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Subaru telescope pioneers the use of adaptive optics for optical observations

A research team from the University of Tokyo/Kavli IPMU, Ehime University, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) has succeeded in conducting the first, full-scale scientific observationswith ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

SeaSketch, the next generation of UCSB's MarineMap program, will aid marine spatial planning

Since 2009, a free Web-based marine mapping and spatial planning program created by UC Santa Barbara scientists has proved to be an essential tool for fishermen and other stakeholders along the California ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Global prices of pollination-dependent products such as coffee could rise in the long term: study

In recent years the economic value of pollination-dependent crops has substantially increased around the world. As a team of researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the Technical ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Neptune on tiptoes

(PhysOrg.com) -- The formation and development of the solar system, long a topic of study for philosophers and scientists, is today often used as a case study for the formation and development of planetary ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research duo maps worldwide water footprint with high spatial resolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- Arjen Hoekstra and Mesfin Mekonnen from the University of Twente in the Netherlands have created a worldwide water footprint map at a higher spatial resolution than has been seen before; and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

New web tool to improve accuracy of global land cover maps

An interactive web tool has been developed to improve the accuracy and extent of global land use and forest cover information. The new 'Geo-Wiki' uses Google Earth and information provided by a global network of volunteers ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ESO team succeeds in linking telescopes at Paranal Observatory into giant VLT

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working as part of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) at the Cerra Paranal Mountain Observatory in the Atacama Desert in Chile, have succeeded in virtually connecting all ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

A 40-year-old puzzle of superstring theory solved by supercomputer

A group of three researchers from KEK, Shizuoka University and Osaka University has for the first time revealed the way our universe was born with 3 spatial dimensions from 10-dimensional superstring theory in which spacetime ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (83) | comments 72 | with audio podcast

New fluorescent imaging sorts microbiome in human mouth

New fluorescent labeling technology that distinguishes in a single image the population size and spatial distribution of 15 different taxa has uncovered new taxon pairings that indicate unsuspected cooperation -- and standoffishness ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New technique to see crystals like never before

An international team of scientists led by the Fresnel Institute and the ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) in Grenoble has developed a new technique allowing to observe the nanometer-sized structure ...

Physics / General Physics

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

Study: Triple threat paints grim future for frogs

Frogs, salamanders and other amphibians may eventually have no safe haven left on the globe because of a triple threat of worsening scourges, a new study predicts.

Biology / Plants & Animals

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

Research team shows nuclear clock could be 60 times more accurate than atomic clock

(PhysOrg.com) -- For almost sixty years, the world has considered the atomic clock the gold standard for keeping time. Its accuracy is such that it drifts by only about four seconds over a period of about ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 51 | with audio podcast report

9 new gamma pulsars

Pulsars are the lighthouses of the universe. These compact and fast-rotating neutron stars flash many times per second in the radio or gamma-ray band. Pure gamma-ray pulsars are extremely difficult to find ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

To diagnose heart disease, visualization experts recommend a simpler approach

A team of computer scientists, physicists, and physicians at Harvard have developed a simple yet powerful method of visualizing human arteries that may result in more accurate diagnoses of atherosclerosis ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NRL refurbishes VAULT2.0 for reflight

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are refurbishing the Very-high Angular resolution ULtraviolet Telescope (VAULT) in preparation for two launches aboard NASA sounding rockets from the Navy's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0