Sticky gecko feet: The role of temperature and humidity May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of five University of Akron researchers has published the paper, “Sticky gecko feet: the role of temperature and humidity” in PLoS ONE, an open-access, online journal for peer-reviewed scientific and medical research. | |
Recipe for energy saving unravelled in migratory birds May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Pointed wings together with carrying less weight per wing area and avoidance of high winds and atmospheric turbulence save a bird loads of energy during migration. This has been shown for the first time in free-flying wild ... | |
 Britain releases batch of files on UFO sightings May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The men were air traffic controllers. Experienced, calm professionals. Nobody was drinking. But they were so worried about losing their jobs that they demanded their names be kept off the official ... | |
 Divers find Caesar bust that may date to 46 B.C. May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said Tuesday could be the oldest known. | |
Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican's chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday. | |
China's panda preserves reported safe May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- All the pandas at the world's most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, mountainous area. | |
 Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week - more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's ... | |
Firearms Microstamping Feasible but Variable, Study Finds May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 7
New technology to link cartridge cases to guns by engraving microscopic codes on the firing pin is feasible, but did not work equally well for all guns and ammunition tested in a pilot study by researchers from the forensic ... | |
Study: Only select group of property fund managers outperform market May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Only a small group of elite property fund managers are able to consistently lead their funds to gains greater than the market, according to new research co-authored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business. | |
Establishing faster-growing, durable football fields May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A study published in the February 2008 issue of HortScience offers new information that can help schools and contractors get outdoor athletic fields ready for fall sports more quickly. Results of the research study ... | |
Racism not an issue in firing of NBA coaches, study May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Race is not a factor in the firing of NBA coaches, although white coaches with losing records had somewhat longer tenures before being fired than African-American coaches with more losses than wins, a new study shows. | |
 Introducing 'Orange Bulldog' May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Move over ‘Longface’, ‘Spooktacular’ and ‘Trickster’ - there’s a new face in the pumpkin patch. Welcome ‘Orange Bulldog’, a new variety of the familiar fall fruit that may soon be available to consumers and ... | |
Research shines spotlight on a key player in the dance of chromosomes May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Cell division is essential to life, but the mechanism by which emerging daughter cells organize and divvy up their genetic endowments is little understood. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois and Columbia ... | |
Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most accurate and most ... | |
 Air pollution, smoking affect latent tuberculosis May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A toxic gas present in air pollution and tobacco smoke plays a significant role in triggering tuberculosis infection, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). | |
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