A research team led by Cary Pirone from the Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University has identified bilirubin in the popular Bird of Paradise plant. The breakthrough study, published in the September ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2010
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We've all heard the predictions: e-commerce is going to be the death of traditional commerce; online shopping spells the end of the neighborhood brick-and-mortar store.
Economics & Business
Sep 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the ever-growing popularity of Ford's Sync technology and entertainment system, which boasts music and phone-related features, General Motors' On Star customers will soon have the world of networking ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Maine volcanologist Andrei Kurbatov and glaciologist Paul Mayewski, along with 21 other scientists, coauthored a scientific paper released late last month that details the discovery of a layer ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The next time a Boy Scout is lost in the wilderness, search and rescue teams could have better statistics on their side in deciding where to look.
Computer Sciences
Sep 8, 2010
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(AP) -- The Twitterverse is full of far more mysterious forces than indecipherable trending topics and Lady Gaga.
Internet
Sep 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has beamed down the first of over 64,000 images it will be taking of Comet Hartley 2.
Space Exploration
Sep 8, 2010
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Each year in August, the aptly named town of Twinsburg, Ohio, is the site of the largest official gathering of twins in the world. Open to all multiples -- identical and fraternal twins, triplets and quads from newborns ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 8, 2010
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University of Pennsylvania biologists studying human reproduction have identified what is likely the major contributing factor to the maternal age-associated increase in aneuploidy, the term for an abnormal number of chromosomes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 8, 2010
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The U.S. economy is experiencing anemic growth, yet businesses are sitting on a mountain of cash worth nearly $2 trillion, according to Federal Reserve estimates. But this trend is nothing new for firms, who have been steadily ...
Economics & Business
Sep 8, 2010
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