While Yellowstone's celebrated bison may be among the most popular tourist attractions in the park, their grazing habits and increasing numbers have raised questions about the long-term stability of the park's grasslands. ...
Ecology
Dec 20, 2010
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Plastics-based materials have been in use for decades. But manufacturers are facing a serious hurdle in their quest for new developments: Substantial influences of the microscopic material structure on mechanical material ...
Materials Science
Dec 20, 2010
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US online auction giant eBay said Monday that it has agreed to buy brands4friends, Germany's largest online fashion shopping club, for 200 million dollars (150 million euros) in cash.
Business
Dec 20, 2010
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(AP) -- It's the tweet smell of success for courtroom microbloggers in Britain.
Internet
Dec 20, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a new technique that allows plasmon lasers to operate at room temperature, overcoming a major barrier to practical utilization of the ...
General Physics
Dec 20, 2010
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Horses, like humans, suffer from genital cancer. Work by Sabine Brandt and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna -- together with Tim Scase and with Alastair Foote and his group -- provides strong evidence ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2010
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Researchers from the University of Washington say the Mariana crow, a forest crow living on Rota Island in the western Pacific Ocean, will go extinct in 75 years.
Plants & Animals
Dec 20, 2010
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A terrorist plants a time bomb along a gas line in a residential neighborhood. He e-mails a photo of the death trap to law enforcement officials, but no one can tell exactly where the bomb is located.
Computer Sciences
Dec 20, 2010
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San Diego engineering students recently sent a weather balloon up 80,000 feet to near space to study the effects of solar power, climate change and even the survival rate of anti-freeze beetles. The launch, sponsored by the ...
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2010
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A survey conducted by Johns Hopkins faculty found strong support among their peers for working more closely with the minority, inner-city community that surrounds the institution. Overall, 91 percent of faculty responders ...
Other
Dec 20, 2010
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