30/06/2005

Very few overweight women happy

Only 1 percent of overweight women in a British survey said they are happy with their shape, blaming the celebrity culture for their attitude.

No Sleep in the Deep

Unlike Other Mammals, Newborn Dolphins and Killer Whales Stay Active 24/7 During First Months of Development If you thought the sleep-deprived months with your newborn were tough, pity the poor mother dolphin or killer ...

Einstein Ring in Distant Universe

Astronomers Using the VLT Discover Bright Cosmic Mirage Far Away Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, RĂ©mi Cabanac and his European colleagues have discovered an amazing cosmic mirage, known to scientists as an Einstein Ring. ...

Oceans turning to acid from rise in CO2

A report issued by the Royal Society in the U.K. sounds the alarm about the world's oceans. "If CO2 from human activities continues to rise, the oceans will become so acidic by 2100 it could threaten marine life in ways we ...

Bubbly Channels

Two-phase chip reactor for the production of very homogeneous nanoscopic semiconductor crystals Luminescent quantum dots of semiconducting materials could eventually help to identify tumors, illuminate large flat-panel ...

NASA to study comet collision

NASA's robotic Deep Impact spacecraft has observed a massive eruption from comet Tempel 1, just days before the comet is expected to collide with a probe.

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