Simplest known animals engage in sex
Oct 10, 2005 |
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A Yale University study suggests even the most simple of animals engage in sex. Ana Signorovitch and colleagues have demonstrated placozoans, the simplest known free-living animals, undergo a sexual phase in their life cycle.
Study: Dinosaurs are not birds' ancestors
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University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill scientists say no good evidence exists to indicate that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern birds.
Spin Structure of Protons and Neutrons
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Oct 10, 2005 |
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Normally, we think of building blocks as static objects. For instance, the brick and mortar used to build the local bank remain pretty much the same from the day it's built to the day it's torn down. But the ...
Brain regulates initial stages of sex change in social fish
Oct 10, 2005 |
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New findings about how the brain enzyme aromatase influences sex change in social goby fish could help explain the complex interaction among the brain, physiology, and behavior that forms the biological basis of human sexual ...
Solar activity can be surprisingly good for astronauts
Oct 10, 2005 |
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Last month, the sun went haywire. Almost every day for two weeks in early September, solar flares issued from a giant sunspot named "active region 798/808." X-rays ionized Earth’s upper atmosphere. Solar protons ...
Students Learn Better When The Numbers Don't Talk And Dance
Oct 10, 2005 |
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Most teachers believe that students learn better when abstract concepts are taught using concrete materials or examples -- but a new study suggests they may be wrong. Researchers found that when college students were tau ...
Study finds surprising links between depression, suicide, and epilepsy
Oct 10, 2005 |
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Researchers have found provocative evidence that the brain dysfunction that underlies epilepsy may also determine whether people are at risk for suicide. The study, published online October 10, 2005 in the Annals of Neurology, ...
Electronic money making headway in Japan
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For Tamayo Mikitani, making sure her Suica card is in her bag has become second nature, just like she wouldn't dream of leaving home without her cell phone or her makeup bag.
NMR Technology Comes to the Lab on a Chip
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A breakthrough in the technology of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), one of the most powerful analytic tools known to science, is opening the door to new applications in microfluidic chips, devices for studying ...
ESA's director comments on the loss of CryoSat
Oct 10, 2005 |
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A European satellite that was to have helped understand global warming by scanning the thickness of polar ice sheets crashed into the Artic Ocean after its Russian launcher failed. The 170-million-dollar CryoSat satellite ...
Sony Ericsson unveils UMTS P990 smartphone
Oct 10, 2005 |
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Sony Ericsson emphasised its continued commitment to Symbian OS today with the announcement of its next generation smartphone to the global development community. The P990 will be the first commercially available ...
STMicroelectronics Unveils Breakthrough in Passive Integration Technology
Oct 10, 2005 |
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STMicroelectronics today unveiled the first details of a breakthrough technology that significantly increases junction capacitance density in thin-film passive integration.
AETHERCOMM releases 1000 MHz broadband amp
Oct 10, 2005 |
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Two broadband amplifiers designed for military use have been released in Australia.
Torch-sized devices will detect disease and weapons
Oct 10, 2005 |
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Researchers at the University of Essex have been awarded almost £1.2 million as part of a programme to develop a new generation of portable, handheld radiation detectors that could have a range of potential applications from ...
Stanford takes first in off-road robot competition
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Stanley, the Stanford Racing Team's entry in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge, has finished first, earning the team a $2 million prize. The Oct. 8 off-road race pitted ...
