Physorg

Thursday th 30th of August 2012

NASA spies fifth Atlantic hurricane and twelfth tropical depression - 17:00

Key genetic mechanism in plant hormone signaling may help protect crops from stressors - 17:00

NASA spotted hot towers in Ileana that indicated its increase to hurricane status - 17:00

NASA sees Tropical Storm Tembin make landfall in South Korea - 17:00

Biophysicists unravel secrets of genetic switch - 17:00

Publishers ink $69 mn deal in ebook price-fixing case - 17:00

Japan court to rule on Apple-Samsung patent brawl - 17:00

Top 5 makers of tablets, led by Apple and iPad - 16:00

Twitter targets ads based on interests - 16:00

UBC researchers seek to engage students in STEM careers with science outreach toolkit - 16:00

Solving 1960s genetics mystery could clear obstacles for synthetic biologists - 16:00

Physicists measure photonic interactions at the atomic level - 15:30

New cybersecurity tool suite demonstrated - 15:30

Dawn spacecraft prepares for trek toward dwarf planet - 15:00

Researchers use Ranger supercomputer to identify genetic differences related to social lives of mammals - 14:31

Thai firm pleads guilty over Australian oil spill - 14:31

Spacewalking astronauts cope with sticky bolts - 14:31

LinkedIn plans to expand to Sunnyvale, Calif. - 14:31

DNA scan sheds new light on mankind's mysterious cousins - 14:00

Microbes help hyenas communicate via scent - 14:00

Analysis explores how religion and ethnicity shape the Asian-American vote - 14:00

Jupiter-bound spacecraft set for key maneuver - 13:30

Overwhelmed by instant access to news and information? Most Americans like it - 13:01

Los Alamos provides HOPE for radiation belt storm probes - 13:01

First field study finds soot particles absorb significantly less sunlight than predicted by models - 13:01

New research identifies prime source of ocean methane - 13:01

Human, soil bacteria swap antibiotic-resistance genes: study - 13:01

The evolution of the mustards' spice - 13:01

Unexpected finding shows fungi may not help store climate change's extra carbon - 13:01

Uncoiling the cucumber's enigma: Researchers discover a biological mechanism for coiling - 13:00

'Promiscuous' enzymes still prevalent in metabolism - 13:00

A whisker-inspired approach to tactile sensing - 12:30

Carbon release from collapsing coastal permafrost in Arctic Siberia - 12:30

Light-activated skeletal muscle engineered (w/ Video) - 12:30

A one-way street for spinning atoms - 12:30

Leaders' emotional cues may predict acts of terror or political aggression - 12:30

Walls of lunar crater may hold patchy ice, LRO radar finds - 12:30

NASA watching Tropical Storm Isaac drench US Gulf Coast region and lower Mississippi River Valley - 12:30

Increased sediment and nutrients delivered to bay as Susquehanna reservoirs near sediment capacity - 12:01

Shedding new light on one of diabetes' most dangerous complications - 12:01

Bitter tastes quickly turn milk chocolate fans sour - 12:01

No-till farming helps capture snow and soil water - 12:01

New flexible electronics technology may lead to new medical uses - 12:00

Smartphone app can track objects on the battlefield as well as on the sports field - 12:00

A surprisingly bright superbubble - 12:00

Dell's remake hits a rough patch - 11:31

Millipede family added to Australian fauna - 11:03

Gender bias in leading scientific journals - 11:03

BT sells 14.1% stake in India's Tech Mahindra - 10:30

Kinect@Home crowdsources for 3-D models - 10:30