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Plants & Animals Nov 1, 2011

Study evaluates bat deaths near wind turbines

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's something of an ecological murder mystery — countless numbers of bats are turning up dead near wind farms. But what is killing them?

Software Oct 17, 2011

Fujitsu releases high-performance file system

Fujitsu today announced the launch of FEFS (Fujitsu Exabyte File System), a scalable file system software package for building file systems for x86 HPC clusters in Japan.

Earth Sciences Oct 14, 2011

Endangered species? Should cheap phosphorus be first on an elemental 'Red List?'

Should the periodic table bear a warning label in the 21st century or be revised with a lesson about elemental supply and demand? If so, that lesson could start with one element considered a staple of life – but growing ...

Space Exploration Oct 12, 2011

Mission to mysterious Uranus

Scientists want to send an orbiter and probe to the ice giant planet Uranus, but do the resources exist to support such an ambitious project?

Nanophysics Oct 5, 2011

Materials scientists develop topological insulator with a switch

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Stanford and SLAC have found a potential way to harness the amazing properties of topological insulators – materials that conduct electricity only along their surfaces – for use in ...

Archaeology Sep 26, 2011

2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls go online

Two thousand years after they were written and decades after they were found in desert caves, some of the world-famous Dead Sea Scrolls went online for the first time on Monday in a project launched by Israel's national museum ...

Plants & Animals Jul 14, 2011

Male African cichlid fish go from 'zero to 60' when mating calls, researchers find (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In African cichlid fish society, only the dominant male reproduces. But Stanford researchers have found that if the dominant male disappears, a subordinate cichlid can rise to the procreative occasion with ...

Materials Science Jun 8, 2011

Powerful computers, experiments provide insights into ion's behavior near interfaces

(PhysOrg.com) -- From renewable energy sources to pharmaceuticals, iodide ions are a common actor, and now, thanks to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the ion's behavior can be better predicted. By considering ...

Internet May 18, 2011

YouTube 'Town Hall' takes US political pulse

YouTube on Wednesday launched a "Town Hall" website at which US congressional leaders address issues in brief videos and viewers get to show which positions they support.

Engineering Mar 16, 2011

3-D printing method advances electrically small antenna design

Omnidirectional printing of metallic nanoparticle inks offers an attractive alternative for meeting the demanding form factors of 3-D electrically small antennas. This is the first demonstration of 3-D printed antennas on ...

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