Comet probes reveal evidence of origin of life, scientists claim
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Recent probes inside comets show it is overwhelmingly likely that life began in space, according to a new paper by Cardiff University scientists.
Researcher Presents Origin-Of-Life Theory for Young Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Some of the elements necessary to support life on Earth are widely known - oxygen, carbon and water, to name a few. Just as important in the existence of life as any other component is the presence of adenine, an essential ...
What makes a great movie?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 14, 2007 |
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A film that wins critical acclaim is likely to be an R-rated drama, adapted from a prize-winning play or book and based on a true story, with the original author or director involved in writing the screenplay. ...
Frigid Enceladus: An unlikely harbor for life
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 14, 2007 |
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A new model of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus may quell hopes of finding life there. Developed by researchers at the University of Illinois, the model explains the most salient observations on Enceladus without ...
Next up: 'The Nano Lisa'
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Two atomic-sized images resulting from scientific work at IBM's labs are part of an art exhibit opening today at the United States Patent and Trademark Museum in Alexandria, Virginia.
Features of replication suggest viruses have common themes, vulnerabilities
Biology /
Aug 14, 2007 |
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A study of the reproductive apparatus of a model virus is bolstering the idea that broad classes of viruses - including those that cause important human diseases such as AIDS, SARS and hepatitis C - have features in common ...
Promising New Nanomedical Cancer Therapy Also Highlights Tech Transfer, Inventor Says
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 14, 2007 |
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If a new approach to cancer therapy, still experimental and in a phase I clinical trial, turns out as well as hoped, the credit will go as much to technology transfer as to scientific acumen.
Toddlers are capable of introspection
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Preschoolers are more introspective than we give them credit for, according to new research by Simona Ghetti, assistant professor of psychology at UC Davis.
'Western' diet linked to increased risk of colon cancer recurrence
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Colon cancer patients who eat a diet high in red meat, fatty products, refined grains, and desserts — a so-called “Western diet” — may be increasing their chance of disease relapse and early death, report researchers at Dana-Farber ...
Star light, star bright: FSU facility duplicating conditions of supernovas
Aug 14, 2007 |
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How is matter created? What happens when stars die? Is the universe shrinking, or is it expanding? For decades, scientists have been looking for answers to such "big picture" questions.
Double Trouble for the Big Island of Hawaii: Flossie and Quakes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2007 |
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On Tuesday, August 14, 2007, the Big Island of Hawaii will feel Hurricane Flossie's effects after experiencing an earthquake the night before.
How sea slugs fall in love
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Scott Cummins and his colleagues at The University of Queensland have uncovered a potent mix of chemicals which acts like a cross between Chanel No 5 and Viagra—but only if you are a sea slug.
Children of depressed moms do better when dad is involved
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Children whose mothers are depressed are less likely to develop problem behaviors if their fathers are actively engaged in family life, a Saint Louis University researcher finds.
Graduate students find no match in evening cell phone use spike and crash data
Aug 14, 2007 |
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It's conventional wisdom that talking on cell phones while driving is risky business, but two University of California, Berkeley, graduate student economists report that a spike in cell phone use in recent years and on weekday ...
Researchers find brain’s 'ordering centre'
Aug 14, 2007 |
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Researchers at McGill University’s Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) have pinpointed the previously unknown part of the human brain responsible for perceiving and storing ordered visual information. This capacity is fundamental ...
