(PhysOrg.com) -- New research adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting the Red Planet once had an ocean.
Space Exploration
Nov 23, 2009
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A new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society says that western lowland gorillas living in a large swamp in the Republic of Congo—part of the "mother lode" of more than 125,000 gorillas discovered last year—are becoming ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2009
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You can think of it as origami - very high-tech origami. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a technique for fabricating three-dimensional, single-crystalline silicon structures from thin films by coupling ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 23, 2009
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Since 1996, crop plants genetically modified to produce bacterial proteins that are toxic to certain insects, yet safe for people, have been planted on more than 200 million hectares worldwide. The popularity of these Bt ...
Ecology
Nov 23, 2009
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Worldwide sales of personal computers, which had been forecast to decline this year, will instead post modest gains, Gartner research group said Monday.
Business
Nov 23, 2009
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Applied mathematicians dissected the morphology of the plantain lily (Hosta lancifolia), a characteristic long leaf with a saddle-like arc midsection and closely packed ripples along the edges. The simple cause of the lily's ...
Mathematics
Nov 23, 2009
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Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decades, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at University of California, Berkeley, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2009
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A Université de Montréal researcher has a special request for Canadian texters: "Everyone young and old, students and workers, artists and business people, no matter who you are, send me your text messages," ...
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By producing some of the highest resolution images of peptides attaching to mineral surfaces, scientists have a deeper understanding how biomolecules manipulate the growth crystals. This research may lead ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 23, 2009
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Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, the Internet giant announced on Monday.
Internet
Nov 23, 2009
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