Archive: 04/10/2007
Study lauds India's biotech industry
A Canadian study suggests India's biotech firms are becoming major global players, increasingly able to produce drugs and vaccines at competitive costs.
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NASA extends its Russian space contract
NASA has signed a $719 million extension of the International Space Station contract with Russia's Federal Space Agency for services through 2011.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Whales migrate more than 5,100 miles
U.S. scientists have found humpback whales migrate more than 5,100 miles from Central America to Antarctica -- a record mammalian migration.
Biology /
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Structural basis for photoswitching in fluorescent proteins brought into focus
University of Oregon scientists have identified molecular features that determine the light-emitting ability green fluorescent proteins, and by strategically inserting a single oxygen atom they were able ...
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Study provides new clue to family risk for breast cancer
An international team of researchers, led by Dr. William Foulkes of McGill University's Program in Cancer Genetics and Chief of Cancer Genetics, Jewish General Hospital Cancer Prevention Centre, has linked a particular genetic ...
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Scientists develop ecological early warning device
Working with collaborators from around the globe, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a method for constantly measuring climate change impacts at ecosystem scales using the stable isotope composition ...
Biology /
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Dawn Arrives in Florida - A Little After Dawn
The Dawn spacecraft arrived at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., at 9 a.m. EDT today. Dawn, NASA's mission into the heart of the asteroid belt, is at the facility for final processing and launch ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Tropical forests: Earth's air conditioner
How effective are new trees in offsetting the carbon footprint? A new study suggests that the location of the new trees is an important factor when considering such carbon offset projects. Planting and preserving ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Computer scientists develop P2P system that promises faster music, movie downloads
A Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist says transferring large data files, such as movies and music, over the Internet could be sped up significantly if peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services were configured to ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Empty and strange without plants
To most of us, it’s hard to imagine a home that has no plants at all. Why are plants so important? A new dissertation from Umeå University in Sweden provides insight into our relationship with potted plants in the home.
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Math of elections says voters win with 'winner take all'
If we want individuals and small groups to have the democratic power to elect the president fairly, we must score presidential elections by winner-take-all states--not in a single giant national district too large for small ...
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Assistive robot adapts to people, new places
In the futuristic cartoon series "The Jetsons," a robotic maid named Rosie whizzed around the Jetsons' home doing household chores--cleaning, cooking dinner and washing dishes.
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Mongoose pups work together to wheedle food out of carers
Mongoose pups use their littermates to gain more food from their carers. Researchers at the University of Cambridge found that a unique system of pup care reduces competition for adult help, allowing pups to collectively ...
Biology /
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Nanoparticles improve delivery of medicines and diagnostics
Tiny, biodegradable particles filled with medicine may also contain answers to some of the biggest human health problems, including cancer and tuberculosis. The secret is the size of the package.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 10, 2007 |
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Spring Is In the Air
Spring is in the air … and up for grabs? Well, uh, no, apparently not.
Apr 10, 2007 |
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