(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers from the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics and the Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur in France have used the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile to discover discs ...
Astronomy
Apr 14, 2010
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Separate species that live in radically different environments don't necessarily also have different ecological niches. This is the finding of a study investigating the accuracy of current statistical tests that use models ...
Ecology
Apr 14, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the University of Leicester have used observations from NASA’s STEREO and ACE satellites to come up with more accurate predictions of when blasts of solar wind will reach Earth, Venus and ...
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio astronomers at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory have discovered a strange new object in a nearby galaxy. The object, which appeared very suddenly in radio wavelengths and shows ...
Astronomy
Apr 14, 2010
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Princeton University scientists have developed a new way to identify the hidden genetic material responsible for complex traits, a breakthrough they believe ultimately could lead to a deeper understanding of how multiple ...
Biotechnology
Apr 14, 2010
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The US Library of Congress said Wednesday it plans to digitally archive all of the billions of messages known as "tweets" sent on Twitter since its launch four years ago.
Internet
Apr 14, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Polar skies glowed with ghostly auroras last week during the biggest geomagnetic storm of 2010. The event owed its origin to a solar eruption a few days earlier -- revealed here in high-speed detail by ESA?s ...
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2010
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Microsoft made some bold decisions with the "Kin" phones it unveiled Monday. The groovy handsets coming out in May are aimed at avid users of social networks, the kind of people who live in Facebook and would rather text ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 14, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dust may be a nuisance around the house but it plays a vital role in the formation of the key ingredient for life on Earth - water - according to researchers at Heriot-Watt University. The results from pioneering ...
Astronomy
Apr 14, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at North Carolina State University has helped to develop a new method for describing the binding of protons and neutrons within nuclei. This method may improve scientists' ability to predict ...
General Physics
Apr 14, 2010
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