(AP) -- In what might embarrass less adventurous souls, astronaut Koichi Wakata is returning to Earth with the underwear he kept on for a solid month during his space station stay and scientists will check them out.
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The rainbow smelt, an invasive fish that threatens native species such as walleye and perch, may soon be feeling the heat -- literally.
Environment
Jul 30, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research at Newcastle University shows that it's not enough to be noble and do a courageous act to be considered a hero. Studying the reactions of the public to five tales of heroism, researchers at Newcastle ...
Social Sciences
Jul 30, 2009
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LG Electronics officially revealed today the full image and key specifications of the new LG Chocolate phone (model: LG-BL40).
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 30, 2009
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(AP) -- The government program that provides $40 coupons for digital TV converter boxes is winding down.
Telecom
Jul 30, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research program aimed at using platinum as an exploration guide for nickel has for the first time been able to put a time scale on the planet’s large-scale convection processes.
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers have developed a new method for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves called zeolites; the method could increase the energy efficiency of chemical separations up to 50 times over ...
Materials Science
Jul 30, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have been turning the world's most powerful telescopes toward Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, ever since Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley discovered a new dark marking ...
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have debated how many mass extinction events in Earth's history were triggered by a space body crashing into the planet's surface. Most agree that an asteroid collision 65 million years ago brought ...
Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009
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As mathematics continues to become an increasingly important component in undergraduate biology programs, a more comprehensive understanding of the use of algebraic models is needed by the next generation of biologists to ...
Mathematics
Jul 30, 2009
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