Intensive field work by researchers David General of the Palawan State University, The Philippines and Gary Alpert of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University has led to the discovery of nine genera of ants that ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2012
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An international team of researchers in Colombia, the UK, USA and Switzerland have developed the first ever system to monitor deforestation across Latin America in near real-time using satellite data. Preliminary results ...
Environment
Jun 19, 2012
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Providing evidence of value remains an elusive goal for academic libraries across geographic borders, according to a new report published today. The findings are the results of a six-month research project commissioned by ...
Other
Jun 19, 2012
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Researchers in Finland have found that acceptance of the site of a spent nuclear fuel repository can depend on gender and economic background. Writing in the International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 19, 2012
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Food waste is a growing problem in many parts of the world, but discarded fruit peel, in the case of pomegranates, could be put to good use in the burgeoning field of nanotechnology according to research published in the ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 19, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Would you want to swallow a tablet that’s yellow rather than its usual white? Would this effect be harmless and would the drug still be efficient? Researchers in India have now described an approach to ...
Materials Science
Jun 19, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Cryogenic ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) was employed by researchers in the Center for Nanoscale Materials Electronic & Magnetic Materials & Devices Group at the Argonne National Laboratory ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 19, 2012
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Vast differences in cycling cultures have been found in UK cities; for some cycling is a traditional transport accessible to all while for others it is a new edgy, urban subculture according to recent findings from a research ...
Social Sciences
Jun 19, 2012
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Sarah Zala and Dustin Penn from the Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology of the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna investigated whether zebrafish use social learning to assess risk. They found that wild zebrafish, which ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2012
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US-based Walgreens said on Tuesday was spending $6.7 billion (£4.3 billion, 5.3 billion euros) to take a 45-percent stake in European rival Alliance Boots to create the world's largest retail pharmacy chain.
Business
Jun 19, 2012
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