Zebrafish popular with researchers
Zebrafish are the new fruit flies. And it's not just because they breed like rabbits.
Biochemistry
Jan 26, 2011
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Megalomaniac CEOs: Good or bad for company performance?
According to a new study, dominant CEOS, who are powerful figures in the organization as compared to other members of the top management team, drive companies to extremes of performance. Unfortunately for shareholders, the ...
Economics & Business
Jan 26, 2011
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Google buys SayNow, fflick
Google ramped up its investment in online entertainment Wednesday with the purchases of a startup devoted to movie talk and another that connects celebrities with fans.
Business
Jan 26, 2011
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Dark matter does not act as growth factor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Massive black holes have been found at the centers of almost all galaxies, where the largest galaxies – which are also the ones embedded in the largest halos of Dark Matter – harbor the most massive ...
Astronomy
Jan 26, 2011
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Studying ants to find out how colony size affects patterns of behavior, energy use
(PhysOrg.com) -- How does size affect the organization and physiology of superorganisms such as bacterial communities, insect colonies or human cities? James Waters and Tate Holbrook, graduate students in the School of Life ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2011
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Effects of Cache Valley virus during winter lambing season
Sheep producers busy during this lambing season should be aware of the potential for Cache Valley virus, or CVV, to affect their lambing crop.
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2011
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First light for new spectrograph
The new observing instrument VIRUS-W, built by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the University Observatory Munich, saw "first light" on 10th November at the Harlan J. Smith Telescope of the McDonald ...
Astronomy
Jan 26, 2011
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Rings on the horizon
The Cassini spacecraft has taken a some recent images of two of Saturn’s most notorious moons, where in both images the planet’s rings serve as a backdrop. Above, Enceladus stands out with its cratered surface, ...
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2011
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Supergiant star with a thick dust disc
How is it possible that HD 62623, a hot super-giant star on the verge of death, is surrounded by a disc, generally only associated with infant stars? Using long-baseline stellar interferometry at ESO's VLT interferometer, ...
Astronomy
Jan 26, 2011
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Researchers say WikiLeaks damaged American power
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the first academics to study the impact of the exposure of US diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks argues that American power has been significantly damaged.
Economics & Business
Jan 26, 2011
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