A new study by biologists at Tufts University has discovered a dark side lurking behind the magical light shows put on by fireflies each summer. Using both laboratory and field experiments to explore the potential costs of ...
Sep 19, 2007
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has joined with Google Inc. in producing new higher-resolution lunar imagery and maps.
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2007
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A Progress 25 cargo spacecraft was orbiting the International Space Station Wednesday after undocking Tuesday evening, NASA said.
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Energy has launched a Web site that allows search and retrieval of information involving more than 20,000 department patents.
Other
Sep 19, 2007
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Purdue University will soon be the home of a moon rock, thanks to the widow of U.S. astronaut and Purdue alumnus Roger Chaffee.
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2007
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A new U.S. chemical screening center designed to perform up to 30,000 experiments a day is to open Friday at the University of California-Santa Cruz.
Sep 19, 2007
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Finance research has demonstrated that in the global economy, non-U.S. firms benefit from convergence toward U.S. market and legal regulations. University of Arkansas researchers have examined the relative advantages of the ...
Other
Sep 19, 2007
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"Extreme cherry pickers," grocery shoppers who buy only sale items and nothing else, do not harm retailer profits significantly as generally is believed, according to a forthcoming study in the Journal of Marketing Research.
Other
Sep 19, 2007
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Steroid use by a Major League Baseball slugger may produce only modest increases in muscle mass and bat and ball speed but still boost home run production by 50 percent or more, according to a new study by Tufts University ...
General Physics
Sep 19, 2007
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IBM is releasing IBM Lotus Symphony, a suite of software tools for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations. The tools can be downloaded at no charge.
Software
Sep 19, 2007
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