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Possible "Fifth Force Of Nature" - Physicist 's Breakthrough In The Field Of Particle Physics!

23/02/2013 07:28
A fifth elementary force of nature named hypercharge, may oppose the force of gravity. It's phenomenon that fascinate modern physicists. In a breakthrough for the field of particle physics... [Read more] ...

Did Human Language Evolve From Birdsong?

23/02/2013 07:26
Feb 22, 2013. Based on an analysis of animal communication, and using Miyagawa's framework, the authors say that birdsong closely resembles the expression layer of human sentences whereas the communicative waggles of bees, or the short, audible messages of primates... [Read more] ...

What Traditional Societies Can Teach You About Life

22/02/2013 18:38
By Amy Crawford Smithsonian.com, December 26, 2012 For most humans living today, it's hard to imagine life without written language, governments and large-scale agriculture. But on the scale of human history, all of these are recent inventions. Until just 11,000 years ago, we lived in...

Key to cleaner environment may be right beneath our feet

22/02/2013 09:10
by Staff Writers University Park PA (SPX) Feb 22, 2013 While many people recognize that clean water and air are signs of a healthy ecosystem, most do not realize that a critical part of the environment is right beneath their feet, according to a Penn State hydrologist. [Read more] ...

Molecules Assemble in Water, Hint at Origins of Life

22/02/2013 09:03
by Staff Writers Atlanta CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2013   The base pairs that hold together two pieces of RNA, the older cousin of DNA, are some of the most important molecular interactions in living cells. Many scientists believe that these base pairs were part of life from the very beginning and that...

Boeing, ADASI Sign Teaming Agreement for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

22/02/2013 07:52
by Staff Writers Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Feb 22, 2013 Boeing and Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company (ADASI), a Tawazun subsidiary, have signed a teaming agreement for the two companies to address the growing Middle East market for unmanned systems. [Read more] ...

Physicists propose 'wireless' solar cells

22/02/2013 07:02
by Tim Wogan for Institute of Physics London, UK (SPX) Feb 22, 2013 A new type of solar cell that relies on a surprising property of certain insulators has been proposed by physicists in Austria, the US and Germany. The design relies on the... [Read more] ...

Finding the right space for offshore wind turbines

22/02/2013 06:56
by Staff Writers Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2013 Offshore wind has significant potential to help the United States meet its growing energy needs, but the U.S. marine renewable energy industry has lagged behind Europe for decades. [Read more] ...

Every Meteorite That's Slammed Into Earth Since 2300 BC [MAP]

22/02/2013 05:18
Dina Spector | Feb. 20, 2013, 1:31 PM   Meteor mania has taken all corners of the Internet, following a string of close encounters and sightings of flying space rocks. Fragments from a bus=sized meteor that exploded in Earth's atmosphere ... [Read more] ...

Serengeti

21/02/2013 18:15
The Serengeti is a plain immediately south of the equator in eastern Africa covering over 30,000 square kilometers (12,000 square miles) east of Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania and southwestern Kenya which is home to the largest herds of grazing mammals in the world. [Read more] ...
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