along fault lines in Guatemala is helping geologists piece the puzzle of the past 130 million years.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1




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Feeding without the frenzy: Researchers engineer devices for Houston Zoo to feed giraffes, orangutans

Like their human cousins, orangutans enjoy food and don't mind working a little to get it. If the menu's right, giraffes are even less picky.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China

In the first exhibition of its kind, the Fitzwilliam Museum will relate the story of the quest for immortality and struggle for imperial legitimacy in ancient China’s Han Dynasty.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Textbook rentals a growing trend in higher education

ntil recently, when it came to buying textbooks, there really were only two primary options for the nation’s college students: new or used, and used only sometimes. However, over the past few years, there has been a ...

Technology / Internet

created May 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers create first custom designed protein crystal

Protein design is technique that is increasingly valuable to a variety of fields, from biochemistry to therapeutics to materials engineering. University of Pennsylvania chemists have taken this kind of design ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Earth’s other moons

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth usually has more than one moon, according to a team of astronomers from the University of Helsinki, the Paris Observatory and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (34) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

A Spanish botanist searches for prehistoric flora refuges in China

Jordi Lopez of the Barcelona Botanical Institute has joined local researchers in a study to locate and define "havens and museums of flora" in China – areas where vegetation resisted the glaciations of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Notre Dame survey of African American Catholics offers important insights

A new, unprecedented national survey of African American Catholics by University of Notre Dame researchers reveals several significant insights into individual religious engagement and identifies several notable demographic ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jaded West Coast chuckles over East Coast quake

Soon after the lunch plates stopped rattling and books stopped thumping to the floor, shaken easterners could hear another sound from Tuesday's magnitude-5.8 quake: snickering emanating from the opposite side ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Authenticating ancient artifacts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Piecing together the history of ancient ceramic objects can be difficult, especially when all that remains is a few small shards. However, clues about the authenticity and provenance of such ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Juno spacecraft prepares to launch

In one week, NASA is scheduled to launch the Juno spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, to answer some fundamental questions about the gas giant and, in turn, about the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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