British minister visits ESA space center
Britain's minister of state for science visited the European Space Agency's operations center Wednesday -- the first visit from a British state secretary.
Space Exploration
Jan 23, 2008
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Researchers study agricultural impact on Mississippi River
According to a study published in Nature by researchers at LSU and Yale University, farming has significantly changed the hydrology and chemistry of the Mississippi River, injecting more carbon dioxide into the river and ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2008
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Computer-based tool aids research, helps thwart questionable publication practices
A new computer-based text-searching tool developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers automatically – and quickly – compares multiple documents in a database for similarities, providing a more efficient method ...
Software
Jan 23, 2008
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Ants and Avalanches: Insects on Coffee Plants Follow Widespread Natural Tendency
Ever since a forward-thinking trio of physicists identified the phenomenon known as self-organized criticality---a mechanism by which complexity arises in nature---scientists have been applying its concepts to everything ...
General Physics
Jan 23, 2008
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Trailblazers don't always come out ahead
It’s not always best to be first, finds a new study from the Journal of Consumer Research. Researchers from Purdue, Indiana University, and UConn examine how consumers will evaluate new products when they are released by ...
Other
Jan 23, 2008
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No time before Valentine's Day? You'll pay more for a gift just to avoid a negative outcome
It’s a month before Valentine’s Day. With time to spare, you consider a number of grand, romantic ways to demonstrate your affection for your sweetheart. But what if it’s the night before and you still don’t have ...
Other
Jan 23, 2008
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Evolutionary phenomenon in mice may explain human infertility
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that field mice have evolved a unique way of ensuring faster fertilisation, a phenomenon which could explain some cases of infertility in humans.
Jan 23, 2008
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Low-income US children less likely to have access to qualified teachers
Children from low-income families in the United States do not have the same access to qualified teachers as do wealthier students, according to a University of Missouri study. Compared to 46 countries, the United States had ...
Other
Jan 23, 2008
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Researcher works on gender, temperature link in reptiles
An Iowa State University researcher who spent four years in Australia studying reptiles is having his findings published in the journal Nature this week.
Jan 23, 2008
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Quality control mechanism tags defective sperm cells inside the body
Defective sperm cells do not pass through the body unnoticed. A new University of Missouri study provides evidence that the body recognizes and tags defective sperm cells while they undergo maturation in the epididymis, a ...
Jan 23, 2008
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