Scientists get best look ever at water/life connection
Sep 15, 2006 |
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No one has ever seen exactly how water molecules interact with proteins – even though water is the essential element for life . . . that is, not until now.
Scientists Find Natural Way to Control Spread of Destructive Argentine Ants
Sep 15, 2006 |
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Pesticides haven’t stopped them. Trapping hasn’t worked, either. But now chemists and biologists at the University of California, Irvine, (UCI) think they may have found a natural way to finally check the spread ...
Climate Change Rocked Cradles Of Civilization
Sep 15, 2006 |
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Severe climate change was the primary driver in the development of civilisation, according to new research by the University of East Anglia. The early civilisations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, South Asia, China and northern South ...
Double Quantum Dots Control Kondo Effect
Sep 15, 2006 |
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Two quantum dots connected by wires could help scientists better control the Kondo effect in experiments, according to a study by Ohio University and University of Florida physicists published in a recent issue of Physical ...
3,000-year-old writing found in Mexico
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 15, 2006 |
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A stone slab with 3,000-year-old writing, perhaps the oldest script ever found in the Western Hemisphere, has been discovered in Mexico, reports say.
Space Droids In The Desert
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2006 |
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Arizona tourists may think they've stumbled upon a science fiction movie set if they find themselves near the state's famed Meteor Crater in early September. Though they won't get a glimpse of R2D2 or C3PO, they will see ...
Mouse-like mammal may hold genetic key
Sep 15, 2006 |
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Researchers at Purdue University in Indiana say the shadowy, mouse-like vole is little known but an important scientific tool.
New lunar meteorite found in Antarctica
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2006 |
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Although last year's inclement weather resulted in fewer Antarctic meteorite recoveries than usual, scientists have recently discovered that one of the specimens is a rare breed -- a type of lunar meteorite seen only once ...
Cats for those with an allergy
Sep 15, 2006 |
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A San Diego company says it has begun breeding hypoallergenic cats, just the thing for anyone allergic to the animals.
Researchers watch seeds in 3D and discover an unknown air path
Biology /
Sep 15, 2006 |
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Researchers from the CNRS, the University J. Fourier (UJF) of Grenoble and the ESRF have recently visualised a plant seed in 3D using synchrotron light. This new view has revealed that there is a network of ...
Chemical tests of cell growth enter third dimension
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Ohio State University researchers have developed two new technologies for measuring cell growth in the laboratory.
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