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Lowering the Blow

(PhysOrg.com) -- Serving lower-alcohol drinks at public events can help reduce the number of people who need medical attention.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Caltech Rover ready for rock-yard competition in Houston

(Phys.org) -- Later this week, a four-wheeled robot designed and built by Caltech undergraduate students will maneuver, apparently under its own guidance, through various challenges at the NASA Johnson Space ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cloudy with a chance of pirates

Imagine being tasked with finding a nondescript gray car being driven somewhere in the United States. And imagine that your primary tools for finding that car are a few aircraft and a handful of vehicles of your own. 

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The 'Missile Woman' behind Indian test launch

Hailed as a trail blazer in male-dominated India, Tessy Thomas juggles domestic duties with her day job -- as the country's top ballistic missile expert.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Simple precautions could reduce risk of E coli O157 in the environment, say researchers

Researchers investigating the risk of E coli O157 in the countryside as part of the UK research councils’ Rural Economy and Land Use Programme, say that simple measures and coordinated action from the ...

Biology / Other

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decades later, a Cold War secret is revealed

For more than a decade they toiled in the strange, boxy-looking building on the hill above the municipal airport, the building with no windows (except in the cafeteria), the building filled with secrets.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 11

Studying grizzly bears' picnic

Armed with a coffee grinder and a lot of questions, a University of Alberta graduate student is uncovering the mysteries of a humble root that is vital to grizzly bear survival.

Biology / Ecology

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

Australia's city birds carry highest toxic load

Toxic industrial pollutants contaminate bird eggs in Australia's major eastern cities at levels seven to nine times higher than those in inland areas, a new study has found.

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lightning strikes far more men than women, statistics show

When it comes to lightning, females are cautious and males are reckless.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

NASA details achievements of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

NASA has declared full mission success for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). As a result of the mission, LRO has changed our view of the entire moon and brought it into sharper focus with unprecedented ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Neag math duo decodes language barriers to math reasoning

(PhysOrg.com) -- It all started with the fear and loathing Strand 25 brings to some math classrooms in the state.


Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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