Jules Verne refuels the ISS
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ESA's Jules Verne ATV was used for the first time yesterday to transfer in one step 811 kg of refuelling propellant to the International Space Station while the two vehicles orbited Earth at 28 000 km/h. With ...
Researchers explain nitrogen paradox in forests
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Jun 18, 2008 |
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Nitrogen is essential to all life on Earth, and the processes by which it cycles through the environment may determine how ecosystems respond to global warming. But certain aspects of the nitrogen cycle in temperate and tropical ...
It's the way you say it: how using the right words can cut environmental conflicts
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Ecologists have developed a new "tool" that could in future help prevent costly and acrimonious environmental conflicts such as campaigns against culling problem populations of charismatic animals and arguments over genetically ...
Walk your way to a healthier lifestyle
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Need a boost to get off the couch? A new study shows that a variety of interventions designed to promote walking can effectively motivate individuals to initiate walking behaviors. The results of the review are published ...
Chill out, your computer knows what’s best for you
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Jun 18, 2008 |
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Computers are starting to become more human-centric, anticipating your needs and smoothly acting to meet them. Much of the progress can be attributed to work done by European researchers.
Worm-like marine animal providing
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[B]The marine invertebrate amphioxus offers baseline information for genetic roots of vertebrate innovation such as the adaptive immune system[/B] Research on the genome of a marine creature led by scientists at ...
Most Consumers Misinterpret Meaning of Trans-Fat Information on Nutrition Facts Panel, Study Shows
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Without an interpretive footnote or further information on recommended daily value, many consumers do not know how to interpret the meaning of trans-fat content on the Nutrition Facts panel, according to a new study by marketing ...
Birds communicate reproductive success in song
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Some migratory songbirds figure out the best place to live by eavesdropping on the singing of others that successfully have had baby birds – a communication and behavioral trait so strong that researchers playing recorded ...
California's wildflowers are disappearing, new book by UCR ecologist cautions
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Jun 18, 2008 |
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[B]Richard Minnich says policies and measures are needed to preserve state's flower heritage[/B] At least since the late 18th century, invasive plant species introduced by humans have devastated California's botanical her ...
Falls, depression and antidepressants in later life
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Older people are at high risk for falls and subsequent injuries. Those who have depression have an increased risk of falls and the medications they take for depression increase their risk even more, New Zealand and Australian ...
Failure to bridle inflammation spurs atherosclerosis
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When a person develops a sore or a boil, it erupts, drawing to it immune system cells that fight the infection. Then it resolves and flattens into the skin, often leaving behind a mark or a scar.
Advance towards early Alzheimer's diagnosis
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The leader of the team that made the discovery, Professor Christopher Rowe of the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, says early diagnosis and treatment presents medical practitioners with the best opportunity to delay the onset ...
Unlocking genome of world's worst insect pest
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The Australian Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, said – at the BIO 2008 International Convention in San Diego, California – that the team was expected to sequence the moth's ...
Improving understanding of cell behavior in breast cancer
Jun 18, 2008 |
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The invasion and spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, known as metastasis, is a principal cause of death in patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Although patients with early stage, small, breast tumours have ...
Argonne's supercomputer named world’s fastest for open science, third overall
Jun 18, 2008 |
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The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory's IBM Blue Gene/P high-performance computing system is now the fastest supercomputer in the world for open science, according to the semiannual Top500 List ...
