Researchers identify genes key to hormone production in plants
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have pinpointed a small group of genes responsible for “telling” plants when, where and how to produce a hormone that is key to their development. Their findings ...
Emotional machines
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Emotions are an intrinsic part of communications. But machines don’t have, perceive or react to them, which makes us – their handlers – hot under the collar. But thanks to building blocks developed by European ...
GAO finds risks in NASA program
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office says it's found major risks to the successful development of NASA's replacement for the space shuttle.
Mitosis gets harder thanks to new gene discovery
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A biological process taught to every pupil studying science at high school has just become a little more complicated thanks to a new discovery published today.
A Place in the Sun
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Those spindly plants that desperately try to reach for a break in the canopy formed by larger plants all suffer from the same affliction: Shade avoidance syndrome or SAS. Now, the molecular details of SAS ...
Rare genetic syndrome may hold key to cure for heat stroke
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A genetic disorder that can cause a fatal rise in body temperature in some patients undergoing general anesthesia may hold the key to a cure for heat stroke, according to research published in the April 4 edition of the journal ...
Entrepreneurial Strategies Have Different Implications for Different Actions
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A new study published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal illustrates the important implications that both Discovery Theory and Creation Theory have on the effectiveness of a variety of entrepreneurial actions within ...
New data show strong labor market for scientists and engineers
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Science and engineering workforce availability in the United States is under serious scrutiny by observers who worry about a decline in the nation's ability to fill future demand. However, three newly published ...
Cornell robot fails to break a record, but students learn
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Engineering education needs to include a few rough spots to be worthwhile. An attempt to set an unofficial world record for how far a robot could walk failed the night of March 30, but the team will keep trying.
Skunk Deaths Not Due to Rabies or Distemper, Tests Show
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Rabies and distemper appear not to be the cause of death for dozens of Northern California skunks, reports a veterinary scientist at the University of California, Davis.
Interactive textiles get 'in the groove'
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Top Australian netball and basketball players are using CSIRO-developed interactive textiles to get ‘in the groove’ when shooting goals.
Should real profits in virtual worlds be taxed? ISU professors say there's a way to do it
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Ben Franklin's astute observation -- "In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes" -- has stood the test of time fairly well over the past 219 years. Until now.
Human breast tumors' 'microenvironment' primes them for metastasis
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The environment within primary breast tumors can “empower” cells that break free and enter the bloodstream to successfully invade other organs, researchers report in the April 4th Cell, a publication of Cell Press.
Hatchery fish outnumber wild chinook salmon in troubled fall run
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A recent study indicates that wild salmon may account for just 10 percent of California's fall-run chinook salmon population, while the vast majority of the fish come from hatcheries. The findings are especially troubling ...
Alcohol alters prefrontal cortex activity through ion channel disruption
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Researchers have long believed that abnormal function in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) region of the brain contributes to the impulsive behavior and lack of control over drinking that characterize alcohol dependence, but how ...
