World first: Chinese scientists create pig stem cells
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Scientists have managed to induce cells from pigs to transform into pluripotent stem cells - cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any type of cell in the body. It is the first time in the ...
Semen quality depends upon antioxidants
Jun 02, 2009 |
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A possible relationship between men's diets and the quality of their semen has long been a discussion point. Spanish researchers have now confirmed that antioxidants, molecules which are found mainly in fruit and vegetables ...
New arenavirus discovered as cause of hemorrhagic fever outbreak in South Africa and Zambia
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases of National Health Laboratory Service (NICD-NHLS), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
World 'getting closer' to swine flu pandemic: WHO
Jun 02, 2009 |
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The world is "getting closer" to a swine flu pandemic as the virus shows early signs of spreading locally in countries outside the Americas, a senior World Health Organisation official said Tuesday.
Discoveries shed new light on how the brain processes what the eye sees
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience (CMBN) at Rutgers University in Newark have identified the need to develop a new framework for understanding "perceptual stability" and how ...
Chinese pottery may be earliest discovered
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Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bits of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China may be evidence of the earliest development of ceramics by ancient people.
Ethanol production could jeopardize soil productivity
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There is growing interest in using crop residues as the feedstock of choice for the production of cellulosic-based ethanol because of the more favorable energy output relative to grain-based ethanol. This would also help ...
Spanish researchers describe new hominid
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Researchers from the Institut Catalą de Paleontologia (ICP), from Universitat Autňnoma de Barcelona, directed by professor Salvador Moyą-Solą, publish this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Fluid Dynamics Research to Make Peeing in Space More Comfortable and Sanitary (w/Video)
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineering students at UC San Diego are studying the fluid dynamics of water in order to build a more comfortable and sanitary urine collection device for space travel.
Trading energy for safety, bees extend legs to stay stable in wind
Jun 02, 2009 |
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New research shows some bees brace themselves against wind and turbulence by extending their sturdy hind legs while flying. But this approach comes at a steep cost, increasing aerodynamic drag and the power ...
Researchers Find Shared Motif in Membrane Transport Proteins Found in Plants, Bacteria
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arkansas researchers have characterized a membrane receptor protein and its binding mechanism from chloroplasts in plants and determined that it shares a commonly shaped binding ...
Secret of sandcastle construction could help revive ancient building technique, researchers say
Jun 02, 2009 |
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The secret of a successful sandcastle could aid the revival of an ancient eco-friendly building technique, according to research led by Durham University.
The poop on finding penguins: Follow the guano
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists looking for lost penguins stumbled upon an effective method: Follow their poop from space.
Windows 7 confirmed for holiday season PCs
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says Windows 7, the next version of its computer operating software, will go on sale Oct. 22.
Montana man gets 60 days for dinosaur bones theft
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A commercial fossil hunter, whose discovery of the world's best-preserved dinosaur brought scientific acclaim, will serve 60 days in jail for stealing raptor bones from private land.
