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Amid concerns about possible terrorist attacks with nuclear materials, and fresh memories of environmental contamination from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in...
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| May 10, 2012 |
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A group of European astronomers has discovered an ancient planetary system that is likely to be a survivor from one of the earliest cosmic eras, 13 billion years ago. The sy...
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| May 10, 2012 |
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Ecologists in New Zealand have shown for the first time that Marine Protected Areas -- long advocated as a way of protecting threatened marine mammals -- actually work. Thei...
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| May 09, 2012 |
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Cognitive training including puzzles, handicrafts and life skills are known to reduce the risk, and help slow down the progress, of dementia amongst the elderly. A new study...
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| May 09, 2012 |
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Satellite are seeing changes in land surfaces in high detail at northern latitudes, indicating thawing permafrost. This releases greenhouse gases into parts of the Arctic, e...
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| May 09, 2012 |
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Researchers at The Australian National University have developed the fastest random number generator in the world by listening to the 'sounds of silence'.
The researchers...
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| May 08, 2012 |
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Like the colorful temporary tattoos that children stick to their arms for fun, people may one day put thin "electronic skin" patches onto their arms to wirelessly diagnose h...
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| May 09, 2012 |
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Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have unearthed a unique slave burial ground on the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena. The excavation, which took place...
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| May 07, 2012 |
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Far from being a pipe dream years away from reality, practical technology for capturing carbon dioxide -- the main greenhouse gas -- from smokestacks is aiming for deploymen...
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| May 10, 2012 |
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Noise levels, fine particulate matter, traffic volumes -- these data are of interest to urban planners and residents alike. A three-dimensional presentation will soon make i...
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| May 08, 2012 |
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