Cracks were detected in the protective casings of a number of control rods at Bulgaria's sole nuclear plant, but there has been no release of radioactivity, the plant's operator said Thursday.
Energy & Green Tech
May 5, 2011
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(AP) -- More than 600 people marked the exact moment when the first American rocketed into space 50 years ago.
Space Exploration
May 5, 2011
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Global mercury emissions could grow by 25 percent by 2020 if no action is taken to control them, posing a threat to polar bears, whales and seals and the Arctic communities who hunt those animals for food, an authoritative ...
Environment
May 5, 2011
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As the use of biotechnology increases and more companies move forward with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's approval to begin full-scale commercialization of seed mixtures in transgenic insecticidal corn, many researchers ...
Ecology
May 5, 2011
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, after isolating normal stem cells that form the developing placenta, have given them the same properties of stem cells associated with an ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 5, 2011
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Researchers at the University of Southampton have designed a new pricing mechanism that could change the way in which electric vehicles are charged.
Energy & Green Tech
May 5, 2011
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More than 20 percent of atheist scientists are spiritual, according to new research from Rice University. Though the general public marries spirituality and religion, the study found that spirituality is a separate idea – ...
Social Sciences
May 5, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A protein that helps the brain develop early in life can fight the mental fuzziness induced by sleep deprivation, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2011
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Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and their collaborators found that expression of a gene called SOX2 maintains the potential for neural crest stem cells to become neurons in the peripheral nervous ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 5, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By using one light pulse to control another, researchers have proposed a design for an optical transistor that fulfills the most challenging criteria set forth in a study last year. An optical transistor ...
