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Paleontologists discover a new Mesozoic mammal

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA…An international team of paleontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 123 million years ago in what is now the Liaoning Province in northeastern China. The ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Depleted uranium: could this reduce our dependency on crude oil?

(Phys.org) -- A simple three-step chemical reaction which could herald the introduction of new sustainable feedstocks for the chemical industry has been developed by scientists at The University of Nottingham.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Plaintiffs face greater obstacles in discrimination suits, study shows

(Phys.org) -- University at Buffalo Sociology Professors Ellen Berrey, PhD, and Steve G. Hoffman, PhD, have co-authored a study that shows plaintiffs' limited resources and tumultuous experiences in employment discrimination ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

OD and SH - two new molecules in space

(Phys.org) -- The discovery of two new molecules and a detailed analysis of various phases of star formation – this is what the observatory SOFIA can report after completing its first series of science ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New approach to 'spell checking' gene sequences

(Phys.org) -- A PhD student from CSIRO and the University of Queensland has found a better way to 'spell check' gene sequences and help biologists better understand the natural world.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sandia paper on flat-panel displays is one of Applied Physics Letters' 50 greatest hits

A paper by Sandia National Laboratories researchers with implications for early flat panel televisions is one of the 50 most cited papers from the prestigious journal Applied Physics Letters in the last 50 years, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Bio-inspired polymer synthesis enhances structure control

A new bio-inspired approach to synthesising polymers will offer unprecedented control over the final polymer structure and yield advances in nanomedicine, researchers say.

Chemistry / Polymers

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Marine food chain becomes clearer with new revelations about prey distribution

A new study has found that each step of the marine food chain is clearly controlled by the trophic level below it – and the driving factor influencing that relationship is not the abundance of prey, but ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

International team to demonstrate first heralded single-photon generation from a silicon chip

An international consortium of researchers has overcome an important barrier to the generation of single photons using a tiny, chip-scale device constructed from the most widely used material underpinning ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Palms reveal the significance of climate change for tropical biodiversity

Scientists at Aarhus University have spearheaded research results that shed new light on the processes forming the composition of species assemblages in the tropics.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ocean acidification changes the behaviour of baby coral

(Phys.org) -- Ocean acidification caused by human development can alter the behaviour of baby corals, a new study shows.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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