Archive: 04/19/2007
Why some aphids can't stand the heat
For pea aphids, the ability to go forth and multiply can depend on a single gene, according to new research. An overheated aphid with a mutation in that gene can't reproduce.
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Ancient Peruvian metallurgy studied
Ancient metal pollution trapped within the mud at the bottom of a lake in Peru reveals the Andean people were smelting copper as far back as 1,000 years ago.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Biophysicists Describe New Gating Action of Acetylcholine Receptor
A formerly unknown action of the acetylcholine receptor channel, a protein that regulates the electrical activity of nerve and muscle cells, is described by biophysicists at the University at Buffalo in the ...
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Improved Self-Assembly of Nanomaterials May Enhance Solar Cells
Novel, self-assembly techniques for fabricating inorganic nanomaterials that could pave the way for more efficient and powerful solar cells, chemical sensors and detectors currently are being developed by ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Atoms Fly Apart in Direct Crystal Melting
Using an intense laser and ultra-fast x-rays, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL) researchers have observed the atomic events involved in rapid crystal melting.
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Freeze: Scientists film protein in action
It is difficult to find similarities between Grenoble and Hollywood or between the researchers at the ESRF and the Institut de Biologie Structural (IBS) and world-known filmmakers. However, scientists from ...
Biology /
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Finding expands understanding of neurons
Many significant discoveries have enriched our exploration and understanding of the brain, including one of its most active cellular elements – neurons – since the brain was first described in 7,000 B.C. by Egyptian scholars.
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Scientists discover new genus of frogmouth bird in Solomon Islands
Your bird field guide may be out of date now that University of Florida scientists discovered a new genus of frogmouth bird on a South Pacific island.
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Birdwatching goes hi-tech with online video camera game
Fans of massive multi-player online games who are also interested in nature will soon get a chance to try out a new system developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Texas A&M ...
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Apr 19, 2007 |
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Back to the Moon: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project
Of the two luminaries that dominate our sky, it is the moon that is of particular interest to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) project. The LRO will travel to the moon in late fall 2008, mapping the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Space Station Crew Landing Moved to Saturday
The 14th crew of the ISS, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, along with Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, will land at 8:30 a.m. EDT Saturday, April 21 in Kazakhstan.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Experiment confirmed famous physics model
Physicists can rest easy--the Standard Model of Particle Physics is still in effect. More than 100 MIT students and professors jammed into Room 35-225 on Wednesday, April 11, to hear the long-anticipated results ...
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Novel drug preventing protein recycling shows potential for treating leukemia
Researchers from the Children's Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have found that a novel targeted therapy effectively treats acute leukemia in animal models by preventing cancer cells ...
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Jefferson researchers' discovery may change thinking on how viruses invade the brain
A molecule thought crucial to ferrying the deadly rabies virus into the brain, where it eventually kills, apparently isn’t. The surprising finding, say researchers at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, may change ...
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Researchers unlock key to memory storage in brain
Scientists know little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories. Now a UCLA/University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron playing ...
Apr 19, 2007 |
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