(Phys.org) —In bright sun and 105-degree heat, the solar vehicle team at Oregon State University drove "The Phoenix" last week to victory in the 2013 Formula Sun Grand Prix competition in Austin, Texas – 193 laps, or ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Consumers are continuing to sign up for loyalty programs even when they're unsure of the benefits, according to new research.
Economics & Business
Jul 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Wolbachia are intracellular bacteria that infect invertebrates at pandemic levels, including insects that cause such devastating diseases as Dengue fever, West Nile virus, and malaria. While Wolbachia-based ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 4, 2013
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For the faculty members of a new free online course, creativity and innovation aren't just the purview of artists, musicians or designers. Instead, they say, it's about the process.
Social Sciences
Jul 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A whole new class of antibiotics could be possible after a chance discovery by academics at Newcastle University. In a paper published in the journal Molecular Microbiology, the team describe how they were studying ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 4, 2013
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Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside are requesting the public to send in live brown widow spiders for a summer research project aimed at controlling the spread of the spiders.
Plants & Animals
Jul 4, 2013
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A student-led conference to be webcast live will ask, in light of recent research, whether the story of human origin is radically different from established thinking, and what that might mean for everything from genetics ...
Archaeology
Jul 4, 2013
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A University of Manchester researcher has revealed a rowdy side to the history of our Victorian and Edwardian public parks.
Ecology
Jul 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —As the Ashes series gets underway next week, a pair of brothers from Australia have been exploring the physics behind the spin of a cricket ball.
General Physics
Jul 4, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Hundreds of individual lava flows are seen frozen in time on the flanks of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System.
Space Exploration
Jul 4, 2013
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