UQ researcher exposes something fishy
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research has found being a copycat works out pretty well for a certain reef fish.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2010
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Can avatars change the way we think and act? (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford researcher finds that experiences with avatars, including personalized images of ourselves, can change our view of reality and the way we act in the real world.
Social Sciences
Feb 25, 2010
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Seeking a More 'Poplar' Biofuel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gas money for your car doesn't grow on trees, but one day you might be filling up with fuel that does.
Biotechnology
Feb 25, 2010
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More than One: Long-Reigning Microbe Controlling Ocean Nitrogen Shares the Throne
(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine scientists long believed that a microbe called Trichodesmium, a member of a group called the cyanobacteria, reigned over the ocean's nitrogen budget.
Environment
Feb 25, 2010
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NASA's Space Shuttle Program Conducts Final Motor Test In Utah (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Space Shuttle Program conducted the final test firing of a reusable solid rocket motor Feb. 25 in Promontory, Utah.
Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2010
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New developments in nanotechnology tackle the two biggest problems associated with chemotherapy
Huixin He, associate professor, nanoscale chemistry at Rutgers University, Newark, and Tamara Minko, professor at the Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, have developed a nanotechnology approach that potentially could ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 25, 2010
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Mammoth iceberg could alter ocean circulation: study
An iceberg the size of Luxembourg knocked loose from the Antarctic continent earlier this month could disrupt the ocean currents driving weather patterns around the globe, researchers said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Feb 25, 2010
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UCLA 'dark matter' conference highlights new research on mysterious cosmic substance
Dark matter, for more than 70 years as mysterious and unknowable a subject to science as the legendary island of Atlantis has been to history, is bringing 140 scientists from the U.S., Europe and Asia to the Marriott Hotel ...
General Physics
Feb 25, 2010
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First measurement of the age of cometary material
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though comets are thought to be some of the oldest, most primitive bodies in the solar system, new research on comet Wild 2 indicates that inner solar system material was transported to the comet-forming ...
Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2010
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Microsoft uses law to cripple hacker spam network
Microsoft on Thursday said it combined technology with an "extraordinary" legal maneuver to cripple a massive network of hacked computers that had been flooding the Internet with spam.
Internet
Feb 25, 2010
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