Phoenix Mars Lander Delivers Soil Sample to Microscope
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander sprinkled a spoonful of Martian soil Wednesday onto the sample wheel of the spacecraft's robotic microscope station, images received early Thursday confirmed.
Researchers unravel bacteria communication pathways
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Jun 12, 2008 |
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MIT researchers have figured out how bacteria ensure that they respond correctly to hundreds of incoming signals from their environment.
Study pinpoints strategies that protect older adult's physical health
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 12, 2008 |
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In his famous poem, "Do not go gentle into that good night," Dylan Thomas urges us to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Researchers are now backing up this counsel in the lab; showing just how "raging" against ...
Membrane complexes take flight
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Against currently held dogma, scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol have revealed that the interactions within membrane complexes can be maintained intact in the vacuum of a mass spectrometer. Their research ...
Unexpected finding of molecule's dual role in mice may open new avenue to cholesterol reduction
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Jun 12, 2008 |
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Researchers have discovered an unknown regulator of fat and cholesterol production in the liver of mice, a significant finding that could lead to new therapies for lowering unhealthy blood levels of cholesterol and fats.
Scientist highlights urgent need for new computer models to address climate change
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Two papers published in the journal Science today by Microsoft Research ecologist Drew Purves together with research colleagues at Princeton University and universities in Madrid, Spain, highlight how an improved understanding ...
Plan to conserve forests may be detrimental to other ecosystems
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Conserving biodiversity must be considered when developing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, researchers warn in today's edition of Science.
Tsunami in the brain
Jun 12, 2008 |
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After a stroke, even unaffected areas of the brain are at risk – depolarization waves arise at the edges of the dead tissue and spread through the adjacent areas of the brain. If these waves are repeated, more cells die. ...
Field project seeks clues to climate change in remote atmospheric region
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Scientists are deploying an advanced research aircraft to study a region of the atmosphere that influences climate change by affecting the amount of solar heat that reaches Earth's surface.
Breaking new boundaries
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Jun 12, 2008 |
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A team led by scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge has developed an exciting new technique which may lead to a greater understanding of how drugs get in and out of the cells in our bodies. ...
Sun to set on Ulysses solar mission on July 1
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2008 |
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After over 17 years of operation, the joint ESA/NASA mission Ulysses will officially conclude on 1 July this year. The spacecraft, which studied the Sun and its effect on the surrounding space for almost four ...
'Faulty' brain connections may be responsible for social impairments in autism
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 12, 2008 |
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New evidence shows that the brains of adults with autism are "wired" differently from people without the disorder, and this abnormal pattern of connectivity may be responsible for the social impairments that are characteristic ...
Doritos makes history with world's first extraterrestrial advert
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Today Doritos makes history, taking the UK's first step in communicating with aliens as they broadcast the first ever advert directed towards potential extra terrestrial life. The University of Leicester has played a key ...
Study Finds Benefits to Earlier Colon Cancer Screenings
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Patients would benefit by having colon cancer screenings earlier than currently recommended, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
Head injuries increase after motorcycle helmet law repeal
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Pennsylvania motorcyclists suffered large increases in head injury deaths and hospitalizations in the two years following the repeal of its motorcycle helmet law, according to a University of Pittsburgh study to be published ...
