Archive: 02/15/2009
Synthetic biology yields clues to evolution and the origin of life
Researchers in the field of synthetic biology are still a long way from being able to assemble living cells from scratch in the laboratory. But according to biochemist David Deamer of the University of California, Santa Cruz, ...
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When fish farms are built along the coast, where does the waste go?
If you are a fish eater, it's likely that the salmon you had for dinner was not caught in the wild, but was instead grown in a mesh cage submerged in the open water of oceans or bays. Fish farming, a relatively inexpensive ...
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Skim to slim: Parents on food aid encouraged to wean kids off whole milk
Nutritionists responsible for helping the poorest of kids eat right are taking a tough stand: Whole milk is hurting Junior's waistline.
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How to... eat for health
Fixing these common mistakes will help many people be healthier, says Dr. Phillip Snider, a family physician in Virginia Beach, Va.
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Debate unfolds over origin of grouped stones at lake's bottom
Forty feet below the surface of Lake Michigan in Grand Traverse Bay, a mysterious pattern of stones can be seen rising from an otherwise sandy half-mile of lake floor.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Official-looking e-mails claiming to be from IRS are fraudulent
Schemers claiming to be Uncle Sam are filling e-mail boxes in Contra Costa County, Calif., and across the country with messages asking for people's personal information.
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Scholars contend Darwin based his theories on humans, not animals
Charles Darwin is widely thought to have developed his natural selection theory of evolution after noting differences among finches in the Galapagos Islands.
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Explorers find hundreds of identical species thrive in both Arctic, Antarctic
Earth's unique, forbidding ice oceans of the Arctic and Antarctic have revealed a trove of secrets to Census of Marine Life explorers, who were especially surprised to find at least 235 species live in both ...
Biology /
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Climate change may alter malaria patterns
Temperature is an important factor in the spread of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases, but researchers who look at average monthly or annual temperatures are not seeing the whole picture. Global climate change will ...
Biology /
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Execretion analysis aids primate social studies
The arrival of molecular genetic analysis of both genes and hormones is providing scientists unexpected and unprecedented information about animals -- provided the researchers can find ways to get acceptable samples, said ...
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Evolution education for K-12 teachers needs beefing up, says CU-Boulder professor
A failure to grasp the fundamentals of biological systems may be leaving K-12 teachers and students vulnerable to claims by intelligent design creationists, new-age homeopaths and other "hucksters," according to a University ...
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New monitoring stations detect 'silent earthquakes' in Costa Rica
After installing an extensive network of monitoring stations in Costa Rica, researchers have detected slow slip events (also known as "silent earthquakes") along a major fault zone beneath the Nicoya Peninsula. These findings ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Leading edge facility to strip history bare
A new facility opening later this year at the Diamond synchrotron is set to revolutionise world heritage science. A new research platform soon to be available at the leading UK science facility, Diamond Light ...
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Ultracold gas mimics ultrahot plasma
Several years after Duke University researchers announced spectacular behavior of a low density ultracold gas cloud, researchers at Brookhaven National Laboratory have observed strikingly similar properties in a very hot ...
Feb 15, 2009 |
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Scientists prove graphene's edge structure affects electronic properties
(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene, a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, holds remarkable promise for future nanoelectronics applications. Whether graphene actually cuts it in industry, however, depends upon how graphene ...
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