Oocytes of lions, tigers and other cat species survive the preservation in liquid nitrogen. Scientists of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) in Berlin succeeded in carrying out cryopreservation of felid ...
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(Phys.org)—Many consumers have started replacing traditional incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) to reduce utility bills. CFLs are made of glass tubes filled with gas and a small amount ...
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Feb 28, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Ethnic group segregation in neighbourhoods has decreased throughout England and Wales for all minority groups over the last decade, a new study from the University of Liverpool has shown.
Social Sciences
Feb 28, 2013
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University of Delaware researcher Deb Jaisi is using his newly established stable isotope facility in the Environmental Biogeochemistry Laboratory (EBL) to find the fingerprints of isotopes in chemical elements—specifically ...
Environment
Feb 28, 2013
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(Phys.org)—The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research has released a full version of the report, "Turning around Low-Performing Schools in Chicago," which shows that in about three-fourths of the cases, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 28, 2013
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The National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has been awarded a LEED gold rating by the U.S. Green Building Council. NSLS-II is Brookhaven's newest building, ...
General Physics
Feb 28, 2013
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Advancements in the use of computed tomography (also known as CT) imaging by researchers at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital are enabling them to diagnose life-threatening conditions in dogs and cats ...
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Feb 28, 2013
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(Phys.org)—The productivity of a group of colleagues on a project is always more efficient when required information is sent as soon as it becomes available, rather than sending a request for information when it's needed. ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 28, 2013
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A warming world is putting crops at risk, according to scientists who studied how the weather affects French maize yields.
Environment
Feb 28, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Two teams of astronomers have used data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes to map the distribution of dark matter in a galaxy cluster known as Abell 383, which is located about 2.3 billion ...
Astronomy
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