Wetlands contribute to our lives in remarkable ways by providing food and water, controlling floods, protecting against storms and supporting biodiversity, yet they are experiencing loss and degradation on a massive scale.
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2008
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Scientists hope to gain a greater understanding of disease and birth defects with a new imaging database that will map the expression of genes that control development.
Nov 14, 2008
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Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated experimentally and theoretically that the surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles in a periodic array can have considerably ...
General Physics
Nov 14, 2008
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In future it can be expected that the drill used in material processing will become even faster and the compressor used for vehicles and airplanes even more compact. In order to drive these rotary applications directly, efficiently ...
Engineering
Nov 14, 2008
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Stricter regulation of the financial services sector is likely to result from the latest upheaval in national and global markets. It is being demanded by politicians of all parties while the Financial Services Authority, ...
Other
Nov 14, 2008
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Organic nanotubes could make rapid strides as functional nanomaterials in a new approach to nanoelectronics and biomedicine, as they can be made of easily varied and modified building blocks.
Nanomaterials
Nov 14, 2008
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