A joint research project of the University of Waterloo in Canada and the Universidad Mayor in Chile has been investigating ways to accurately identify rock glaciers.
Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski occasionally thinks of his 12 original flasks of E. coli as the experiment that keeps on giving.
Evolution
Jun 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fathers stumbling through child-rearing are a familiar sitcom theme. But a growing body of research at the University of California, Berkeley, is challenging the perception that dads are goofy, uncaring or ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2011
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Researchers at Delft University of Technology and the University of Basel have established a biomimetic nanopore that provides a unique test and measurement platform for the way that proteins move into a cell's nucleus. In ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 20, 2011
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A European research program is studying the feasibility of a new kind of individual transport that avoids traffic jams by taking to the skies. Two laboratories at EPFL participate in this project.
Engineering
Jun 20, 2011
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Imagine you’re in a museum, and you can point your iPhone camera to a painting or an object in an exhibit and instantly get additional information about what you’re looking at. This is what PixLive, an iPhone app ...
Software
Jun 20, 2011
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More than 1,000 people around the world have signed up to take part in the biggest ever public study of Android phone usage.
Software
Jun 20, 2011
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ATV Johannes Kepler has been an important part of the International Space Station since February. Next week, it will complete its mission by undocking and burning up harmlessly in the atmosphere high over an uninhabited area ...
Space Exploration
Jun 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a sense, Christopher Stojanowski “reads” bones to understand the past and its peoples. The Arizona State University bioarchaeologist, who specializes in dental anthropology, can glean information ...
Archaeology
Jun 20, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At the May 23 press event, held at the 218th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Boston, the Kepler team provided a progress report on the mission. How is Kepler performing while trailing Earth ...
Space Exploration
Jun 20, 2011
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