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Mar 12, 2012 08:48 AM EDT

Experts: Integrate Global Water, Food and Energy Policies to Divert Future Conflict

As food and energy production intensify around the world, their demands on dwindling water resources have prompted the search for an innovative and collaborative solution. On Friday, March 16, a High Level Panel convened by the EDF Group and the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) will ...

Mar 12, 2012 06:57 AM EDT

Peter Thiel, University-hater, Heads to Campus

Peter Thiel, the superstar Silicon Valley investor, has famously dismissed university as a waste of time and money, and even offered students cash to drop out.

Mar 09, 2012 02:07 PM EST

Iridescent, Feathered Dinosaur: New Evidence that Feathers Evolved to Attract Mates

The detailed feather pattern and color of Microraptor--a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 120 million years ago--had a glossy iridescent sheen. Its tail was narrow and adorned with a pair of streamer feathers, suggesting the importance of display in the early evolution of feath...

Mar 09, 2012 01:53 PM EST

1 Year after the Japan Tsunami, USC Engineers Help California's Ports Prepare

On the one-year anniversary of the devastating Japanese tsunami, engineers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Tsunami Research Center are working with the State of California to better understand the damaging currents caused by tsunamis.

Mar 09, 2012 10:09 AM EST

Research Re-examines Role of Maya Women

Contrary to popular belief, women played a central role in Maya society before the arrival of Spanish explorers in the early 16th century, a University of California, Riverside graduate student has discovered. That finding is significant for modern Mayan women, whose status in society rapidly dimini...

Mar 08, 2012 01:55 PM EST

Mapping the Japanese Tsunami to Prepare for Future Events

The 2011 Tohoku tsunami was Japan's deadliest in more than 100 years. Despite an extraordinary level of preparedness by the Japanese, the tsunami caused more than 90 percent of the almost 20,000 fatalities last March. Georgia Tech Associate Professor Hermann Fritz and his research team are studying...

Mar 08, 2012 11:59 AM EST

What have We Got in Common with a Gorilla?

Researchers announce today that they have completed the genome sequence for the gorilla - the last genus of the living great apes to have its genome decoded. While confirming that our closest relative is the chimpanzee, the team show that much of the human genome more closely resembles the gorilla t...

Mar 08, 2012 11:02 AM EST

University of Bristol Archaeologists Unearth Slave Burial Ground on St. Helena

The tiny island of St Helena, 1,000 miles off the coast of south-west Africa, acted as the landing place for many of the slaves, captured by the Royal Navy during the suppression of the slave trade between 1840 and 1872. During this period a total of around 26,000 freed slaves were brought to the is...

Mar 08, 2012 10:01 AM EST

Missing: Electron Antineutrinos; Reward: Understanding of Matter-antimatter Imbalance

An international particle physics collaboration today announced its first results toward answering a longstanding question â€“ how the elusive particles called neutrinos can appear to vanish as they travel through space. The result from the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment [link: http://...

Mar 07, 2012 04:18 PM EST

Communication Technologies Including Smartphones and Laptops Could Now be 1,000 Times Faster

Many of the communication tools of today rely on the function of light or, more specifically, on applying information to a light wave. Up until now, studies on electronic and optical devices with materials that are the foundations of modern electronicsâ€”such as radio, TV, and computersâ€”...

Mar 07, 2012 01:52 PM EST

Internet Censorship Revealed Through the Haze of Malware Pollution

On a January evening in 2011, Egypt â€“ with a population of 80 million, including 23 million Internet users â€“ vanished from cyberspace after its government ordered an Internet blackout amidst anti-government protests that led to the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The follow...

Mar 07, 2012 12:48 PM EST

World's Leading Coral Experts to Gather in Australia

The brightest minds in coral reef science and management will descend upon Australia for the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS 2012) in Cairns, gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, on July 9-13.