Beavers and their dams may help amphibians
The dam-building beaver may be an ally in conserving wetland habitat for declining amphibian populations, a University of Alberta study said.
Jan 12, 2007
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UConn primate lab halts research project
The University of Connecticut has halted a controversial project involving monkeys and reprimanded researchers after federal inspectors found lab violations.
Other
Jan 12, 2007
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NASA funds instrument to probe life on Mars
A joint UC San Diego/UC Berkeley experiment to detect life on Mars that is scheduled to fly aboard the European ExoMars rover mission in 2013 will receive $750,000 in development funding from the National Aeronautics and ...
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2007
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Leading physicists convene in Tucson for conference on gravity
More than three dozen leading physicists and astrophysicists will convene in Tucson for the conference, "Rethinking Gravity: from the Planck scale to the size of the Universe," Jan. 22 - 24, 2007.
General Physics
Jan 12, 2007
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Some eBay Users Abuse Auction Site's Feedback System, Professor Finds
Some eBay users are artificially boosting their reputations by buying and selling feedback on the Internet auction site, according to John Morgan, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business.
Internet
Jan 12, 2007
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Huygens’s second landing anniversary – the surprises continue
Two years ago, planetary scientists across the world watched as Europe and the US did something amazing. The Huygens descent module drifted down through the hazy atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, beaming its data back to ...
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2007
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Warm temps, El Nino delay lakes' freezing
A strong El Nino and warmer temperatures pushed back lake freeze dates for the Northeast and Midwest areas of the United States, a water scientist said.
Environment
Jan 12, 2007
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Northern lights research enters final frontier
An international team of scientists -- including physicists from the University of Calgary -- will begin gathering the most detailed information yet about the ever-changing northern lights, as a multi-year research project ...
Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2007
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Scientists Discover Gold Clusters Stabilize Platinum Electrocatalysts For Use in Fuel Cells
Platinum is the most efficient electrocatalyst for accelerating chemical reactions in fuel cells for electric vehicles. In reactions during the stop-and-go driving of an electric car, however, the platinum dissolves, which ...
General Physics
Jan 12, 2007
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World's largest flower evolved from family of much tinier blooms
The plant with the world's largest flower -- typically a full meter across, with a bud the size of a basketball -- evolved from a family of plants whose blossoms are nearly all tiny, botanists write this week in the journal ...
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