08/11/2010

Where's the Gulf oil? In the food web, study says

(AP) -- Scientists say they have for the first time tracked how certain nontoxic elements of oil from the BP spill quickly became dinner for plankton, entering the food web in the Gulf of Mexico.

Quantum memory for communication networks of the future

Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in storing quantum information using two 'entangled' light beams. Quantum memory or information storage is a necessary element of future ...

To retire or not to retire?

Workers who agreed to take early retirement were likely to not have considered that option if it hadn't been for pressure at the workplace to do so. This has been revealed in a new study carried out at the University of Haifa ...

Italy: More building collapses at Pompeii possible

(AP) -- More buildings inside the ancient Roman city of Pompeii could collapse, Italy's culture minister said Sunday, a day after a 2,000-year-old house once used by gladiators disintegrated into rubble.

UC Berkeley students help improve Wikipedia's credibility

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten public universities, including UC Berkeley, are collaborating in a 17-month pilot program, the WikiProject Public Policy Initiative, aimed at improving the quality of Wikipedia pages about public policy ...

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