Archive: 10/04/2007
Human embryonic stem cells remain embryonic because of epigenetic factors
A human embryonic stem cell is reined in – prevented from giving up its unique characteristics of self-renewal and pluripotency – by the presence of a protein modification that stifles any genes that would prematurely instruct ...
Oct 04, 2007 |
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STDs found in Brooklyn canal
A New York City College of Technology biologist released a report Thursday finding the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn tested positive for gonorrhea contamination.
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Wai Wai choose conservation economy for traditional Amazon territory
Three years after gaining formal title to their traditional territory in the northern Amazon, the Wai Wai people of Guyana have achieved another milestone when the region was declared the nation’s first Community Owned Conservation ...
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Fast Food USB Drive Thru: 1GB Pizza, Hamburger To Go, Please
A novelty fast food product line of 1GB USB flash memory is introduced by Green House of Japan is introduced. Soon you will be able to order a hamburger, pizza, hot dog or sandwich flash memory drive to enhance ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 04, 2007 |
2.2 / 5 (9) |
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Astronauts to Ride Rails in Emergency
As NASA revamps Launch Complex 39B to host the new Orion spacecraft and Ares I rocket of the Constellation Program, engineers are preparing to install a new kind of departure system to evacuate astronauts.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Living fossils have hot sex
University of Utah scientists discovered a strange method of reproduction in primitive plants named cycads: The plants heat up and emit a toxic odor to drive pollen-covered insects out of male cycad cones, ...
Biology /
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Honda Develops New Automatic Transmission System for Motorcycles
Honda Motor announced that it has developed the Human-Friendly Transmission (HFT), a new automatic transmission system for motorcycles using Honda’s own infinitely variable hydraulic mechanical transmission. ...
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Chili pepper cocktail points to wide-awake surgery
Imagine an epidural or a shot of Novocain that doesn’t paralyze your legs or make you numb yet totally blocks your pain. This type of pain management is now within reach. As a result, childbirth, surgery, ...
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Microneedles: Flu Vaccine in Painless Skin Patches under Development
Flu vaccine delivered through painless microneedles in patches applied to the skin could soon be an alternative to delivery through hypodermic needles, according to researchers at Emory University and the ...
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Researchers shed light on light-emitting nanodevice
An interdisciplinary team of Cornell nanotechnology researchers has unraveled some of the fundamental physics of a material that holds promise for light-emitting, flexible semiconductors. The discovery, which ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 04, 2007 |
3.9 / 5 (18) |
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Hydrothermal vents: Hot spots of microbial diversity
Thousands of new kinds of marine microbes have been discovered at two deep-sea hydrothermal vents off the Oregon coast by scientists at the MBL (Marine Biological Laboratory) and University of Washington’s Joint Institute ...
Biology /
Oct 04, 2007 |
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New plastic is strong as steel, transparent
By mimicking a brick-and-mortar molecular structure found in seashells, University of Michigan researchers created a composite plastic that's as strong as steel but lighter and transparent.
Oct 04, 2007 |
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New research sheds light on shimmering superconductivity and the courtship of electrons
In their normal state, electrons repel each other because of their charge, but in the state of superconductivity, electrons pair up. John Schlueter, a chemist from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National ...
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Salmonid hatcheries cause 'stunning' loss of reproduction
The rearing of steelhead trout in hatcheries causes a dramatic and unexpectedly fast drop in their ability to reproduce in the wild, a new Oregon State University study shows, and raises serious questions about the wisdom ...
Biology /
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Agent that triggers immune response in plants is uncovered
Although plants lack humans' T cells and other immune-function cells to signal and fight infection, scientists have known for more than 100 years that plants still somehow signal that they have been attacked in order to trigger ...
Biology /
Oct 04, 2007 |
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