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New book distills essential physics for next president

University of California, Berkeley, physicist Richard A. Muller has a new book, "Physics for Future Presidents" (Norton, 2008) that he's written as a primer for anyone aspiring to the Oval Office.

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Bee disease a mystery

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Science news // 29 June, 2008 12:49:00

Scientists are one step closer to understanding the recent demise of billions of honey bees after making an important discovery about the transmission of a common bee virus.

NIST Releases Preview of Much-Anticipated Online Mathematics Reference

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Science news // 25 June, 2008 09:51:00

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF).

Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan's Crust

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Science news // 19 March, 2008 08:33:00

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. The findings, made using radar measurements of Titan's rotation, will appear in the March 21 issue of the journal Science.

Wheat killer detected in Iran

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Science news // 16 March, 2008 11:03:37
A new and virulent wheat fungus, previously found in East Africa and Yemen, has moved to major wheat growing areas in Iran, FAO reported today. The fungus is capable of wreaking havoc to wheat production by destroying entire fields.

Glimpses of a new (mathematical) world

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Science news // 13 March, 2008 08:03:30
A new mathematical object was revealed today during a lecture at the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM). Two researchers from the University of Bristol exhibited the first example of a third degree transcendental L-function. These L-functions encode deep underlying connections between many different areas of mathematics.

Using Abstract Mathematics to Solve Real-World Problems

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Science news // 12 March, 2008 08:03:41
Dr. Roman Polyak is a fortunate man. In mathematics, his area of research, few get to see their discoveries translated into actual applications during their lifetime.

Team probes mysteries of oceanic bacteria

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Science news // 04 March, 2008 09:03:55
Microbes living in the oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth's environment, but very little is known about their activities and how they work together to help control natural cycles of water, carbon and energy.

Sandia weighs in on new definition for kilogram

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Science news // 02 March, 2008 09:03:31
The kilogram is losing weight and many international scientists, including some at Sandia National Laboratories, agree that it's time to redefine it.

Fractals through time

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Science news // 28 February, 2008 02:02:43
A new theoretical study looks at what fractal things look like not just when you magnify them in space (they are scale invariant: they look the same even at finer and finer size scales) but also when you magnify them in time - that is, when you look at them over finer and finer time intervals.