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Castaway lizards provide insight into elusive evolutionary process

A University of Rhode Island biologist who released lizards on tiny uninhabited islands in the Bahamas has shed light on the interaction between evolutionary processes that are seldom observed.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Plant power: The ultimate way to 'go green'?

Researchers are turning to plants and solar power in the search for new sources of renewable and sustainable energy that can support the transition from rapidly depleting fossil fuels to a bio-based society. An article published ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Understanding how bacteria come back from the dead

Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning in the UK and throughout the EU, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow. New research involving a team ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Artificial intelligence: Getting better at the age guessing game

Scientists are developing artificial intelligence solutions for image processing, which have applications in many areas including advertising, entertainment, education and healthcare. They have, for example, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Circular RNAs more common than previously thought

In the classical model of gene expression, the genetic script encoded in our genomes is expressed in each cell in the form of RNA molecules, each consisting of a linear string of chemical "bases". It may be time to revise ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Weightlessness weighs heavy on genes -- a fly's perspective

On Earth all biology is subjected to gravity. Some biological systems require gravity for correct orientation (geotropism: plants grow up, roots grow down). In the absence of gravity even human biology is affected: astronauts ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ancient DNA holds clues to climate change adaptation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Thirty-thousand-year-old bison bones discovered in permafrost at a Canadian goldmine are helping scientists unravel the mystery about how animals adapt to rapid environmental change.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sexual healing? Not likely

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows the production of sperm is more biologically taxing than previously thought, and expending energy on it has significant health implications.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

NVIDIA dresses up CUDA parallel computing platform

(PhysOrg.com) -- This week’s NVIDIA announcement of a dressed up version of its CUDA parallel computing platform is targeted as a good news message for engineers, biologists, chemists, physicists, geophysicists, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Scientists map one of life's molecular mysteries

All living organisms are made up of cells, behind these intricate life forms lie complex cellular processes that allow our bodies to function. Researchers working on protein secretion — a fundamental process in biology ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Speed limit on the quantum highway

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have measured the propagation velocity of quantum signals in a many-body system.

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientific plagiarism: A growing problem in an era of shrinking research funding

As scientific researchers become evermore competitive for scarce funding, scientific journals are increasing efforts to identify submissions that plagiarize the work of others. Still, it may take years to identify and retract ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Research team applies mathematical modeling and algorithms to learning process

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people inherently understand that they have a unique way of studying material for a test that suits their unique personality. Unfortunately, such differences between people tend to create problems for ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Elpida Memory develops resistance RAM prototype

Elpida Memory, the world's third largest Dynamic Random Access Memory ("DRAM") manufacturer, today announced the development of its first-ever high-speed non-volatile resistance memory (ReRAM) prototype. As the ReRAM prototype ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Sony develops next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor

Sony today announced that it has developed a new next-generation back-illuminated CMOS image sensor which embodies the continuous evolution of the camera. This image sensor layers the pixel section containing ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0