Eliminating disease is a lofty goal, though one rarely attained by humankind. In fact, modern science has achieved it only twice: first with smallpox in humans several decades ago and then again last year with a disease known ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- A Yale-led team of mineral physicists has for the first time confirmed through high-pressure experiments the structure of cold-compressed graphite, a form of carbon that is comparable in hardness to its cousin, ...
Condensed Matter
Jul 20, 2012
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The American sage Yogi Berra once said: "You can see a lot by just looking."
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2012
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Siemens, working together with European partners, is studying if and how direct current (DC) could be used inside buildings in addition to the usual alternating current (AC). This addition could save energy when used in certain ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 20, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), an organized research unit within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, have made a remarkable discovery in ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2012
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An intelligent diagnostic system from Siemens can monitor the condition of mechanical equipment just by analyzing the noises it makes. The system's sensors listen to machine noises in the same way that a doctor listens to ...
Engineering
Jul 20, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers at The University of Western Australia will investigate how native freshwater fish in northwest Australia are dealing with changes to their habitat caused by climate change and mining.
Ecology
Jul 20, 2012
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U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists from the Radio Astrophysics and Sensing Section of the Remote Sensing Division in conjunction with radio astronomers and engineers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- The July 24, 2012 Degradation Free Spectrometers (DFS) sounding rocket mission's ultimate objective is to significantly advance the state of the art in short wavelength observing solar spectrometers to permit ...
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Over the last 150 years, human beings have released hundreds of billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the Earth's atmosphere. About one quarter of this carbon has been absorbed by the world's oceans, causing ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2012
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