New candidate emerges for a quantum spin liquid
A newly synthesized mineral is perhaps the most promising material yet to realize a hypothetical state with exotic behavior.
February 2007
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New candidate emerges for a quantum spin liquid A newly
Posted by sciencewatch on 23 Feb 2007 12:17 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Aborigines’ court fight delayedA High Court case to stop tests
Posted by sciencewatch on 23 Feb 2007 12:17 am. Filed under General Science News.
Aborigines’ court fight delayed
A High Court case to stop tests on the remains of 17 Tasmanian Aborigines is deferred until 7 March.
Island of Stability Follow the decades-long quest to create the
Posted by sciencewatch on 22 Feb 2007 12:13 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Island of Stability
Follow the decades-long quest to create the elusive element 114.
NOVA scienceNOW
Call to halt deep sea ‘plunder’Fuel subsidies allowing trawlers to
Posted by sciencewatch on 22 Feb 2007 12:12 am. Filed under General Science News.
Call to halt deep sea ‘plunder’
Fuel subsidies allowing trawlers to “plunder” vulnerable fish stocks should be scrapped, scientists say.
Sustainable Developments: Threats of War, Chances for Peace Preventing the
Posted by sciencewatch on 21 Feb 2007 12:22 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Sustainable Developments: Threats of War, Chances for Peace
Preventing the spread of war will depend on strategies that recognize the shared interests of adversaries
Jeffrey D. Sachs
A Longevity Gene Producer Chad Cohen reports on a new
Posted by sciencewatch on 21 Feb 2007 12:13 am. Filed under General Science News.
A Longevity Gene
Producer Chad Cohen reports on a new study probing the secret to living long.
NOVA scienceNOW
SA Perspectives: The Beef with Cloned Meat The Editors
Posted by sciencewatch on 20 Feb 2007 12:13 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Debate about science and religion continues
Posted by sciencewatch on 20 Feb 2007 12:23 am. Filed under General Science News.
Blog: Swift-Moving Monster Squid Uses Bioluminescence, Speed to Nail Prey
Posted by sciencewatch on 19 Feb 2007 12:13 pm. Filed under General Science News.
Blog: Swift-Moving Monster Squid Uses Bioluminescence, Speed to Nail Prey
Before the work of the team of Japanese researchers who brought us the first ever images of a live giant squid, scientists thought these enormous, deep-dwelling beasts might be slow-moving, lackadaisical hunters–that maybe they floated at a…
Christopher Mims
Chillies heated ancient cuisineArchaeologists in Ecuador find that chillies were
Posted by sciencewatch on 19 Feb 2007 12:12 am. Filed under General Science News.
Chillies heated ancient cuisine
Archaeologists in Ecuador find that chillies were used in cooking more than 6,000 years ago.