Genes in the sex cells of plants are marked to switch on or off before fertilisation
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Plant genes share the same mechanism found in mammals in the way they are marked or ‘imprinted’ to switch on or off depending on their sex, just before fertilisation. Oxford scientists have now shown that differences ...
Lack of stores linked to early deaths
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A Chicago study says city residents living near fast-food restaurants and few grocery stores are more likely to die prematurely.
Motorola ships 50 millionth RAZR V3
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Motorola announced that it has shipped its 50 millionth Motorola RAZR V3 handset Tuesday.
Inside BaBar's Control Room
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Day and night, weekends, weekdays, and holidays, physicists from around the world take shifts in BaBar's Interaction Region 2 control room. The BaBar detector records the products of the positron-electron collisions ...
How Red Apples Mark a Cognitive Leap Forward
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Children aged about four suddenly become capable of recognising that an object can be described differently depending on how it is viewed. This apparently simple skill requires cognitive changes that are not ...
Norwegian scientists study hypothermia
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Norwegian scientists may have ruled out insufficient oxygen supply to the heart as a critical variable in whether a mammal's heart survives hypothermia.
India clamps down on bloggers, cell users
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In a knee-jerk reaction to the recent terror-related blasts in India, the government is stepping up control on the online community that according to the country's telecom regulator, the Department of Telecom (DoT), was running ...
Computer card game detects cognitive changes
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A popular, computer-based card game is helping Oregon Health & Science University researchers monitor cognitive changes in the elderly, a new study shows.
Study: Dementia doesn't stop some talents
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U.S. scientists say dementia may rob a person of memory and focus, but the ability to offer advice about life's big questions seems to be preserved.
Visuospatial, verbal brain role studied
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U.S. scientists say they've confirmed the theory men and women use different parts of their brains processing language and visuospatial information.
New study determines whether people react to heat advisories
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Oppressive summertime heat claims more lives than all other weather-related disasters combined, including tornadoes and hurricanes. During 2003, a heat wave across Europe killed as many as 40,000 people.
Riptides thrive near man-made structures
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Drownings along shorelines often are the result of rip tides and now a U.S. scientist says manmade structures are at least partly responsible.
Figuring out function from bacteria's bewildering forms
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The constellation of shapes and sizes among bacteria is as remarkable as it is mysterious. Why should Spirochaeta halophila resemble a bedspring coil, Stella a star and Clostridium cocleatum a partly eaten ...
High spam levels choke business broadband
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Businesses experiencing long delays in receiving and sending e-mail messages may have an unexpected culprit to blame: spam.
In Brief: FirstGov search engine wins award
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FirstGov Search Engine was honored with the Pioneer Award by Federal Computer Week, announced the U.S. General Services Administration.
