For the first time, an international team of researchers has incorporated extensive geochemical data on the formation of Earth into a model - with surprising results: more models can be used for the process of Earth’s accretion ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 3, 2010
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University College Dublin researchers led by Conway Fellow, Professor David Brayden have shown that a candidate drug delivery polymer may have potential for oral or topical use. These findings were recently published in the ...
Polymers
Jun 3, 2010
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A Soviet robot lost on the dusty plains of the Moon for the past 40 years has been found again, and it is returning surprisingly strong laser pulses to Earth.
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In his landmark collection Leaves of Grass, famed poet Walt Whitman wrote of a "strange huge meteor-procession" in such vivid detail that scholars have debated the possible inspiration for decades.
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2010
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A new study of how climate conditions have affected the origin and evolution of life on Earth could provide clues to understanding how climates on alien planets might affect their potential for life.
Earth Sciences
Jun 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people uprooting and moving to a new home is a stressful and time consuming exercise, however it pales in comparison to the complexity of relocating native populations of rare and endangered orchids.
Plants & Animals
Jun 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have demonstrated a monkey controlling an advanced robotic arm by using its thoughts. The experiments were led by Dr. Andrew Schwartz, a professor of neurobiology ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- By combining data from multiple cameras of JPL's MISR instrument on NASA's Terra satellite, scientists gain new perspectives on the spread of oil into Louisiana's fragile wetlands.
Earth Sciences
Jun 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the latest failed efforts to stop the flow of oil from an uncapped well into the Gulf of Mexico, projections are that the spill may not be contained until late summer, or later.
Environment
Jun 3, 2010
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As an orthopedic oncologist who studies bone that has been damaged by cancer, Robert ?Bobby? Satcher ?86, PhD ?93, HST MD ?94 is also interested in the effects of microgravity on the human body. He got the chance to experience ...
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2010
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