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Emerging Economies Alter Global Innovation Landscape
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
The dynamics of global innovation are changing as a result of the activities of emerging economies, according to The...
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Evidence Suggests Quasicrystals Have Extra-Terrestrial Origins
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
Results from an expedition to far eastern Russia that set out to find the origin of naturally occurring quasicrystals...
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Stressed Out Men Drawn to Heavy Women
By the Editor on August 10, 2012
When placed under stressful situations, men rate larger women as more attractive, new research has shown. British researchers found...
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Scientists ‘Spot’ Dark Matter Near the Sun
By the Editor on August 9, 2012
An international team of researchers have developed a new technique to measure dark matter, using a state-of-the-art simulation of...
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World Depleting Underground Water Reserves for Agriculture
By the Editor on August 9, 2012
The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists...
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Could Space Mirrors Stop Global Warming?
By the Editor on August 9, 2012
In the early 2000s, Lowell Wood of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory proposed cooling the earth by launching reflective mirrors...
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Largest Map of Universe Yet Captures 1 Million Galaxies
By the Editor on August 9, 2012
The largest 3D map yet of the universe’s huge galaxies and bright black holes may serve as a springboard...
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Earth’s Weird Life Helps Curiosity’s Search
By the Editor on August 9, 2012
Exotic kingdoms and bizarre creatures deep beneath the sea or within the bowels of the Earth have been the...
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DNA Code Shapes Gold Nanoparticles
By the Editor on August 9, 2012
DNA holds the genetic code for all sorts of biological molecules and traits. But University of Illinois researchers have...
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Can Nature Parks Save Biodiversity?
By the Editor on August 9, 2012
As human activities put increasing pressures on natural systems and wildlife to survive, 200 scientists around the world carved...
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