(PhysOrg.com) -- A new NASA computer modeling effort has found that additional growth of plants and trees in a world with doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide levels would create a new negative feedback – a cooling effect ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 7, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What's in a gratuity? Is it a reward for good service? A bad way to redistribute wealth? Or a complex social lubricant, easing an awkward relationship?
Economics & Business
Dec 7, 2010
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The flurry of smart-phone patent suits at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is being driven by technology companies eager to capitalize on the speed and expertise of the specialized venue, says a University of ...
Business
Dec 7, 2010
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An upcoming version of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer browser will let users add lists of sites that they don't want tracking them, a peace offering amid uproar over the sneaky ways that websites watch their users as ...
Software
Dec 7, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking plays an important and sometimes unexpected role from one day to the next in young couples' romantic relationships, according to a new study by University at Buffalo and University of Missouri researchers.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Expert discusses factors that lead people to describe corporations as 'greedy' or 'evil.'
Economics & Business
Dec 7, 2010
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Even as WikiLeaks faces increasing public outcry over security breaches, potential prosecution of its founder and crippling cyber-attacks, there are probably more information leaks to come, says information security expert ...
Other
Dec 7, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A North Carolina State University researcher is part of a team which has found that methane from “cold seeps” – undersea areas where fluids bubble up through sediments at the bottom of the ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 7, 2010
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Backdropped by a sunset, the Canadarm2 was operated by the crew of the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Dec 7, 2010
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Midwest farmers could get a permanent dose of southern-style weather if future climate change projections are accurate, says a Purdue University agricultural economist.
Other
Dec 7, 2010
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