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Stay or go? Some towns are eyeing retreat from sea

(AP) — Years of ferocious storms have threatened to gnaw away the western tip of a popular beachfront park a two hours drive north of Los Angeles. Instead of building a 500-foot (150 meter)-long wooden defense next to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Tighter 'stitching' makes better graphene

(Phys.org) -- Similar to how tighter stiches make for a better quality quilt, the "stitching" between individual crystals of graphene affects how well these carbon monolayers conduct electricity and retain ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Human hands leave prominent ecological footprints

Early human activity has left a greater footprint on today's ecosystem than previously thought, say researchers working at the University of Pittsburgh and in the multidisciplinary Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Wii U, sequels take another swing at E3

(AP) — Is the Wii U right for you?

Technology / Software

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A post-coital switch: Mapping the changing behaviors in the female fruit fly's mind

If men are from Mars and women are from Venus, then it shouldn't be surprising that their neural circuits differ. In research published today in the journal Current Biology, researchers have used dramatic change ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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

The last dance between Venus and the Sun

In 1761, Harvard’s Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy John Winthrop loaded a grandfather clock and a couple of students into a boat and embarked on Harvard’s first astronomical expedition.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Honoring the fundamental role of microbes in the natural history of our planet

Inspired by a 2009 colloquium on microbial evolution convened at the Galapagos Islands, a new book from ASM Press, Microbes and Evolution: The World That Darwin Never Saw celebrates Charles Darwin and his landmark publication ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poorly armed, but successful: The rise of the tyrants of the South

The stubby arms of Tyrannosaurus rex obviously weren't designed for hand-to-hand combat. However, the abelisaurids of the Southern hemisphere were even less well equipped in that department–and upper limb reduction began ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Calling familiar assumptions into question results in better materials design

(Phys.org) -- Carbon and fluorine are at the heart of a family of chemical compounds that can be used for nonstick coatings, blood substitutes, and seemingly everything in between.

Chemistry / Materials Science

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

First map of Australia's Twittersphere

The first map of the Australian 'Twittersphere' has been generated by researchers at QUT.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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