Development of more muscular trout could boost commercial aquaculture
A 10-year effort by a University of Rhode Island scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have been described as six-pack abs and ...
10 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Texas earthquakes may be linked to wells for gas mining
Saltwater pumped into the earth to release natural gas offers a "plausible," but not definitive, explanation for small quakes ...
2 hours ago from USA today
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Mysterious Cosmic 'Dark Flow' Tracked Deeper into Universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Distant galaxy clusters mysteriously stream at a million miles per hour along a path roughly centered on the southern constellations Centaurus and Hydra. A new study led by ...
6 hours ago from PhysOrg
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The smell of salt air, a mile high and 900 miles inland
The smell of sea salt in the air is a romanticized feature of life along a seacoast. Wind and waves kick up spray, and bits of sodium chloride - common table salt - can permeate the air.
9 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Study validates general relativity on cosmic scale, existence of dark matter
An analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies by University of California, Berkeley, University of Zurich and Princeton University physicists demonstrates that the universe - at least up to a distance ...
9 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Scientists to review climate body
The UN Secretary-General asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.
8 hours ago from BBC News
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Researchers show how far South American cities moved in quake
The massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck the west coast of Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion at least 10 feet to the west, and shifted other parts of South America ...
Mon 8 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Prehistoric response to global warming informs human planning today
Since 2004, University at Buffalo anthropologist Ezra Zubrow has worked intensively with teams of scientists in the Arctic regions of St. James Bay, Quebec, northern Finland and Kamchatka to ...
5 hours ago from PhysOrg
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NoMix toilets get thumbs-up in 7 European countries
People in seven European countries have positive attitudes toward a new eco-friendly toilet that could substantially reduce pollution problems and conserve water and nutrients, scientists in ...
7 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Hidden habits and movements of insect pests revealed by DNA barcoding
University of Minnesota researcher George Weiblen and colleagues have found a faster way to study the spread and diet of insect pests.
Tue 9 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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