Thomson Scientific rank the most-cited published papers

Newly Published Study Narrows Focus On Geology, Ranking Institutions, Researchers and Journals Based on Total Citations Philadelphia and London (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC)and leading provider of...

New Scientific Discovery : Salt Water as Plentiful Fuel Source

Retired broadcast engineer John Kanzius has invented a radio wave generator that makes salt water burn. Kanzius stumbled upon his discovery when trying to find a cure for cancer in which gold flakes are inserted...

Do hunky men make women smarter?

"It's not just the muscles, or the confidence, or the chiselled cheekbones. Nor is it the flashy sportscar or the charming arrogance. No, the charms of the alpha male -- the guy who stands out above lesser mortals...

Rideau Canal named UN World Heritage site

UNESCO, the world body charged with recognizing world heritage sites has included the Rideau Canal on the list of over 800 sites world wide. "The Rideau Canal, which stretches from Ottawa to Kingston, was...

Mine's Longer Than Yours: Measuring the Amazon

The ultimate measuring contest... "Scientists in Brazil are claiming to have established as a scientific fact that the Amazon is the longest river in the world. The Amazon is recognised as the world's largest...

Anti-whaling nations against Japan coastal whaling

Whaling is a big issue in the Pacific Northwest.  The Makah were prevented from traditional subsistence whaling so we are wondering how Japan will handle this.  - The Angryindian-------------------------------------------------"ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -...

It's Superbaby! Infant with Super Strength Alive and Flexing!

You wouldn't want to mess with this kid. This 19 month old could show you a thing or two in the gymnastics ring, or on the football field. His massive strength is technically an abnormality, but what an ailment...

Fake Sugar, Real Cancer

Even in realistic "human-sized" doses (not a rat eating six tons of the stuff), aspartame has been proven carcinogenic. Aspartame is found in products ranging from soda pop to medicine tablets; this discovery raises important questions of trust in a profit-driven food...

Worms and Humans Are One Family

"From now on if someone says that 'you think like a worm', it would not be that offensive. As a matter of fact, it is now a scientific fact, as results of a research of the European laboratory for molecular biology in Heidelberg show that the human brain and the entire human...

Truth? Fiction? A Sense Or Nonsense Film Premier :: MAXINE

"Today, the film premier of "An Inconvenient Truth … Or Convenient Fiction?" is being presented by the Pacific Research Institute in San Francisco at the Embarcadero Center Cinema - 1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111. The film will be premiered at NO COST with...

Who's afraid of the big (fake?) wolf clone?

South Korean researchers who claim to have cloned two wolves have been called into question by fellow scientists who spotted errors in their data. The other scientists started an online firestorm which led to...

A harrowing view from the top: global warming

I've submitted a couple of articles - Tibetans carry on as glaciers fall victim to global warming and Heatwave on the top of the world - regarding the evidence of global warming, climate change - whatever your semantic preference - in the high mountains of the world. And,...

Garlic smells in health study

"Stanford research finds neither pills nor garlic sandwiches cut cholesterol Hugely popular garlic supplements do not pass the scientific smell test when it comes to lowering cholesterol levels, a study out of...

Children rapist writes scientific paper in jail and gets away

"The law does not choose. Kurt Treptow, an American historian, imprisoned in 2002 in Romania for children molesting, and sentenced to seven years of jail, was released yesterday. The Court ruling is final and irrevocable. He succeeded to get out earlier, because, during his...

"Thinking for yourself" better educational strategy for learning

"Give college students less instruction and more freedom to think for themselves in laboratory classes, and the result may be a four-fold increase in their test scores."I won't be totally scientific in suggesting that letting students learn from doing in all kinds of courses...

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