A research team from across the United States and Ecuador has pinpointed 1898 as the year the avipoxvirus, or avian pox, hit the Galapagos Islands and started infecting its birds. This estimation is vital to understanding ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2011
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New NASA satellite data indicate the current La Niña event in the eastern Pacific has remained strong during November and December 2010.
Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2011
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A team of scientists from the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is using Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL's) Jaguar supercomputer, located at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF), to conduct ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Though magazines often create lists of the 'best places to live,' a new study suggests that no community is more or less likely than another to foster a sense of community attachment.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2011
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(AP) -- NASA announced Thursday a backup commander, if necessary, to take the place of the astronaut-husband of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in a mass slaying and recovering in a Tucson, Ariz., hospital.
Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2011
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For the person who’s trying to quit smoking, it may be a friend’s offer of a cigarette at the bar one Saturday night that knocks them off track. For someone with a weight loss resolution, it may be that piece of ...
Other
Jan 13, 2011
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Researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute who have been studying prostate cancer cells for decades now think they know why PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels reflect cancer progression.
Biochemistry
Jan 13, 2011
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Tiny threatened shorebirds on Florida's west coast not only survive hurricanes, they seem to benefit from the storms' aftereffects, according to new research findings that contradict conventional wisdom.
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2011
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A new Chandra X-ray Observatory image of Messier 82, or M82, shows the result of star formation on overdrive. At a distance of only 12 million light years, M82 provides a unique cosmic laboratory for studying conditions similar ...
Astronomy
Jan 13, 2011
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Lasers have revolutionized the communications and medical industries. They focus light to zap tumors and send digital TV signals and telephone communications around the world.
General Physics
Jan 13, 2011
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