Fungi findings reveal how cell tips steer their way around
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Scientists in Aberdeen have shed new light on how some cells are able to steer their way around their surroundings carrying out crucial functions.
Tibetan antelope slowly recovering, WCS says
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Returning from a recent 1,000-mile expedition across Tibet's remote Chang Tang region, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) biologist George Schaller reports that the Tibetan antelope -- once the target of rampant poaching ...
Investigating the invisible life in our environment
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Feb 01, 2007 |
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Microorganisms make up more than a third of the Earth’s biomass. They are found in water, on land and even in our bodies, recycling nutrients, influencing the planet’s climate or causing diseases. Still, we know surprisingly ...
Grafts against cancer
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A research team led by Prof. Claude Perreault, Université de Montréal, is announcing a major discovery in Genomics. This will generate a fundamental impact on the treatment of blood cancers (leukemias and lymphomes) by means ...
Climate Report Marks New Era in Global Warming Battle, Science Historian Says
Feb 01, 2007 |
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Tomorrow will be an important day in the history of humankind's battle against global warming, says a science historian at the American Institute of Physics. In a major report to be released on Friday, the Intergovernmental ...
Remote control for the office desk
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Business travelers will soon be able to access all the information on their own computers from a cell phone. A new software program makes it possible to swiftly find documents, appointments and e-mails at any ...
Bald eagles may no longer be endangered
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Experts say bald eagles are likely to be taken from the endangered species list as the U.S. government's Feb. 16 deadline for ruling on the birds approaches.
Sentry enzyme blocks two paths to Parkinson's disease
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The degeneration of brain cells that occurs in Parkinson's disease may be caused by either externally provoked cell death or internally initiated suicide when the molecule that normally prevents these fatal alternatives is ...
NIST issues draft IPv6 technical profile
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) yesterday issued a draft profile that will assist federal agencies in developing plans to acquire and deploy products that implement Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). ...
18 million men in the United States affected by erectile dysfunction
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More than 18 million men in the United States over age 20 are affected by erectile dysfunction, according to a study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The prevalence of erectile dysfunction ...
