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Psychological effects of BP Gulf disasterAnger, depression, and helplessness are the main psychological responses being seen in response to the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and they are likely to have long-lasting effects, as per an interview in Ecopsychology, a peer-evaluated, online journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (www.liebertpub.com). The interview is available free online at www.liebertpub.com/eco.
The anger being expressed in........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/31/2010 7:10:20 AM)
Saxifraga bronchialisTwo people to thank for the photographs today. The first image is from Anne Elliott, aka annkelliott@Flickr (original image via the Botany Photo of the Day Flickr Pool), while the second image is from Anna Kadlec@UBC Botanical Garden forums: (original via the Botany Photo of the Day Submissions Forum). Thanks to both of you
Spotted or matted saxifrage has a western North American - eastern Eurasian distribution, where it preferentially........Go to the Botany-blog (Added on 8/27/2010 11:07:54 PM)
Trouble with Sputter?When you tear open a bag of potato chips or pop in a DVD, you're probably putting your hand on sputter deposition. No, don't run for the soap.
Sputter deposition is an industrial process used since the 1970s to spray -- sputter, that is -- thin films onto various backings, like the metallic coating on potato chip bags, the reflective surface on DVDs, or the electronics on computer chips.
Mostly, the process works very well. In a vacuum........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 8/26/2010 7:21:16 AM)
Generation X more loyal to religionGeneration X, the set of Americans who came of age in the late 1980s and early part of 1990s, is often branded as a rules-rejecting, authority-questioning group.
But when it comes to religion, new research has revealed that Gen-Xers are surprisingly loyal to their faith a finding that also suggests the rising non-religious tide in the United States appears to be leveling off.
As per a research findings reported in the latest edition of........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 8/26/2010 7:02:06 AM)
Big quakes more frequent than thoughtEarthquakes have rocked the powerful San Andreas fault that splits California far more often than previously thought, as per UC Irvine and Arizona State University scientists who have charted temblors there stretching back 700 years.
The findings, to be reported in the Sept. 1 issue of Geology, conclude that large ruptures have occurred on the Carrizo Plain portion of the fault - about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles - as often as every........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/25/2010 7:11:13 AM)
How giant tortoises, alligators thrived in High ArcticA newly released study of the High Arctic climate roughly 50 million years ago led by the University of Colorado at Boulder helps to explain how ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on Ellesmere Island well above the Arctic Circle, even as they endured six months of darkness each year.
The newly released study, which looked at temperatures during the early Eocene period 52 to 53 million years ago, also has implications........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 8/25/2010 6:52:48 AM)
Diagnosis now simpler and quickerBioengineering research produces design for new device to help detect diseases quickly and at lower costs .
Arizona State University scientists have demonstrated a way to dramatically simplify testing patients for infectious diseases and unhealthy protein levels.
New testing instrumentation developed by Antonia Garcia and John Schneider promises to make the procedure less costly and produce results in less time.
Current testing is slow........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 8/24/2010 7:06:42 AM)
Self-cleaning technology from MarsFind dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That's the problem facing companies that deploy large-scale solar power installations, and researchers today presented the development of one solution self-dusting solar panels ― based on technology developed for space missions to Mars.
In a report at the........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 8/23/2010 7:28:05 AM)
Watching the Paint DryIt turns out that watching paint dry might not be as boring as the old adage claims. A team led by Yale University scientists has come up with a new technique to study the mechanics of coatings as they dry and peel, and has discovered that the process is far from mundane.
In the August 9-13 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the team presents a new way to image and analyze the mechanical stress that causes........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 8/11/2010 7:15:23 AM)
Milestone in Climate ResearchAfter years of concentrated effort, researchers from the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling (NEEM) project hit bedrock more than 8,300 feet below the surface of the Greenland ice sheet last week. The project has yielded ice core samples that may offer valuable insights into how the world can change during periods of abrupt warming.
Led by Denmark and the United States, and comprised of researchers from 14 countries, the NEEM team has been........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/10/2010 6:45:45 AM)
These Crocs Were Made for Chewing?Paleontologists scouring a river bank in Tanzania have unearthed a previously unknown crocodile from 105-million-year-old, mid-Cretaceous rock in the Great East African Rift System.
The discovery of a relatively lanky, cat-sized animal with mammal-like teeth and a land-based lifestyle supports a growing consensus that crocodiles were once far more diverse than they are today, dominating ecological niches in the Southern Hemisphere during the........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 8/10/2010 6:39:32 AM)
Most Efficient Filter-Feeder in the DeepWhat if trains, planes and automobiles all were powered simply by the air through which they move? What if their exhaust and by-products helped the environment?
Such an energy-efficient, self-propelling mechanism already exists in nature.
The salp, a small, barrel-shaped organism that resembles a streamlined jellyfish, gets everything it needs from ocean waters to feed and propel itself.
Researchers believe its waste material may help........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 8/10/2010 6:27:39 AM)
Greenland glacierA University of Delaware researcher reports that an "ice island" four times the size of Manhattan has calved from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. The last time the Arctic lost such a large chunk of ice was in 1962.
"In the early morning hours of August 5, 2010, an ice island four times the size of Manhattan was born in northern Greenland," said Andreas Muenchow, associate professor of physical ocean science and engineering at the University........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/8/2010 11:39:54 PM)
Highly directional terahertz laser raysA collaborative team of applied researchers from Harvard University and the University of Leeds have demonstrated a new terahertz (THz) semiconductor laser that emits beams with a much smaller divergence than conventional THz laser sources. The advance, reported in the August 8th issue of Nature Materials, opens the door to a wide range of applications in terahertz science and technology. Harvard has filed a broad patent on the invention.
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Do you collect data about yourself?I’ve written about the Quantified Self project plenty of times (group of empowered patients trying to live a healthy life via data collection and analysis), and now over at FlowingData blog, there is a great discussion about collecting data about ourselves. Author, Nathan Yau shared how data collection can become fun and a vital part of our lives
On your.flowingdata.com, you can collect your life data through a few simple steps on........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 8/8/2010 9:49:03 PM)
Chlorogalum pomeridianumThank you to maljo@UBC Botanical Garden forums for sharing today"s photograph with us (original via the Botany Photo of the Day Submissions Forum). Appreciated
Wavy-leafed soap plant or California soaproot was well-used by First Nations of California and southwest Oregon. Daniel Moerman"s Native American Ethnobotany has over a half page documenting its utility. Some examples, in the format of "First Nation | Type of Use | Summary"
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Global Warming Slows Coral GrowthIn a pioneering use of computed tomography (CT) scans, researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that carbon dioxide (CO2)-induced global warming is in the process of killing off a major coral species in the Red Sea. As summer sea surface temperatures have remained about 1.5 degrees Celsius above ambient over the last 10 years, growth of the coral, Diploastrea heliopora, has declined by 30% and "could cease........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 7/16/2010 7:13:33 AM)
Heat waves could be commonplace in 20 yearsExceptionally long heat waves and other hot events could become commonplace in the United States in the next 30 years, as per a newly released study by Stanford University climate scientists.
"Using a large suite of climate model experiments, we see a clear emergence of much more intense, hot conditions in the U.S. within the next three decades," said Noah Diffenbaugh, an assistant professor of environmental Earth system science at Stanford........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 7/9/2010 7:24:06 AM)
Mojoceratops: New Dinosaur Species NamedWhen Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant as the dinosaur's appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists one night, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind: Mojoceratops.
"It was just a joke, but then everyone stopped and looked at each other and said, 'Wait - that actually sounds cool,' " said Longrich, a........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 7/9/2010 6:53:00 AM)
Effects of marijuana legalizationLegalizing the production and distribution of marijuana in California could cut the price of the drug by as much as 80 percent and increase consumption, as per a newly released study by the nonprofit RAND Corporation that examines a number of issues raised by proposals to legalize marijuana in the state.
While the state Board of Equalization has estimated taxing legal marijuana could raise more than $1 billion in revenue, the RAND study........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 7/8/2010 6:56:03 AM)
Man-made global warming started with ancient huntersEven before the dawn of agriculture, people may have caused the planet to warm up, a newly released study suggests.
Mammoths used to roam modern-day Russia and North America, but are now extinct-and there's evidence that around 15,000 years ago, early hunters had a hand in wiping them out. A newly released study, accepted for publication in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), argues that this........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 7/1/2010 7:16:14 AM)
Extinction of woolly mammoth and saber-toothed catA new analysis of the extinction of woolly mammoths and other large mammals more than 10,000 years ago suggests that they may have fallen victim to the same type of "trophic cascade" of ecosystem disruption that researchers say is being caused today by the global decline of predators such as wolves, cougars, and sharks.
In each case the cascading events were originally begun by human disruption of ecosystems, a newly released study........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 7/1/2010 6:52:48 AM)
Atomic Force Microscopy to Study Subsurface StructuresOver the past couple of decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool for imaging surfaces at astonishing resolutions-fractions of a nanometer in some cases. But suppose you're more concerned with what lies below the surface? Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown that under the right circumstances, surface science instruments such as the AFM can deliver valuable data about........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/24/2010 11:25:29 PM)
Arctic sea ice does not recoverA critical minimum for Arctic sea ice can also be expected for late summer 2010. Researchers from the German "Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association (AWI)" in Bremerhaven and from "KlimaCampus" of the University of Hamburg have now published their projections in the current Sea Ice Outlook. The online publication compares the forecasts on ice cover for September 2010 prepared by around a dozen........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/24/2010 10:45:42 PM)
Left or Right?In the split second before foot meets ball, a soccer player's body betrays whether a penalty kick will go left or right, as per recent research in cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The findings could explain how some top goalkeepers are able to head off a penalty kick, diving in the correct direction in advance of the kick. It could also point the way to changes in how players kick, and goalies react.
The research,........Go to the Sports-blog (Added on 6/24/2010 10:42:28 PM)
Biosynthesis of Hydrocarbon FuelsIf concerns for global climate change and ever-increasing costs weren't enough, the disastrous Gulf oil spill makes an even more compelling case for the development of transportation fuels that are renewable, can be produced in a sustainable fashion, and do not put the environment at risk. Liquid fuels derived from plant biomass have the potential to be used as direct replacements for gasoline, diesel and jet fuels if cost-effective means of........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/22/2010 7:16:06 AM)
Samsung Galaxy S and comparison
First there was HTC Evo 4G, then came the iPhone 4 and now Samsung has launched its new Android smartphone known as the Samsung Galaxy S. Equipped with some high-end features, it is all set to compete directly with the HTC Evo 4G and iPhone4.
Samsung has already launched the device in the European market and it will soon be coming to the US market. So which device will conquer the smartphone market this summer? Well we will have to wait and........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/19/2010 5:52:13 PM)
Dinosaur-Chewing MammalsPaleontologists have discovered the oldest mammalian tooth marks yet on the bones of ancient animals, including several large dinosaurs. They report their findings in a paper published online June 16 in the journal Paleontology.
Nicholas Longrich of Yale University and Michael J. Ryan of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History came across several of the bones while studying the collections of the University of Alberta Laboratory for........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 6/17/2010 7:17:59 AM)
Mysterious clouds produced by aircraftAs turboprop and jet aircraft climb or descend under certain atmospheric conditions, they can inadvertently seed mid-level clouds and cause narrow bands of snow or rain to develop and fall to the ground, new research finds. Through this seeding process, they leave behind odd-shaped holes or channels in the clouds, which have long fascinated the public.
The key ingredient for developing these holes in the clouds: water droplets at subfreezing........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/14/2010 10:17:44 PM)
Oil from spill could have powered 38,000 cars for yearAs of today (Wednesday, June 9), if all the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico had been used for fuel, it could have powered 38,000 cars, and 3,400 trucks, and 1,800 ships for a full year, as per University of Delaware Prof. James J. Corbett. That's based on the estimated spill rate of 19,000 barrels of oil per day.
Corbett, a professor of marine policy in UD's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, works on energy........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/9/2010 11:15:59 PM)
Public concern about global warming on the risePublic concern about global warming is once again on the rise, as per a national survey released recently by scientists at Yale and George Mason Universities. The results come as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote this week on a resolution to block the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
Since January, public belief that global warming is happening rose four points, to 61 percent, while belief that it is caused mostly by human........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/9/2010 7:08:48 AM)
Removing Defects in GrapheneGraphene, a carbon sheet that is one-atom thick, appears to be at the center of the next revolution in material science. These ultrathin sheets hold great potential for a variety of applications from replacing silicon in solar cells to cooling computer chips.
Despite its vast promise, graphene and its derivatives "are materials people understand little about," said Vivek Shenoy, professor of engineering at Brown University. "The more we can........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/6/2010 8:43:19 PM)
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Climate Change and Decline of Horseshoe CrabsA distinct decline in horseshoe crab numbers has occurred that parallels climate change linked to the end of the last Ice Age, as per a research studythat used genomics to assess historical trends in population sizes.
The new research also indicates that horseshoe crabs numbers may continue to decline in the future because of predicted climate change, said Tim King, a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey and a main author on the newly........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/31/2010 7:26:38 AM)
Oil sands mining and processing and pollutionEdmontonInorganic elements known to be toxic at low concentrations are being discharged to air and water by oilsands mining and processing as per University of Alberta (U of A) research findings being published this month in one of the world's top scientific journals.
The 13 elements being discharged include mercury, arsenic, lead, cadmium and several other metals known to be toxic at trace levels. The paper will appear in the August 30........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/31/2010 7:22:42 AM)
Bahamas 'blue holes'The cover story of the most recent issue of National Geographic Magazine (August 2010) features a University of Miami (UM) led expedition to the underwater caves of the Bahamas, known as 'blue holes.' These unique environments are one of the least understood ecosystems on the planet, largely due to the challenges involved in studying these extreme environments, which include complete darkness, dramatic reversing currents, extreme depths,........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/26/2010 11:08:49 PM)
Large CO2 release speeds up ice age meltingRadiocarbon dating is used to determine the age of everything from ancient artifacts to prehistoric corals on the ocean bottom.
But in a recent study appearing in the Aug. 26 edition of the journal, Nature, a Lawrence Livermore scientist and colleagues used the method to trace the pathway of carbon dioxide released from the deep ocean to the atmosphere at the end of the last ice age.
The team noticed that a rapid increase in atmospheric........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/26/2010 10:58:36 PM)
Students need help to save moneyStudents could use help saving more money, but they don't always know it, says a University of Waterloo study.
Most people intend to save more money, and spend less, than they currently do. If they were offered a simple way to do so, would they take it? New research suggests the answer is no.
And the reason is that their very good intentions can give rise to a sense of optimism that leads them to undervalue opportunities that could make........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 8/26/2010 7:10:40 AM)
LEDs promise brighter futureSolid-state lighting pioneers long have held that replacing the inefficient Edison light bulb with more efficient solid-state light-emitting devices (LEDs) would lower electrical usage worldwide, not only "greenly" decreasing the need for new power plants but even permitting some to be decommissioned.
But, in a paper published Thursday in the Journal of Physics D, leading LED scientists from Sandia National Laboratories argue for a shift in........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 8/25/2010 7:14:51 AM)
Atmospheric pressure plasma jetBecause they are portable and easy to operate at ambient temperatures, cold atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) should find innovative applications in biomedicine, materials science and fabrication industries. Research published in the Journal of Applied Physics investigates an APPJ that extends from the ground electrode of a circuit.
The scientists studied the mechanism of the jet, which differs from conventional APPJ applications that........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 8/24/2010 5:45:00 PM)
What the locals ate 10,000 years agoIf you had a dinner invitation in Utah's Escalante Valley almost 10,000 years ago, you would have come just in time to try a new menu item: mush cooked from the flour of milled sage brush seeds.
After five summers of meticulous excavation, Brigham Young University archaeologists are beginning to publish what they've learned from the "North Creek Shelter." It's the oldest known site occupied by humans in the southern half of Utah and one of........Go to the Archeology-blog (Added on 8/24/2010 7:21:40 AM)
Texas petrochemical emissions downA thick blanket of yellow haze hovering over Houston as a result of chemical pollution produced by manufacturing petroleum products appears to be getting a little bit thinner, as per a newly released study.
But the new findings -- which have implications for petrochemical-producing cities around the world -- come with a catch, says a team of researchers from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, or CIRES, a joint........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/11/2010 7:13:16 PM)
Oldest Earth Mantle ReservoirScientists have found a primitive Earth mantle reservoir on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Geologist Matthew Jackson and colleagues from a multi-institution collaboration report the finding--the first discovery of what appears to be a primitive Earth mantle--this week in the journal Nature.
The Earth's mantle is a rocky, solid shell that is between the Earth's crust and the outer core, and makes up about 84 percent of the Earth's........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/11/2010 7:05:14 PM)
Massive Shift During Cambrian ExplosionThe Gondwana supercontinent underwent a 60-degree rotation across Earth's surface during the Early Cambrian period, as per new evidence uncovered by a team of Yale University geologists. Gondwana made up the southern half of Pangaea, the giant supercontinent that constituted the Earth's landmass before it broke up into the separate continents we see today. The study, which appears in the recent issue of the journal Geology, has implications for........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/11/2010 7:09:30 AM)
Gulf Oil Spill: Impacts to Florida EvergladesWith its vast 1.5 million acres of mangrove swamps, sawgrass prairies and subtropical jungles, could the Florida Everglades--the famous river of grass--be affected by the Gulf oil spill?
While current estimates are that little if any oil entered the Loop Current or reached the Everglades, this area is a significant national natural resource, and to study the effects of the spill on seagrasses and mangrove forests in and near the Everglades,........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 8/10/2010 6:43:44 AM)
'Carved-out' votersThe age-old practice of dividing congressional districts evenly by population speaks to such American ideals as fairness and equality. But when a county's residents are carved into separate districts simply to maintain that numerical parity, a number of end up struggling at the ballot box, a newly released study finds.
In a first-of-its-kind national analysis of voting behavior, political researchers Michael Wagner and Jonathan Winburn........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 8/9/2010 7:21:23 AM)
Beautiful women face discriminationWhile a number of see no downside to being beautiful, a professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School says attractive women face discrimination when it comes to landing certain kinds of jobs.
In a study released in the May/June Journal of Social Psychology, Stefanie Johnson, assistant professor of management at UC Denver Business School, observed that beauty has an ugly side, at least for women.
Attractive women were........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 8/8/2010 11:43:05 PM)
The 'Magic' of TinThe metal tin lacks the value and prestige of gold, silver, and platinum - but to nuclear physicists, tin is magic.
In the journal Nature, Rutgers physicists recently reported studies on tin that add knowledge to a concept known as magic numbers while perhaps helping researchers to explain how heavy elements are made in exploding stars.
Their research methods could also help other researchers and engineers develop next-generation nuclear........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 8/8/2010 11:36:12 PM)
Willie Nelson's 4th of July CelebrationWillie Nelson"s 4th of July Celebratio
Directed by Yabo Yablonsk
1979, 100 minutes, US
(screening July 3, 4 at Anthology Film Archives
To a central Texan, celebrating Independence Day means more than fireworks, BBQ, baseball games and parades, as this weekend marks the 37th year of aging outlaw-country legend Willie Nelson"s "4th of July Picnic," a laid back and Southern-fried Lollapalooza that this former Austin-based writer once........Go to the Entertainment-blog (Added on 8/8/2010 9:33:57 PM)
The Boy With the Dragon Tattoo Crushby Vadim Rizo
I"m in love with Lisbeth Salander. I"m unrepentantly coming out with this information, despite at least three reasons this is a stupid way to feel
1.) Lisbeth Salander is a fictional character from the late Stieg Larsson"s Millennium Trilogy-a series of books I haven"t read (I struggled through 10 pages of an Amazon.com preview before giving up on them)-and two movies I"ve seen for work that I"d call absolute shit. Salander........Go to the Entertainment-blog (Added on 8/8/2010 9:33:42 PM)
Robot climbs wallsWielding two claws, a motor and a tail that swings like a grandfather clock's pendulum, a small robot named ROCR ("rocker") scrambles up a carpeted, 8-foot wall in just over 15 seconds the first such robot designed to climb efficiently and move like human rock climbers or apes swinging through trees.
"While this robot eventually can be used for inspection, maintenance and surveillance, probably the greatest short-term potential........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 8/5/2010 7:06:12 AM)
For speediest athletesIn the record books, the swiftest sprinters tend to be of West African ancestry and the faster swimmers tend to be white.
A study of the winning times by elite athletes over the past 100 years reveals two distinct trends: not only are these athletes getting faster over time, but there is a clear divide between racers in terms of body type and race.
Last year, a Duke University engineer explained the first trend athletes are getting........Go to the Sports-blog (Added on 7/12/2010 6:54:17 AM)
Metallic carbon nanotubesMetallic carbon nanotubes show great promise for applications from microelectronics to power lines because of their ballistic transmission of electrons. But who knew magnets could stop those electrons in their tracks?
Rice physicist Junichiro Kono and his team have been studying the Aharonov-Bohm effect -- the interaction between electrically charged particles and magnetic fields -- and how it relates to carbon nanotubes. While doing so,........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 7/9/2010 7:20:00 AM)
Science of soccerWith the attention of sports fans worldwide focused on South Africa and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, U.S. scientist John Eric Goff has made the aerodynamics of the soccer ball a focus of his research.
In an article appearing in the magazine Physics Today this month, Goff examines the science of soccer and explains how the world's greatest players are able to make a soccer ball do things that would seem to defy the forces of nature.
Goff's........Go to the Sports-blog (Added on 7/2/2010 7:14:34 AM)
Support for wartime presidentsIt's no secret that Americans tend to throw their support behind a sitting U.S. president when the nation is thrust into a war or other potentially violent conflict with a foreign foe - a phenomenon known as the "rally 'round the flag effect".
But new experimental psychology research from Washington University in St. Louis is the first to offer compelling evidence that these wartime surges in presidential support represent a collective........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 7/1/2010 7:11:51 AM)
Metric Only Labeling for Some ProductsThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued two publications calling for the amendment of labeling laws to allow the voluntary use of only metric units on some consumer products. NIST scientists suggest that adoption of metric labeling will lead to greater agreement between state and federal labeling laws and simplify domestic and international commerce.
The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA) specifies the type........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 6/28/2010 7:53:26 AM)
Climate change scientists in AlaskaResearchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are planning a large-scale, long-term ecosystem experiment to test the effects of global warming on the icy layers of arctic permafrost.
While ORNL scientists have conducted extensive studies on the impact of climate change in temperate regions like East Tennessee, less is known about the impact global warming could have on arctic regions.
"We're beginning to take........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/28/2010 7:50:09 AM)
Improved telescope sees through atmosphereA sharp view of the starry sky is difficult, because the atmosphere constantly distorts the image. TU/e researcher Roger Hamelinck developed a new type of telescope mirror, which quickly corrects the image. His prototypes are mandatory for future large telescopes, but also gives old telescopes a sharper view.
The atmosphere contains 'bubbles' of hot and cold air, each with their own refractive index, which distort the image. As a result, the........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/24/2010 10:57:02 PM)
Delayed time zero in photoemissionWhen light is absorbed by atoms, the electrons become excited. If the light particles, so-called photons, carry sufficient energy, the electrons can be ejected from the atom. This effect is known as photoemission and was explained by Einstein more than hundred years ago. Until now, it has been assumed that the electron start moving out of the atom immediately after the impact of the photon. This point in time can be detected and has so far been........Go to the Technology-blog (Added on 6/24/2010 10:43:41 PM)
EPA Estimates of Greenhouse Gas EmissionsThe approach the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses to estimate greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural anaerobic lagoons that treat manure contains errors and may underestimate methane emissions by up to 65%, as per researchers from the University of Missouri.
Anaerobic lagoons treat manure on some animal feeding operations previous to application to crops as a fertilizer. Methane, one byproduct of the therapy process, has........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/24/2010 10:08:21 PM)
A Home Theater System with AV ReceiverI've been doing the rounds at the local mall in search of home theater equipment to complete the entertainment system I'm interested in building. I found a beautiful LCD television last week in the Samsung LCD TV Series 4 but decided to delay the purchase until I had enough time to finish my canvass of the other stuff I needed.
I passed by the Sony showroom yesterday and checked out its selection of Bravia LCD TV, and I got to tell........Go to the Entertainment-blog (Added on 6/19/2010 6:16:15 PM)
The Venture Capital Relationship© e Mill
If your idea of venture capital funding includes anything like a loan application, your idea of VC funding is based on a misconception. In the words of Nat Goldhaber, Venture Capital funding is more like a relationship than a transaction. And the paperwork? That's more like a dating profile you're building than a loan application.
That cuts both ways. As Nat points out, when you take venture capital money you may as........Go to the Media-blog (Added on 6/19/2010 5:40:39 PM)
Large majority of Americans still believe in global warmingThree out of four Americans think that the Earth has been gradually warming as the result of human activity and want the government to institute regulations to stop it, as per a new survey by scientists at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.
The survey was conducted by Woods Institute Senior Fellow Jon Krosnick, a professor of communication and of political science at Stanford, with funding from the National........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/9/2010 11:26:57 PM)
Predicting Amount of Oil in Contaminated SoilsResearchers are reporting a new technique for mapping and testing oil-contaminated soils. Traditionally, samples need to be collected from the field and returned to a lab for extensive chemical analysis, costing time and money when neither is readily available during a clean-up operation. The new method can take measurements in the field and accurately predict the total amount of petroleum contaminants in moist, unprepared soil samples.
The........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/9/2010 10:53:13 PM)
Stop or Speed Through a Yellow Light?Transportation engineering PhD student Zhixia Li was attracted to the University of Cincinnati because of the real-world education and experience the university provides.
In return, he's headed a real-world project that every driver can relate to. It's a project on which he has presented and published nationally, and it looks at what he calls the "yellow light dilemma." Are you, as a driver, more likely to stop or to speed through a yellow........Go to the Auto-blog (Added on 6/9/2010 6:54:29 AM)
A rainforest revelationGlobal warming may present a threat to animal and plant life even in biodiversity hot spots once thought less likely to suffer from climate change, as per a newly released study from Rice University.
Research by Amy Dunham, a Rice assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, detailed for the first time a direct connection between the frequency of El Nio and a threat to life in Madagascar, a tropical island that acts as a refuge........Go to the Geography-blog (Added on 6/8/2010 7:07:19 AM)
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