Archive: 01/15/2007
Tests show 'artificial sun' is reliable
A series of tests run by Chinese scientists on an experimental thermonuclear reactor have found "the artificial sun" is a reliable energy generating process.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Research reveals history of Chinese agriculture
A research team headed by a University of Toronto anthropology professor has published a study containing new insights into the history of agriculture in a region of China where one of the world’s earliest state-level societies ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Extreme Weather Leaves Flamingos Hungry
Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) at Lake Bogoria, Kenya, are suffering from malnutrition, report Earthwatch-supported scientists working there. The scientists are investigating the causes of recent large-scale ...
Biology /
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Zooming in on a Molecular Relay
In the cellular milieu, a protein is only as good as the tags it wears. If a protein is flashing a specific type of tag, it is marked for destruction, whereas another tag might signal a green-light for cell division.
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Draper prize to go to MIT researcher
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher credited with inventing the World Wide Web is the winner of the 2007 Charles Stark Draper Prize.
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Researchers: big families carry risks
Researchers at the University of Utah and the Austrian Academy of Sciences say having a large number of children can be hazardous to the health of parents.
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Astrophysicist also science fiction writer
A U.S. physics professor says he's found writing science fiction offers him an opportunity to play around with scientific concepts.
Jan 15, 2007 |
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ISS prepares for next cargo ship arrival
A new Russian Progress cargo spaceship was being prepared Monday for its launch later this week to the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Lake Vostok life to be studied
U.S. researchers say they will analyze microorganisms from a vast Antarctic lake to determine how life adapts to extremely harsh environments.
Biology /
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Worried about prostate cancer? Tomato-broccoli combo shown to be effective
A new University of Illinois study shows that tomatoes and broccoli--two vegetables known for their cancer-fighting qualities--are better at shrinking prostate tumors when both are part of the daily diet than when they're ...
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Self cleaning Lotus leaf imitated in plastic by using a femtosecond laser
A plastic cup that can be reused without washing it, simply because contamination has no chance to stick to the surface? A self-cleaning surface like that of the leaf of a Lotus plant is ideal for many applications ...
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Lost dogs found more often than lost cats, study suggests
A lost dog is more likely to be reunited with its owner than a lost cat, according to two new studies.
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Natural gut hormone offers hope for new obesity drug
A hormone found naturally in the gut is the basis of a new drug to tackle obesity, one of three inaugural awards under the Wellcome Trust's Seeding Drug Discovery initiative. The drug is being developed by one of the world's ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Closing a loophole in the RNA World Hypothesis
New scientific research may close a major loophole in the RNA world hypothesis, the idea that ribonucleic acid -- not the fabled DNA that makes up genes in people and other animals -- was the key to life's emergence on Earth ...
Jan 15, 2007 |
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Mixing it up with E. coli
Poetry in motion may seem like an odd way to describe swimming bacteria, but that's what researchers at Drexel University got when they enlisted Escherichia coli (E. coli) in an effort to tackle a major problem in developing ...
Jan 15, 2007 |
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