Study gives green light to plants' role in global warming
Plants remain an effective way of tackling global warming despite emitting small amounts of an important greenhouse gas, a study has shown.
Environment
Apr 29, 2010
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Particle 'mousetrap' could help answer gnawing cosmic questions
Capturing fleeting bits of matter to reveal the nature of the universe is a little like trying to trap incredibly tiny, impossibly speedy mice alive.
General Physics
Apr 29, 2010
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Steve Jobs attacks Adobe Flash as unfit for iPhone (Update)
(AP) -- For iPhone users who've been wondering whether their devices will support Flash technology for Web video and games anytime soon, the answer is finally here, straight from Steve Jobs: No.
Software
Apr 29, 2010
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Cell Phones Using Gesture Control (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The next generation of cell phone interfaces is currently under development at Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory at the University of Tokyo but instead of using a touchscreen the new interface is touchless.
Animals' right to privacy denied by documentary-makers
Animals' right to privacy is being denied by makers of television wildlife documentaries according to new research. Dr Brett Mills from the University of East Anglia argues that while wildlife programmes can play a vital ...
Ecology
Apr 29, 2010
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Migratory behavior affects the size of brains in birds
Researchers at Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF, a Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain) shed new light on the evolution of brain size in birds. Scientists have known for some time that ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 29, 2010
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New research about human genetic diseases and human development
The density of transposable (jumping) elements between sex chromosomes in primates may have important consequences for the studies of human genetic diseases, say Penn State University researchers.
Biotechnology
Apr 29, 2010
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Nearly 4 million Californians report sexual or physical violence from a spouse or companion
Nearly 4 million adults in California reported being a victim of physical or sexual violence at the hands of a spouse, companion or other intimate partner, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy ...
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2010
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MEMS device generates power from body heat
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an attempt to develop a power source that is compact, environmentally friendly, and has an unlimited lifetime, a team of researchers from Singapore has fabricated an energy harvesting device that generates ...
Cheap hydrogen fuel from seawater may be a step closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new catalyst has been developed to generate hydrogen from water cheaply, but the research was originally intended to make molecules that behaved like magnets. Hydrogen is a clean power source currently ...
